Professor Yongping Wei
Deputy Head of School & Deputy Head of School
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
+61 7 336 56717
Chamberlain Building (35), Room 517
Researcher biography
Dr. Yongping Wei is Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Science, the University of Queensland. Before joining the University of Queensland in 2016, she was research fellow, senior research fellow and principal research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne during 2008-2015. She had 11 years' working experiences as an Irrigation Engineer then Water Manager in China in her early career. Dr Wei was awarded her PhD of Natural Resources Management at the University of Melbourne in 2007, and she also obtained Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Natural Resources Economics.
Publications
Journal Articles
Wei, Yongping, Wu, Shuanglei, Jiang, Chong and Feng, Xiaoming (2021). Managing supply and demand of ecosystem services in dryland catchments. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 48, 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.08.007
Wu, Shuanglei, Wei, Yongping, Head, Brian, Zhao, Yan and Hanna, Scott (2020). Using a process-based model to understand dynamics of Chinese agricultural and water technology development from 8000 bc to 1911 ad. Ambio, 50 (5), 1101-1116. doi: 10.1007/s13280-020-01424-7
Wu, Shuanglei, Wei, Yongping, Head, Brian and Hanna, Scott (2020). Measuring the structure of a technology system for directing technological transition. Global Challenges, 5 (2) 2000073, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/gch2.202000073
Patil, Rupesh, Wei, Yongping, Pullar, David and Shulmeister, Jamie (2020). Evolution of streamflow patterns in Goulburn-Broken catchment during 1884–2018 and its implications for floodplain management. Ecological Indicators, 113 106277, 106277. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106277
Chen, L. J., Li, C. S., Feng, Q., Wei, Y. P., Zhao, Y., Zhu, M. and Deo, R. C. (2020). An integrative influence of saline water irrigation and fertilization on the structure of soil bacterial communities. Journal of Agricultural Science, 157 (9-10), 693-700. doi: 10.1017/S002185962000012X
Zhao, Yinjun, Zeng, Lan, Wei, Yongping, Liu, Junming, Deng, Jianming, Deng, Qucheng, Tong, Kai and Li, Jiaxu (2020). An indicator system for assessing the impact of human activities on river structure. Journal of Hydrology, 582 124547, 124547. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124547
Wang, Peng, Wang, Chuanhai, Hua, Zulin, Wei, Yongping, Ma, Tengfei, Shen, Xia, Zeng, Xianmin, Liu, Xiaodong, He, Li and Tang, Hualei (2020). A structurally integrated water environmental modeling system based on dual object structure. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27 (10), 11079-11092. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-07669-9
Wu, Shuanglei, Wei, Yongping, Head, Brian, Zhao, Yan and Hanna, Scott (2019). The development of ancient Chinese agricultural and water technology from 8000 BC to 1911 AD. Palgrave Communications, 5 (1) 77. doi: 10.1057/s41599-019-0282-1
Deng, Qucheng, Wei, Yongping, Chen, Lijuan, Liang, Wei, Du, Jijun, Tan, Yuling and Zhao, Yinjun (2019). Relationship between air pollution and regional longevity in Guangxi, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (19) 3733, 3733. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16193733
Wu, Xutong, Wang, Shuai, Fu, Bojie, Zhao, Yan and Wei, Yongping (2019). Pathways from payments for ecosystem services program to socioeconomic outcomes. Ecosystem Services, 39 101005, 101005. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.101005
Zhao, Yan, Lu, Zhixiang and Wei, Yongping (2019). An assessment of global precipitation and evapotranspiration products for regional applications. Remote Sensing, 11 (9) 1077, 1077. doi: 10.3390/rs11091077
Lu, Zhixiang, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yongping, Feng, Qi and Xie, Jiali (2019). Differences among evapotranspiration products affect water resources and ecosystem management in an Australian catchment. Remote Sensing, 11 (8) 958, 925. doi: 10.3390/rs11080958
Zhang, Shaoyao, Song, Xueqian, Wei, Yongping and Deng, Wei (2019). Spatial wquity of multilevel healthcare in the metropolis of Chengdu, China: a new assessment approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (3) 493, 493. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16030493
