Huhua Cao

Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Professor, MA in Globalization and International Development, School of International Development and Global Studies

Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.

Office: Simard 030
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 1043
E-mail: caohuhua@uOttawa.ca

University degrees

1998 – Postdoctorat Géographie, INRS-Urbanisation
1998 – PhD, Géographie, Université Laval
1994 – M.Arch, Architecture, Université Laval
1983 – B.Urb, Urbanisme, Tong-Ji University, China

Fields of interest

Urbanisation and Mobility
Ethnic Minority and Urban/Regional Development
Spatial Inequality and Accessibility to Social Services
Regional Minority Dynamics in China
Francophone Urban Space in Canada
Spatial and Statistical Analysis
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Dr Huhua Cao has been involved in extensive research activities in North America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. In recent years, his research has focused on regional minority development and around the following two axes: 1) Ethnic minority, Mobility and Urbanisation; 2) Spatial inequality and Accessibility of social services. The majority of his research is founded on the usage of geostatistical methods and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and finds application in two areas of study: Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs) in Canada (local level) and Minority regions in China (international level).

Dr. Cao has been interested in minority societies in Canada for more than ten years. His research aims to better understand the processes and mechanisms of profound spatial transformations in minority francophone urban spaces in relation to the spatiotemporal dynamic of distribution of institutional social services. Dr. Cao has twice been recognized by SSHRC since 2000 as principal investigator for research on francophone minorities in New Brunswick, with a focus on accessibility to social public services. His research experience with Canadian minority groups has been particularly enriching as he has started to implement these approaches in China in recent years.

Economic reforms since the end of 1970s have changed China tremendously. China’s phenomenal economic growth during the last thirty years, along with its hosting of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, have captured high attention of the world. Despite its incredible economic development, however, since the 1990s China has also experienced dramatic increases in regional inequality. China is in fact becoming a polarized society in three dimensions: inland-coastal (geographic disparity), rural-urban (sectoral disparity) and minority-majority (social disparity). This phenomenon is at the heart of a multitude of serious problems that are threatening the sustainable development of Chinese society, as well as social cohesion within the country. In recent years, Dr. Cao, of Chinese Manchu ethnic extraction, has developed a series of important research projects with Chinese colleagues, resulting in a number of successful book and article publications.

Career

2009-2014   Adjunct Professor, Hainan Normal University (China)
2009           Professeur invité, Centre d’études sur la China moderne et contemporaine, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Ministère de l’éducation nationale (France)
2004-2010 Adjunct professor, Northwest Minorities University (China)
2003-2009 Adjunct professor, Lanzhou University (China)
2003-2005 Adjunct professor, University of Oradea (Romania)
1998-2003   Professeur en géographie, Université de Moncton (Canada)
1983-1991         City Planner and Architect, Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research (China)

Courses taught

GEG1702 Société et environnement
GEG3506 Ville en mutation
GEG4702 Développement des villes en Chine
GEG4723 Géographie de la population
GEG5505 Régions minoritaires, modernisation, mondialisation

Research projects

Canada-Europe International Cooperation Project on Sustainable Cities: Converting Brownfields into Community Assets from an International Perspective (2010-2013, HRSDC, with Omer Chouinard, Université de Moncton; Ilies Alexandru, University of Oradea, Romania; Olivier Dehoorne, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, France) http://www.chinaeam.uottawa.ca/Brownfields-project.html
Ecosystem Assessment Management (EAM) (Ministry of Science and Technology of the government of China (MOST), 2007-2009, 2010-2013, with Fengmin Li, Lanzhou University, China)
Spatial inequality of girls’ schooling in China’s minority regions: Confronting issues of exclusion and inclusion (2008-2012, with Shengquan Ma, Hainan Normal University, China)
Une analyse géographique sur la dynamique et l’ampleur des flux migratoires des Acadiens et ses impacts (SSHRC-RDC, 2009-2012, avec Omer Chouinard, Université de Moncton)

Selected publications

(For access to the full text of all the publications in PDF format, please visit his web site at http://www.chinaeam.uottawa.ca/eng/pubcao.html)

Books

Cao Huhua and Vivienne Poy (the Senator of Canada) (eds)(2011) The China Challenge: Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press (ISBN 978-2-7603-0764-1), 285p. (in print).

Cao Huhua et Sabrina Bergeron (2010) Disparités régionales et inclusion des minorités: Les défis de la Chine de l’après Jeux Olympiques de Beijing (Regional Disparity and Minority Inclusion: The Challenges of China after Beijing 2008 Olympic Games). Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec (ISBN 978-2-7605-2442-2). 164p.

