Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis

Fahui Wang is Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor and former Department Chair (2014-2020) in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. He earned the B.S. in geography from Peking University, China (1988), and M.A. in economics (1993) and PhD in city and regional planning (1995) from the Ohio State University. He was a recipient of the LSU Rainmaker Award for outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity (2015) and the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award (2018). His research interests include GIS applications in human geography (urban, economic, transportation), city and regional planning, and public policy (crime and health). According to Scopus with data freeze as of May 6, 2020, he is among the top 1% most-cited researchers in Geography (precisely, 159th in 27,592) in the world.