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词条 Joseph Whitney
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Selected publications

  3. Personal

  4. References

Joseph Bevan Robertson Whitney (born London, England; 1928 – 2016) was a political and environmental geographer.[1][2] He was a professor of geography at the University of Toronto,[3] and studied Chinese culture and politics.[4][5]

Early life and education

Whitney graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in geography in 1950.[2] He then taught geography at St. Mark's School in Hong Kong for twelve years.[6] He subsequently studied and conducted research at the University of Chicago,[7] earning a Ph.D. in 1969. Whitney then joined the geography department at the University of Toronto.[8][9]

Whitney served as department head from 1988 to 1993, after which he retired and became a Professor Emeritus.[2] He later wrote about the political, economic, and environmental geography of China.[10][11][12][13]

Selected publications

  • Megaproject: Case Study of China's Three Gorges Project, with Shiu-hung Luk. Routledge, Sep 16, 2016. Editors.
  • China: Area, Administration and Nation Building. University of Chicago, Dept. of Geography, 1970.
  • Environmental impact assessment : the Canadian experience. with Virginia White. Toronto, Canada : Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, 1985.
  • Sustainable cities : urbanization and the environment in international perspective, with Richard E Stren; Rodney R White. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1992.
  • Urban energy, food, and water use in arid regions and their impact on hinterlands : a conceptual framework , Khartoum, Sudan : Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum, 1981.

Personal

Whitney was married to Diana Baxter.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Jing Wang|title=Locating China: Space, Place, and Popular Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtiHrFT9HVsC&pg=PA10|date=7 May 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-21228-6|pages=10–}}
2. ^[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/10/15/toronto-man-wrote-a-valentines-poem-wife-in-the-star-every-year-for-30-years.html "Toronto man wrote a Valentine’s poem for wife in The Star every year for 30 years"]. Toronto Star, George Haim, Oct. 15, 2016
3. ^[https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2013/05/30/annual_peek_at_neighbours_green_thumbs.html "Annual peek at neighbours' green thumbs"]. Toronto Star, Sonia Day May 30, 2013
4. ^{{cite book|author=Suisheng Zhao|title=A Nation-state by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhkweJozrS0C&pg=PA17|year=2004|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-5001-1|pages=17–}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Jonathan Unger|title=Chinese Nationalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7UYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT20|date=16 September 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-315-48039-8|pages=20–}}
6. ^"Whitney's Visit". St. Mark's Alumni Association Newsletter, October, 2008. page 9.
7. ^{{cite book|author=Zheng Yongnian|title=The Chinese Communist Party as Organizational Emperor: Culture, reproduction, and transformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHmMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT219|date=16 December 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-19090-3|pages=219–}}
8. ^{{cite book|author1=Ruth Hayhoe|author2=Julia Pan|author3=Qiang Zha|title=Canadian Universities in China's Transformation: An Untold Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAXKDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA168|date=11 July 2016|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|isbn=978-0-7735-4730-8|pages=168–}}
9. ^{{cite book|author=Jan Trouw|title=The Three Gorges Dam's Impact on Peasant Livelihood: China's Project on the Yangtze River|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lG9PAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11|date=8 April 2014|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-7357-1921-8|pages=11–}}
10. ^{{cite book|author=Ruth Mostern|title="Dividing the Realm in Order to Govern": The Spatial Organization of the Song State (960-1276 AD)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ao0804AaiqUC&pg=PA23|year=2011|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-05602-2|pages=23–}}
11. ^{{cite book|author=Zheng Yongnian|title=China and International Relations: The Chinese View and the Contribution of Wang Gungwu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SRvJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT487|date=13 September 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-95952-3|pages=487–}}
12. ^{{cite book|author=Britannica Educational Publishing|title=Rivers and Streams|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mcubAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA276|date=1 October 2010|publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing|isbn=978-1-61530-411-0|pages=276–}}
13. ^{{cite book|author=Hung-mao Tien|title=Government and Politics in Kuomintang China, 1927-1937|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SmemAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16|year=1972|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0812-8|pages=16–}}
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