Cao Huhua and Elizabeth Morrell (Flinders University, Australia) (eds)(2010) Regional Minorities and Development in Asia, London and New York: Routledge (ISBN 9 780415 551304), 175p.

Cao Huhua (ed) (2009) Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia: Reality and Challenges, the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) publication series, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (ISBN 978-90-8964-0918), 236p.

Zhang Chengyi (Hainan Normal University, China) and Huhua Cao (principal editors), Peter Foggin (Université de Montréal) and Shengquan Ma (Hainan Normal University, China) (Coeditors)(2008) 包容与和谐：增进少数民族地区发展的相互了解 (Inclusion and Harmony: Improving Mutual Understanding of Development in Minority Regions), 北京:民族出版社 (Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House)(ISBN 9 787105 096442), 489p.

Papers/Chapters

Cao H. (2011) “Chapter 1: Canada’s Response to China’s Increasing Role in the World”, in Cao Huhua and Vivienne Poy (eds), The China Challenge: Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, pp. 1-10.

Cao H. and Dehoorne O. (2011) “Chapter 16: Changing Territorial Strategies: Chinese Immigrants in Canada”, in Cao Huhua and Vivienne Poy (eds), The China Challenge: Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, pp. 216-234.

Cao H. (2010) “Urban-rural Income Disparity and Urbanization: What is the Role of Spatial Distribution of Ethnic Groups? A Case Study of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Western China”, Regional Studies, 44(8): 965-982.

Cao H. (2010) “Entry: Spatial Inequality”, in Barney Warf (ed), Encyclopedia of Geography, London: SAGE, 2640-2645.

Cao H. and Feng J. (2010) “Chapter 5: Access to education for girls in minority region of Gansu: A geographic perspective”, in Cao Huhua and Elizabeth Morrell (eds), Regional Minorities and Development in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, pp.99-117.

Cao H. and Morrell E. (2010) “Introduction: From consciousness to responsibility”, in Cao Huhua and Elizabeth Morrell (eds), Regional Minorities and Development in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, pp.1-16.

Li Y.F., Sun X., Zhu X.D. and Cao H. (2010) “An early warning method of landscape ecological security in rapid urbanizing coastal areas and its application in Xiamen, China”, Ecological Modelling, 221: 2251-2260.

Cao H. et Dehoorne O. (2009) “Les groupes minoritaires en Chine: distribution spatiale et défis d’intégration”, Espace-Populations-Sociétés/Soace-Population-Societies, 3: 397-406.

Cao H. (2009) “多元文化国政，族群平衡木” (National Policy of Multiculturalism: Ethnic Balance Beam), 南风窗 (NanFengChuang), August 2009: 37-41.

Vedom J. and Cao H. (2009) “Chapter 5: Patterns of the Use and the Choice of Health Care Facilities among the Han and Minority Populations in China”, in Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia: Reality and Challenges, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp.65-82.

Deng A., Maimaitiming A. and Cao H. (2009) “Chapter 8: Urbanisation Processes among Ethnic Groups in Western China”, in Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia: Reality and Challenges, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp.109-128.

Cao H. (2008) “Spatial Inequality in Children’s Schooling in Gansu, Western China: Reality and Challenges”, The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe canadien, 55(3): 331-350.

He X.F., Cao H. and Li F.M. (2008) “Factors Influencing the Adoption of Pasture Crop Rotation in the Semiarid Area of China's Loess Plateau”, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 32(1): 161-180.

Maimaitiming A. and Cao H. (2008) “The Evolution of Urbanization in Western China” (in Chinese), Inclusion and Harmony: Improving Mutual Understanding of Development in Minority Regions, Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House (民族出版社), pp.93-114.

He X.F., Cao H. and Li F.M. (2007) “Econometric analysis of the determinants of adoption of rainwater harvesting and supplementary irrigation technology (RHSIT) in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China”, Agricultural water management, 89(3): 243-250.

Ma S.Q., Cao H., Gao M., Feng J., Sun X.L. and Zhao S.M. (2007) “The Socioeconomic Development in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Western China”, Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities (Natural science), 28(3): 69-76 (in Chinese).

Cao H.,Dehoorne O. et Roy V. (2006)“L’immigration chinoise au Canada : logiques spatiales et nouvelles territorialités” (Chinese Immigration in the Canadian context: Spatial diffusion and new territorial strategies), Norois, 199: 11-22.

