Dr. Chen is Senior Lecturer in Liverpool School of Architecture. She leads the Urban Form and Social Space research group in the school. She has obtained her PhD in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland), MA from Bath University (England) and B.Arch from Southeast University (China). She is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Urban Management (Elsevier) and a key member of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). She is also a co-founder and convenor of the ‘Urban Morphology and Representation’ network within the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS). Dr Chen’s research focuses on urban morphology, Chinese urbanism, urban design, public space and design governance.
Chen, F. “Image-oriented design control in China: case studies from Nanjing.” In Urban Design International, edited by M. Arefi and N. Nasser. Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming.
Istrate, A., and F. Chen. “Liveable steets in Shanghai: definition, characteristics and design.” Progress in Planning, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2021.100544
Chen, F., and J.T. White. “Urban design governance in three Chinese ‘pioneer cities’.” International Planning Studies, 2020. doi:10.1080/13563475.2020.1752160
Chen, F. “The design dimension of China’s planning system: urban design for development control.” International Planning Studies 21, no. 1 (2016): 81-100. doi:10.1080/13563475.2015.1114452
Chen, F., and K. Thwaites. Chinese urban design: The typomorphological approach. Routledge, 2013. https://www.routledge.com/Chinese-Urban-Design-The-Typomorphological-Approach/Chen-Thwaites/p/book/9781138257818