Full-time Professors
中原大學地景建築系 CYCU LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
中原大學地景建築系
CYCU LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
CHOU, RUNG-JIUN
Professor
Subjects Taught
- Thesis Design(I)(II)
- Professional Language
- Planning and Design Methods
- Social and Environmental Factors in Planning and Design
- Rural Planning and Urban Design
- Design Seminar(I)(II)
CURRENT POSITIONS
- 2022-present: Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- 2020-present: Director, Ph.D. Program in Design, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
- 2022-present: Associate Editor, Journal of Design Science (ISSN: 1562-9708, Chinese, Index: THCI), published by Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
EDUCATION
- Ph.D Planning and Landscape, University of Manchester, UK
- M.Sc Urban Design, Pratt Institute, USA
- B.Arch Architecture, Tunghai University, Taiwan
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- 2018-2020: Director, Master Program in Cultural and Creative Design, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS
- 2022.08.01-2024.07.31: Building community epidemic prevention resilience systems: An exploratory study on environmental planning and design combined with responsive land-use models in the post-pandemic era. National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
- 2020.08.01-2022.07.31: Healthy town-rural areas: Exploring local discourse and practice of blue-green infrastructure (BGI) implemented in building healthy communities. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
- 2020.01.01-2020.12.31: Resources, assets, connection, and legibility: Development and exploration of sustainable management in rural landscape. Council of Agriculture, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
- 2018.08.01-2020.07.31: Enrooted locally: Theory development and local practice of sustainable management in urban agricultural landscape. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
- 2016.08.01-2018.07.31: Evaluation of the development and outcomes of multi-dimensional landscape architecture design education: A longitudinal study. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
- 2015.08.01-2016.07.31: A feasibility study on the application of restorative environment to farm ponds. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
- 2014.08.01-2015.07.31: From lay perspectives to project implementation: A critical study of watercourse practice in urban flood-prone areas. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. Principal Investigator.
SELECTED EDUCATION GRANTS
- 2022.08.01-2023.01.31: Cultivating future design talents program for sustainable water resources environment – Phase 4 – University Foresight Education Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Co-Principal Investigator. - 2021.08.01-2022.07.31: Cultivating future design talents program for sustainable water resources environment – Phase 3 – University Foresight Education Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Co-Principal Investigator. - 2020.08.01-2021.07.31: Cultivating future design talents program for sustainable water resources environment – Phase 2 – University Foresight Education Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Co-Principal Investigator. - 2019.09.01-2020.07.31: Cultivating future design talents program for sustainable water resources environment – Phase 1 – University Foresight Education Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Co-Principal Investigator. - 2019.02.01-2019.08.31: Cultivating future design talents program for sustainable water resources environment – Phase 0 – University Foresight Education Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Co-Principal Investigator.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)
- Shen, J. & Chou, R. J.* (2022) Rural revitalization of Xiamei: The development experiences of integrating tea tourism with ancient village preservation, Journal of Rural Studies, 90, 42-52. (JCR – Q1 – Geography – SSCI)
- Chen, L. Y., Hsieh, W. Z. & Chou, R. J.* (2021) The impact of the construction of large reservoirs on the cultural landscape: A case study of the Shimen Reservoir, Taiwan, Land, 10(11), 1161. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Shen, J., Huang, F. T. & Chou, R. J.* (2021) Agricultural-heritage-oriented rural revitalization: Experiences from the ancient tea town of Xiping, Land, 10(9), 927. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. & Huang, F. T.* (2021) Building community resilience via developing community capital toward sustainability: Experiences from a Hakka settlement in Taiwan, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(17), 9012. (JCR – Q1 – Public, Environmental & Occupational Health – SSCI)
- Zhou, W., Chen, L. Y. & Chou, R. J.* (2021) Important factors affecting rural tourists’ aesthetic experience: A case study of Zoumatang Village in Ningbo, Sustainability, 13(14), 7594. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- He, Y., Chen, C. P., Chou, R. J., Luo, H.* & Hou, J. S. (2021) Exploring the transformation in the ‘spirit of place’ by considering the changed and unchanged defensive spaces of settlements: A case study of the Wugoushui Hakka settlement, Land, 10(5), 490. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Shen, J. & Chou, R. J.* (2021) Cultural landscape development integrated with rural revitalization: A case study of Songkou Ancient Town, Land, 10(4), 406. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- He, Y., Chen, C. P. & Chou, R. J.* (2019) The key factors influencing safety analysis for traditional settlement landscape, Sustainability, 11(12), 3431. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. (2018) Going out into the field: An experience of the landscape architecture studio incorporating service-learning and participatory design in Taiwan, Landscape Research, 43(6), 784-797. (JCR – Q3 – Geography – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J.*, Wu, C. T. & Huang, F. T. (2017) Fostering multi- functional urban agriculture: Experiences from the champions in a revitalized farm pond community in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Sustainability, 9(11), 2097. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. (2016) Achieving successful river restoration in dense urban areas: Lessons from Taiwan, Sustainability, 8(11), 1159. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Wang, K. Y. & Chou, R. J.* (2016) Static policy for dynamic landscape? A study of landscape notions expressed in planning policy and local people’s perception in Sicao, Taiwan, International Development Planning Review, 38(2), 159-178. (JCR – Q3 – Development Studies – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. (2013) Addressing watercourse sanitation in dense, water pollution-affected urban areas in Taiwan, Environment and Urbanization, 25(2), 523-540. (JCR – Q2 – Environmental Studies – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. (2013) Exploring the quasi-naturalistic landscaping design of a Taiwanese culverted urban stream, Landscape Research, 38(3), 347-367. (JCR – Q3 – Geography – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. (2012) The problems of watercourse redevelopment: Disseminating new knowledge about flood risk perception in Taiwan’s densely populated, typhoon-affected urban areas, International Development Planning Review, 34(3), 241-267. (JCR – Q3 – Development Studies – SSCI)
- Chou, R. J. (2011) From policy to implementation: The case of developing watercourses towards multi-functionality in flood-afflicted Taiwan, International Development Planning Review, 33(2), 213-239. (JCR – Q3 – Development Studies – SSCI)
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
- 2020-2022: Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
- 2017: Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan.
- 2016: Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan.
- 2014: Young Scholar Award, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan.
- 2006-2008: ORSAS (Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme), University of Manchester, UK.
- 2005-2006: GTF (Graduate Teaching Fellowship), University of Manchester, UK.
- 2003: Graduate Scholarship, Pratt Institute, USA.
SELECTED SERVICES
- 2020-2021: Evaluation Committee Member, Division of Regional Science and Geography, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
- 2019: Program Accreditation Reviewer, Disciplines of Landscape, Urban, and Architecture, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan.
- 2019-present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Architecture (ISSN: 1016-3212, Chinese), published by Architectural Institute of Taiwan.
REVIEWER (INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEW JOURNALS)
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Land
- Landscape Research
- Sustainability
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
- Water
TEACHING
PhD level
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- Environmental History
- Research Methods and Academic Writing in Design Science
Master level
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- Advanced Design Studio
- Social and Environmental Factors in Planning and Design
- Planning and Design Methods
- Design Seminar
Bachelor level
- Landscape Architecture Design Studio
- Thesis Design
- Rural Planning and Urban Design
- Structure and Form
SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS
- Currently 11 PhD students and 13 Master students (graduated and in-progress; supervisor and co-supervisor)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Urban-rural health; Local revitalization; Landscape narrative; Design education