Cao Y.Y., Cao H. and Ma S.Q. (2006) “New Rural Development in Western regions in Building a Harmonic Society in China”, Commercial Times (academic edition), 32: 48–49 (in Chinese).

Ma S.Q., Feng J. and Cao H. (2006) “Fuzzy Model of Regional Economic Competitiveness in GIS Spatial Analysis: A case Study of Gansu, Western China”, Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making, 5: 99–110.

Maimaitiming A. and Cao H. (2006) “Urban-rural Income Disparity under the Urbanization Process in Xinjiang, China”, Geography in Arid Region, 25(3): 26-34 (in Uyghur).

Cao H. et Morin M. (2005)“La population étudiante de l’Université de Moncton (NB, Canada): Répartition spatio-temporelle et enjeux” (Changes in the Spatial Distribution over Time of the Students of the University of Moncton: New patterns and their Impacts), Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies, 59: 93-121.

Cao H., Chouinard O. et DehoorneO. (2005) “De la périphérie vers le centre : l’évolution de l’espace francophone du Nouveau‑Brunswick au Canada” (From the Periphery to the Center: Evolution of the French-Speaking Community in New Brunswick in Canada), Annales de Géographie, 642: 115-140.

Dehoorne O. and Cao H. (2005) “Mobility and Tourist Places. The case of Martinique Island, a French Territory in the Caribbean”, Belgeo(Belgian Journal of Geography). 1-2: 121-133.

Cao H., Roy V. et Lacombe S. (2004) “Dynamique de l’implantation des services de garde à l’enfance dans la région urbaine de Moncton, 1990-2001” (Location of Daycare Centres implementation in the urban region of Moncton), Revue de l’Université de Moncton - Numéro thématique spécial en Petite enfance, 35(2): 185-202.

Cao H. et Dehoorne, O. (2004) “La société coréenne face à la mondialisation ou les incertitudes d’une fin de siècle” (The Korean Society Facing the Challenges of Globalisation and Uncertainties of the End of a Century), dans Raibaud Martine et François Souty (eds), Europe-Asie : Échanges, éthiques et marchés, Paris : Les Indes savantes, pp.205-220.

Cao H. (2003) “Une transformation remarquable dans l’espace social de la région du Grand Moncton : portrait de l’évolution géographique des Acadiens” (A Spectacular Transformation in the Social Space of the Greater Moncton Area: A Portrait of the Evolution of Acadians), André Magord (ed), L’Acadie plurielle : Dynamiques identitaires collectives et développement au sein des réalités acadiennes, Moncton : Centre d’études acadiennes, pp.873-886.

Cao H. (2003) “The Application of Centrographic Analysis to the Study of the Intra-urban Migratory Phenomenon in the Greater Moncton Area in Canada, 1981-1996”, Romanian Review on Political Geography,V (1): 16-25.

Cao H. et Lacombe S. (2003) “Localisation des services de garde à l’enfance et de leur clientèle dans l’agglomération bilingue de Moncton au Canada” (Location of Daycare Centers and Their Users in the Bicultural Agglomeration of Moncton in Canada), Études canadiennes/Canadian Studies, 55: 25-51.

Cao H. (2001) “Determining Tactics for the Use of International Funds to Develop China’s Human Resources, Using the Example of AUCC Collaboration Projects”,in Shanghai Forum on Internationalization of Human Resources in the New Century (in Chinese), Shanghai: Government of Shanghai, pp.227-230.

Cao H. et Dehoorne O. (2002) “Transformation marquante dans la configuration spatio-linguistique de la région de Moncton au Canada” (A significant transformation of the linguistic configuration and of the cultural identities in the Greater Moncton, Canada), Annales de Géographie, 625: 303-319.

Cao H., Zhao Y. et Losier S. (2000) “Le projet urbain de Pudong à Shanghai offre-t-il un développement durable pour la globalisation de la Chine? ” (Does the Pudong Urban Project in Shanghai Have a Sustainable Future?), Les Annales de la recherche urbaine, 86: 92-100.

Cao H. et Villeneuve P. (1998) “La localisation des garderies dans l'espace social de l’agglomération de Québec” (Social Space and Daycare Centers in the Quebec Metropolitan Area), Cahiers de Géographie du Québec, 42(115): 35-65.

Cao H. et Villeneuve P. (1997) “La garderie à temps plein ou à temps partiel?” (Full Time or Part Time Daycare Centers?), Recherches féministes : Territoires, 10(2): 49-75.