Zhao, Haili, Wei, Yongping, Ding, Meng, Zhao, Yan and Zhang, Zhiqiang (2019). Farmers’ perceptions of water use for social equality, economic development and environmental protection in a water-stressed region. International Journal of River Basin Management, 18 (4), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/15715124.2019.1566237
Song, Xueqian, Wei, Yongping, Deng, Wei, Zhang, Shaoyao, Zhou, Peng, Liu, Ying and Wan, Jiangjun (2019). Spatio-temporal distribution, spillover effects and influences of China's two levels of public healthcare resources. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16 (4) 582, 582. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16040582
Zhao, Yinjun, Yang, Nan, Wei, Yongping, Hu, Bo, Cao, Qizhi, Tong, Kai and Liang, Yulian (2019). Eight hundred years of drought and flood disasters and precipitation sequence reconstruction in Wuzhou City, southwest China. Water, 11 (2) 219, 219. doi: 10.3390/w11020219
Guo, Xiaoyan, Feng, Qi, Si, Jianhua, Wei, Yongping, Bao, Ting, Xi, Haiyang and Li, Zongxing (2019). Identifying the origin of groundwater for water resources sustainable management in an arid oasis, China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64 (10), 1253-1264. doi: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1619080
Chen, Lijuan, Li, Changsheng, Feng, Qi, Wei, Yongping, Zhao, Yan, Zhu, Meng and Deo, Ravinesh C. (2019). Direct and indirect impacts of ionic components of saline water on irrigated soil chemical and microbial processes. Catena, 172, 581-589. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.09.030
Di Baldassarre, Giuliano, Sivapalan, Murugesu, Rusca, Maria, Cudennec, Christophe, Garcia, Margaret, Kreibich, Heidi, Konar, Megan, Mondino, Elena, Mård, Johanna, Pande, Saket, Sanderson, Matthew R., Tian, Fuqiang, Viglione, Alberto, Wei, Jing, Wei, Yongping, Yu, David J., Srinivasan, Veena and Blöschl, Günter (2019). Sociohydrology: scientific challenges in addressing the sustainable development goals. Water Resources Research, 55 (8) 2018WR023901, 6327-6355. doi: 10.1029/2018WR023901
Tong, Kai, Zhao, Yinjun, Wei, Yongping, Hu, Baoqing and Lu, Yuan (2018). Evaluation and hydrological validation of GPM precipitation products over the Nanliu River Basin, Beibu Gulf. Water, 10 (12) 1777, 1777. doi: 10.3390/w10121777
Deng, Qucheng, Chen, Lijuan, Wei, Yongping, Li, Yonghua, Han, Xuerong, Liang, Wei, Zhao, Yinjun, Wang, Xiaofei and Yin, Juan (2018). Understanding the association between environmental factors and longevity in Hechi, China: a drinking water and soil quality perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (10) 2272, 2272. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102272
He, Lulu, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Hussey, Karen, Wei, Yongping and Lo, Alex (2018). Accumulation of vulnerabilities in the aftermath of the 2015 Nepal earthquake: household displacement, livelihood changes and recovery challenges. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, 68-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.04.017
Lu, Zhixiang, Wei, Yongping, Feng, Qi, Western, Andrew W. and Zhou, Sha (2018). A framework for incorporating social processes in hydrological models. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 42-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.011
Patil, Rupesh, Wei, Yongping, Pullar, David and Shulmeister, James (2018). Understanding hydro-ecological surprises for riverine ecosystem management. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 142-150. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.05.021
Bouckaert, Frederick, Wei, Yongping, Hussey, Karen, Pittock, Jamie and Ison, Ray (2018). Improving the role of river basin organisations in sustainable river basin governance by linking social institutional capacity and basin biophysical capacity. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 70-79. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.015
Wei, Yongping, Ison, Ray, Western, Andrew W. and Lu, Zhixiang (2018). Understanding ourselves and the environment in which we live. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 161-166. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.06.002
