Dan Feng

Department of Exhibition Economy and Management 2025-01-06 15:31:00

Associate Professor

Social and Culture Geography; Tourism, Nature and Society; Political Ecology of Geothermal Water; Place and Politics; Borders

fengdan@m.scnu.edu.cn

08/2017-08/2018   Visiting scholar, UCLA

09/2008-06/2011   PhD, Human Geography, Sun Yat-sen University 

12/2009-12/2010   Joint training of doctoral student, University of Oregon 

07/2009-09/2009   Exchange PhD student, University of Utrecht

09/2005-06/2007   M.S., Human Geography, Sun Yat-sen University

09/2001-07/2005   B.S., Geography, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology


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National Natural Science Foundation of China (42471254): The assemblage thinking and the production of borderscapes in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, 2025.1-2028.12

National Natural Science Foundation of China (41871125): Cross-border home: mobility and identity of Hong Kong and Macau dwellers in Pearl River Delta, 2019.1-2022.12

National Natural Science Foundation of China (41301139): The making of home and identity at the background of suburbanization: the case of Guangzhou, 2014.1-2016.12

Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (GD24XGL053): The transfer and innovation of transborder knowledge in Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, 2024.6-2026.6

Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (S2013040012652): The cultural geography of gated communities in Suburban Guangzhou


• Feng Dan. Home in the Urban Suburbs: Gated Communities and Surrounding Neighborhoods. Science Press, 2017.

• Li, P., Tian, S., Yao, L., & Feng, D. (2023). My body tells me to stay here: Materiality, identity and everyday politics in Wentang Town, China. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. https://url.scnu.edu.cn/record/view/index.html?key=7d28ac9a88d9392291f7aac9473fe064

• Dan Feng, Hong Zhu. Migrant resettlement in rural China: Homemaking and sense of belonging after domicide, 2021, Journal of Rural Studies, 2022,93(5):301-308.

• Dan Feng, Hong Zhu & Yihan Wang (2021) Agency and mobility in the context of development-induced migration: the case of Three Gorges out-migrants, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(12): 2745-2759.

• Dan Feng, Peng Li. Claiming geothermal water: Critical legal geography and scalar politics of hot spring development in China. The Geographical Journal, 2019, 185(2): 209-221.

• Dan Feng, Werner BREITUNG. What makes you feel at home? Constructing senses of home in two border cities. Population, Space and Place, 2018, 24(3):1-19.

• Dan Feng, Werner BREITUNG, Hong Zhu. Creating and defending concepts of home in suburban Guangzhou. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2014, 55(4): 381-403. 

• Junxi QianDan Feng, Hong Zhu. Tourism-driven urbanization in Chinas small town development: A case study of Zhapo Town, 1986-2003. Habitat International201136152-160.

• Here are the translations of the provided references:

• Feng Dan, Li Pan, Li Peng. Progress in Political Ecology Research from the Perspective of Foreign Legal Geography. World Geographical Research, 2023, 32(5): 148-157.

• Li Peng, Yao Luchow, Lin Yuqian, Feng Dan. Progress in Western Emotional Geopolitics Research. Tropical Geography, 2021, 41(06): 1166-1174. DOI:10.13284/j.cnki.rddl.003408.

• Feng Dan, Zhu Hong, Werner Breitung. Cross-Border Significance Research Based on Resident Perceptions: A Case Study of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cross-Border Residents. Human Geography, 2019, 34(03): 53-60.

• Xue Ximing, Feng Dan. Home and Place in Flux: A Review of Associative Research. Human Geography, 2016, 31(4): 9-16.

• Feng Dan, Li Peng, Zhu Hong. Progress and Enlightenment of Foreign HomeGeographical Research, Progress in Geographical Science, 2015, 34(7): 809-817. (Reprinted by Renmin University of China Photocopying Newspaper and Periodical Materials)

• Feng Dan. Cross-Cultural Behavioral Differences of Golf Tourists: A Study Based on CaddiesPerceptions. South China Normal University Journal (Social Science Edition), 2015, (2): 92-98.

• Feng Dan, Werner Breitung. The Role and Significance of Gating: A Study on the Development of Gated Communities from the Perspective of Consumer Demand. Tropical Geography, 2015, 35(3): 532-540.

• Feng Dan. The Impact of Gated Communities on Local Spatial Patterns in the Context of Suburbanization: A Case Study of Nanpu Island, Guangzhou. Tropical Geomorphology, 2015, 36(1): 60-66.

• Feng Dan, Pang Jingwen. A Study on Cross-Border Tourism Flow and Regional Distribution under the Background of Integration: A Case Study of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao. Journal of Foshan University, 2015, 33(4): 52-57.

• Li Peng, Feng Dan. Cultural Political Interpretation in the Evolution of Place Names: A Case Study of Conghua Hot Spring. Human Geography, 2015, (2): 58-64.

• Feng Dan, Zhu Hong, Werner BREITUNG. A Study on the Relationship between Gated Community Boundaries and the Construction of Home. World Geographical Research, 2014, 23(3): 64-73.

• Xie Xiaoru, Feng Dan, Zhu Hong. A Study on Perception and Identity of Cultural Microspaces: A Case Study of Fangsuo Cultural Bookstore in Taikoo Hui, Guangzhou. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2014, 92(2): 184-198.

• Feng Dan, Werner BREITUNG, Zhu Hong. The Relationship between Gated Communities and Surrounding Neighborhoods in the Context of Residential Suburbanization: A Case Study of Lianhua Mountain Garden, Guangzhou. Geographical Research, 2011, 30(1): 61-70.

• Feng Dan, Bart Wissink, Werner BREITUNG. The Impact of Sociocultural Institutions on the Development of Gated Communities: A Comparative Study between China and the Netherlands. World Geographical Research, 2010, 19(4): 128-137.

• Zhu Hong, Qian Junxi, Feng Dan. Research Progress and Enlightenment on the Symbolic Significance of Space. Progress in Geographical Science, 2010, 29(6): 5-10.

• Zhu Hong, Feng Dan, Wang Bin. New Trends in Urban Cultural Geography Research under the Background of Globalization. Human Geography, 2008, 23(2): 6-10. [Reprinted in full in the 2008, No. 5 issue of Renmin University of China Photocopying Newspaper and Periodical Materials Geography(ISSN 1009-7619), pp. 3-8]

• Zhu Hong, Feng Dan, Han Yalin. A Re-examination of the Construction of Chinas International Tourism Destinations from the Perspective of Foreign Travelers. Tourism Tribune, 2007, 22(6): 14-19.

• Feng Dan, Li Peng, Zhu Hong. Analysis of Research Interests of Scholars in Internationally Renowned Tourism Departments. Tourism Tribune, 2006, 21(6): 52-58.