Teaching Responsibilities

Economic Geography, Methods of Spatial Analysis, GIS Applications, Global Geography 

Research Interests & Current Projects:

Dr. Yingru Li is an economic/urban geographer, with research interests in health and health care disparities, regional development, retail location, and GIS. Through the critical use of geospatial technologies and spatial statistics such as exploratory spatial data analysis, geographically weighted regression, and multilevel modeling, she has investigated the effects of globalization and economic transition on regional economic inequality, health and health care disparities, and human development. She has developed a location model assessing and predicting the performances of retail stores. Her current research projects mainly include obesity and access to health care.

Selected Publications

Li, Y. The spatial variation of China’s regional inequality in human development. Regional Science Policy & Practice (in press).

Li, Y. and L. Liu. 2012. Assessing the impact of retail location on store performance: A comparison study of Wal-Mart and Kmart stores in Cincinnati. Applied Geography 32, 591-600.

Li, Y. and YHD. Wei. 2010. A spatial-temporal analysis of health care and mortality inequalities in transitional China. Eurasian Geography and Economics 51, 767–787.

Li, Y. and YHD. Wei. 2010. The spatial-temporal hierarchy of regional inequality of China. Applied Geography 30, 303-316.