Wei, Yongping, Wu, Shuanglei and Tesemma, Zelalem (2018). Re-orienting technological development for a more sustainable human–environmental relationship. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 151-160. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.05.022
Fu, Bojie and Wei, Yongping (2018). Editorial overview: Keeping fit in the dynamics of coupled natural and human systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, A1-A4. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.07.003
Deng, Qucheng, Wei, Yongping, Zhao, Yan, Han, Xuerong and Yin, Juan (2018). Understanding the natural and socioeconomic factors behind regional longevity in Guangxi, China: is the centenarian ratio a good enough indicator for assessing the longevity phenomenon?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (5) 938, 938. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15050938
Mohan, Chinchu, Western, Andrew W., Wei, Yongping and Saft, Margarita (2018). Predicting groundwater recharge for varying land cover and climate conditions - a global meta-study. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22 (5), 2689-2703. doi: 10.5194/hess-22-2689-2018
Tang, Xia, Zhao, Yan, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Feng, Qi and Wei, Yongping (2018). Cultivated oasis evolution in the Heihe River Basin over the past 2,000 years. Land Degradation and Development, 29 (8), 2254-2263. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2991
Lu, Zhixiang, Wei, Yongping, Feng, Qi, Xie, Jiali, Xiao, Honglang and Cheng, Guodong (2018). Co-evolutionary dynamics of the human-environment system in the Heihe River basin in the past 2000years. Science of the Total Environment, 635, 412-422. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.231
Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yongping, Wu, Bingfang, Lu, Zhixiang and Fu, Li (2018). A connectivity-based assessment framework for river basin ecosystem service management. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 34-41. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.010
Wu, Shuanglei, Wei, Yongping, Zhao, Yan, Huang, Sarina, Duffield, Colin, Tang, Wenzhe and Zheng, Hang (2018). A longitudinal analysis on the perspectives of major world newspapers on the Three Gorges Dam project during 1982-2015. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 18 (1), 94-107. doi: 10.2166/ws.2017.088
Huang, Qidong, Xu, Jiajun and Wei, Yongping (2018). Clan in transition: societal changes of villages in China from the perspective of water pollution. Sustainability, 10 (1) 150, 150. doi: 10.3390/su10010150
Shang, Yizi, Lu, Shibao, Gong, Jiaguo, Shang, Ling, Li, Xiaofei, Wei, Yongping and Shi, Hongwang (2017). Hierarchical prediction of industrial water demand based on refined Laspeyres decomposition analysis. Water Science and Technology, 76 (11), 2876-2887. doi: 10.2166/wst.2017.432
Ison, Ray and Wei, Yong.Ping. (2017). Watershed systems science—A new paradigm to understand and govern the impact of human activities on the earth’s surface in the Anthropocene. Science China Earth Sciences, 60 (12), 2225-2227. doi: 10.1007/s11430-017-9141-3
Chen, Lijuan, Li, Changsheng, Feng, Qi, Wei, Yongping, Zheng, Hang, Zhao, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu and Li, Huiya (2017). Shifts in soil microbial metabolic activities and community structures along a salinity gradient of irrigation water in a typical arid region of China. Science of the Total Environment, 598, 64-70. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.105
Wang, Jun, Nathan, Rory, Horne, Avril, Peel, Murray C., Wei, Yongping and Langford, John (2017). Evaluating four downscaling methods for assessment of climate change impact on ecological indicators. Environmental Modelling & Software, 96, 68-82. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.06.016
Chen, Lijuan, Feng, Qi, Li, Changsheng, Wei, Yongping, Zhao, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu, Zheng, Hang, Li, Fengrui and Li, Huiya (2017). Impacts of aquaculture wastewater irrigation on soil microbial functional diversity and community structure in arid regions. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 11193, 11193. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11678-z
