Bo Yang

Bo Yang PhD, PLA, AICP is a professor of landscape architecture and urban planning in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona and a member of UArizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing & Performance (IPWP). Dr. Yang is a leading researcher on urban green infrastructure and landscape performance evaluation, particularly focusing on stormwater management and climate resilience. Dr. Yang was CELA Vice President for Research and Creative Scholarship and a Research Fellow of the Landscape Architecture Foundation. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Geological Survey, Landscape Architecture Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China and others. His books include Landscape Performance: Ian McHarg’s ecological planning in The Woodlands, Texas (Routledge), Ecological Wisdom: Theory and Practice (Springer-Nature), and Evaluating Landscape Performance: A Guidebook for Metrics and Methods Selection (LAF). Dr. Yang is a licensed Landscape Architect and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.