URBAN PLANNING &

GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS

PORTFOLIO Beichen Tian

Student of University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Table of Content

Future Oceanic City Designing Competition ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

The Right Side View and the Left Side View of the “Crown of the Future” ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

The Top View and the Night View of the “Crown of the Future” ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Urban Planning Competition ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Current Land Use Supervised Classification ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8

The Transportation Condition and Function Zone Planning for Nanlang .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Team Project I: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Sea Gull Island’s Land Use Analysis and Function Zone Planning .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Function Zone Planning and the Current Land Use of the Sea Gull Island ................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Team Project II: .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Analysis of Current Employment Situation and Choice Motivation of GIS Major Student in Guangzhou ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Statistical Result of South China Agricultural University ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Statistical Result of South China Normal University .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Map Compositions in Emporia State University ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Ground Feature Changes in Northwestern Emporia within Twenty Years ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16

DEM and LIDAR Comparison of Two Creeks’ Hydrological Characteristics ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

Volume Calculation of the Aquifer and Weathered Layer in Arkansas River Basin, West Central Kansas, United States ............................................................................................................ 18

Emporia Regional Planning I: Planning Comparison Map ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19

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Emporia Regional Planning II: Regional Planning 3D Images Collection .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Glacial Feature Changes between Independence Period and Late Wisconsin Period, Pleistocene, North Central Great Plain, United States ........................................................................... 21

Maps & Landscape Graphics at University of Wisconsin-Madison.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22

Dane County Land Sustainability Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23

Wisconsin Wolf Habitat Suitability Evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Land Use Classification in Madison Area .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25

Colorado Skyline Park Site Plan ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26

Colorado Skyline Park Site Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Colorado Skyline Park Sections ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28

Colorado Skyline Park Perspectives & Concepts ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

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Future Oceanic City Designing Competition

Background Introduction The competition is one part of the 22nd Student Technology & Academy Festival organized by the student committee of

South China Normal University in December, 2012. Considering the rise of the awareness of energy recycling and ocean

development, ocean gradually becomes humans’ next “step” to develop modern urban civilization because of its

comparative advantages such as the abundant resources of biological and water resources, more stable climate changes,

and so on. Under this background, designing and developing a new kind of city that may be adaptive to the conditions of

ocean or even can float and move on the ocean acquires its significance. Accordingly, through the competition, the college

gave its students the opportunity to imagine how a future oceanic city would be like by designing their own

three-dimensional city models.

During the competition, by frequently discussing, designing, and revising the project, our composition eventually came

out: the “Crown of the Future”. As what you will see below, I display four different views of the city model plus a color

freehand sketching of it. Being the core designer of the 3D model, I think my personal capability of designing building

and imaginations have been greatly improved.

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The Right Side View and the Left Side View of the “Crown of the Future”

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The Top View and the Night View of the “Crown of the Future”

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Urban Planning Competition

Background Introduction The Leika Cup Urban Planning Competition is one of the most representative contests organized by the School of

Geography for its urban-planning-related major students to participate. It is held once a year and is sponsored by a

geographic research company. During the competition, participants are asked to design a regional planning project

including planning maps (no number limitation), an instruction brochure, and a presentation courseware.

The one which I and my teammates took part in was the 3rd urban planning competition. In this competition, our task

was to design and make a plan for a specific region named Nanlang-Torch Development Zone locating in the city of

Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China. Based on the analyses of the region’s cultural history, current total area of

cultivated lands, the river-ocean interlaced water network, and many others factors, we successfully finished our own

current land use interpretation, planning maps, and instructive project. Finally, we won the third prize.

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Current Land Use Supervised Classification

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The Transportation Condition and Function Zone Planning for Nanlang

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Team Project I:

Sea Gull Island’s Land Use Analysis and Function Zone Planning

Background Introduction This program is a common academic activity organized by lots of universities in China. Its full name is “The

Undergraduate Scientific Research Project”. Based on the quality of the researches, the outstanding final projects will be

assigned school level, college level, city level, province level, and national level prizes by the project evaluation

committee.

Our team project was started in 2011 Fall and it was finished in 2013 Fall. The maps that you will see below are two of

the maps I designed for our team planning project, whose study area is focused on Sea Gull Island, southern Guangzhou,

China. The map on the left is a conceptual map that uses different colors to indicate different planning function zones. The

map on the right is a map of the current land use on Sea Gull Island. By doing this project, our team would like to improve

the currently contaminated water environment and to plan a better local industry structure for the local economy.

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Function Zone Planning and the Current Land Use of the Sea Gull Island

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Team Project II:

Analysis of Current Employment Situation and Choice Motivation

of GIS Major Student in Guangzhou

Background Introduction This team project was designed and completed for finishing “The Undergraduate Social Practice”, an academic activity

organized by South China Normal University as a required social practice course during my senior years.

In this project, our team’s researches were mainly concentrated on the GIS major students’ current employment

situation in the city of Guangzhou, which has been considered as one of the most popular topics that Chinese graduated

students care about. Based on the information and statistical data collected through investigations, I wrote the final thesis

and drew three data-instructive maps. From what the data revealed, we drew conclusion that though the employment rate

might be influenced by several factors such as lack of interest about GIS major and gender discrimination, the total

employment situation was still positive and would become better due to the popularization of GIS technology.

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Statistical Result of South China Agricultural University

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Statistical Result of South China Normal University

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Map Compositions in Emporia State University

Background Introduction During January 5th 2013 to December 15th 2013, I went to and studied Earth Science at Emporia State University in

Kansas as an exchange student from South China Normal University. I successfully won this study-abroad opportunity

due to my outstanding GPA and comprehensive performances. During this period, I kept a glowing heart to learn and

improve my map making skills. Most of my map compositions were made in “Advanced GIS Application” and “Ice Age

Environment” these two professional classes. Also, I learnt a lot of opinions and thoughts about the principles of

cartographic design in “Intro to Geospatial Analysis” class.

My map compositions during the exchanged period mainly involve geospatial analysis for both natural features (e.g.

river, aquifer, etc.) and regional planning. Analyzed and researched targets include soil attributes, watershed, aquifer,

bedrock, glacial topographies, and changes of urban patterns.

In all, this exchanged experience taught me countless different capabilities and minds about Earth Science.

Sincerely thanks for my guiders, teachers, and friends Professor Richard Sleezer and Professor James Aber in Emporia

State University.

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Ground Feature Changes in Northwestern Emporia within Twenty Years

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DEM and LIDAR Comparison of Two Creeks’ Hydrological

Characteristics

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Volume Calculation of the Aquifer and Weathered Layer in Arkansas River

Basin, West Central Kansas, United States

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Emporia Regional Planning I: Planning Comparison Map

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Emporia Regional Planning II: Regional Planning 3D Images Collection

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Glacial Feature Changes between Independence Period and Late Wisconsin

Period, Pleistocene, North Central Great Plain, United States

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Maps & Landscape Graphics at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Background Introduction I was admitted by the Urban and Regional Planning program of UW-Madison in early February 2014. Then I have been

learning the graduate program since September 2014. As a current graduate student at UW-Madison, I have taken “GIS

for Planners” during 2014 fall and have finished “Application of GIS in Natural Resource” and “Graphics for Designers”

in 2015 spring. All the three classes have deepened my GIS analysis skills and graphic design skills.

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Dane County Land Sustainability Analysis

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Wisconsin Wolf Habitat Suitability Evaluation

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Land Use Classification in Madison Area

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Colorado Skyline Park Site Plan

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Colorado Skyline Park Site Analysis

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Colorado Skyline Park Sections

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Colorado Skyline Park Perspectives & Concepts