The most significant contributions in the publication related to the following two axes:

Ethnic minority, Mobility and Urbanisation

Cao H. and Dehoorne O. (2011) “Chapter 16: Changing Territorial Strategies: Chinese Immigrants in Canada”, in The China Challenge: Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, pp. 216-234.

Cao Huhua and Elizabeth Morrell (eds)(2010) Regional Minorities and Development in Asia, London and New York: Routledge, 192p.

Cao H. et Dehoorne O. (2009) “Les groupes minoritaires en Chine: distribution spatiale et défis d’intégration”, Espace-Populations-Sociétés/Soace-Population-Societies, 3: 397-406.

Cao H. and Morrell E. (2010) “Introduction: From consciousness to responsibility”, Regional Minorities and Development in East and Southeast Asia, London and New York: Routledge, pp.1-16.

Cao H., Chouinard O. et Dehoorne O. (2005) “De la périphérie vers le centre: l’évolution de l’espace francophone du Nouveau‑Brunswick au Canada”, Annales de Géographie, 642: 115-140.

Cao H., Zhao Y. et Losier S. (2000) “Le projet urbain de Pudong à Shanghai offre-t-il un développement durable pour la globalisation de la Chine? ”, Les Annales de la recherche urbaine, 86: 92-100

Spatial inequality and Accessibility of social services

Cao Huhua et Sabrina Bergeron (2010) Disparités régionales et inclusion des minorités: Les défis de la Chine de l’après Jeux Olympiques de Beijing. Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec. 164p.

Cao H. (2010) “Entry: Spatial Inequality”, in Barney Warf (ed), Encyclopedia of Geography, London: SAGE, 2640-2645.

Cao H. (2008) “Spatial Inequality in Children’s Schooling in Gansu, Western China: Reality and Challenges”, The Canadian Geographer, 55(3): 331-350.

Cao H. et Lacombe S. (2003) “Localisation des services de garde à l’enfance et de leur clientèle dans l’agglomération bilingue de Moncton au Canada”, Études canadiennes, 55: 25-51.

Cao H. et Villeneuve P. (1998) “La localisation des garderies dans l'espace social de l’agglomération de Québec”, Cahiers de Géographie du Québec, 42(115): 35-65.

Thesis supervision

On going

Matthew Gaudreau (Admission Scholarship of UO) -Master’s Thesis (2010-), “Social Networks and Resilience in China’s Environment Governance: Case Study of Nanjing, China”, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Jean-Francois Parent -Thèse de la maîtrise (2010-), «L’adaptation et l’intégration des acadiens migrants dans les centres urbains du Nouveau-Brunswick », Département de géographie, Université d’Ottawa

Kévin Dépault -Thèse de la maîtrise (2009-), « Les relations de pouvoir dans le redéveloppement des friches industrielles: l’étude de cas de Martinique », École de développement international et mondialisation, Université d’Ottawa

Ruibo Han (Admission Scholarship of UO for the International Student) -Ph.D.’s Thesis (2006-), “Transformation of the urban landscape in China”, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa

Graduated

Matthew Skogstad-Stubbs (2009-2010 Chinese Government Scholarship) -Master’s Thesis (2011), “The Exchange of Ideas in Urban Development, Case Study of Shanghai, China”, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa

Sabrina Bergeron (Boursier d’admission d’UO) -Mémoire de la maîtrise (2008), « Disparités régionales en Chine: Examen des trois formes d’inégalités et analyse des facteurs d’influence socioéconomique», École de développement international et mondialisation, Université d’Ottawa

Julia Vedom (Admission Scholarship of UO + 2007-2008 China-Canada Scholars Exchange Program Scholarship + 2009 Jacques May Prize to the best thesis in medical geography) -Master’s Thesis (2008), “Health Care Access and Regional Disparities in China”, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa

Vincent Roy (Boursier du CRSH) -Thèse de la maîtrise (2008), «Institutions scolaires et vitalité francophone à Moncton, 1981-2001 », Département de géographie, Université d’Ottawa

Jing Feng -Master’s Thesis (2007), “Urban-rural Income Disparity in the Minority Counties of Gansu, Western China”, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa

Josée Guignard -Thèse de la maîtrise (2006), «Migration en milieu urbain des communautés rurales francophones du Nord du Nouveau-Brunswick: Les cas de Dieppe et de Moncton », Université de Moncton (co-supervisor)

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