Li, Shoubo, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yongping and Zheng, Hang (2017). Evolution of the vegetation system in the Heihe River basin in the last 2000 years. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21 (8), 4233-4244. doi: 10.5194/hess-21-4233-2017
Wang, Chen, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yong-ping and Shi, Guo-qing (2017). Systems dynamics approach to understanding the impacts of aquaculture closure policies on environmental pressures and fishermen households' incomes in Danjiangkou Reservoir, China. Aquaculture International, 25 (6), 2227-2257. doi: 10.1007/s10499-017-0185-3
Wang, Chen, Shi, Guoqing, Wei, Yongping, Western, Andrew William, Zheng, Hang and Zhao, Yan (2017). Balancing rural household livelihood and regional ecological footprint in water source areas of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Sustainability, 9 (8) 1393, 1393. doi: 10.3390/su9081393
Shen, Wenxin, Tang, Wenzhe, Yu, Wenyang, Duffield, Colin F., Hui, Felix Kin Peng, Wei, Yongping and Fang, Jun (2017). Causes of contractors’ claims in international engineering-procurement-construction projects. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 23 (6), 727-739. doi: 10.3846/13923730.2017.1281839
Lu, Shanlong, Jia, Li, Zhang, Lei, Wei, Yongping, Baig, Muhammad Hasan Ali, Zhai, Zhaokun, Meng, Jihua, Li, Xiaosong and Zhang, Guifang (2017). Lake water surface mapping in the Tibetan Plateau using the MODIS MOD09Q1 product. Remote Sensing Letters, 8 (3), 224-233. doi: 10.1080/2150704X.2016.1260178
Shen, Wenxin, Tang, Wenzhe, Siripanan, Atthaset, Lei, Zhen, Duffield, Colin F., Wilson, David, Hui, Felix Kin Peng and Wei, Yongping (2017). Critical success factors in Thailand’s green building industry. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 16 (2), 317-324. doi: 10.3130/jaabe.16.317
Wei, Jing, Wei, Yongping and Western, Andrew (2017). Evolution of the societal value of water resources for economic development versus environmental sustainability in Australia from 1843 to 2011. Global Environmental Change, 42, 82-92. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.12.005
Wang, Jinghua, Wei, Yongping, Jiang, Shan, Zhao, Yong, Zhou, Yuyan and Xiao, Weihua (2016). Understanding the human-water relationship in China during 722 B.C.-1911 A.D. from a contradiction and co-evolutionary perspective. Water Resources Management, 31 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s11269-016-1555-8
Shang, Yizi, Lu, Shibao, Shang, Ling, Li, Xiaofei, Wei, Yongping, Lei, Xiaohui, Wang, Chao and Wang, Hao (2016). Decomposition methods for analyzing changes of industrial water use. Journal of Hydrology, 543 (B), 808-817. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.10.053
Qiu, Yuanfeng, Meng, Ge and Wei, Yongping (2016). Factors influencing immigrants' satisfaction in Danjiangkou Reservoir based on logistic regression model. Water Policy, 18 (6), 1384-1398. doi: 10.2166/wp.2016.255
Shang, Yizi, Hei, Pengfei, Lu, Shibao, Shang, Ling, Li, Xiaofei, Wei, Yongping, Jia, Dongdong, Jiang, Dong, Ye, Yuntao, Gong, Jiaguo, Lei, Xiaohui, Hao, Mengmeng, Qiu, Yaqin, Liu, Jiahong and Wang, Hao (2016). China's energy-water nexus: assessing water conservation synergies of the total coal consumption cap strategy until 2050. Applied Energy, 210, 643-660. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.008
Zhao, Yan, Wei, Yongping, Li, Shoubo and Wu, Bingfang (2016). Downstream ecosystem responses to middle reach regulation of river discharge in the Heihe River Basin, China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20 (11), 4469-4481. doi: 10.5194/hess-20-4469-2016
Jiang, Dong, Liu, Gang and Wei, Yongping (2016). Monitoring and modeling terrestrial ecosystems’ response to climate change 2016. Advances in Meteorology, 2016 (5984595) 5984595, 165-182. doi: 10.1155/2016/5984595
Chen, Li -Juan, Feng, Qi, Wei, Yong-Ping, Li, Chang-Sheng, Zhao, Yan, Li, Hui-Ya and Zhang, Bao-Gui (2016). Effects of saline water irrigation and fertilization regimes on soil microbial metabolic activity. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.1007/s11368-016-1551-x
Lu, Zhixiang, Wei, Yongping, Feng, Qi, Xiao, Honglang and Cheng, Guodong (2016). Progress on socio-hydrology. Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science, 27 (5), 772-783. doi: 10.14042/j.cnki.32.1309.2016.05.015