Jin Xue is professor in urban and regional sustainability planning at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (BYREG), Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Xue's research interests are in urban and housing sustainable development, second-home planning, degrowth and urban development and planning, urban futures based on scenario planning, and critical realism. Xue is currently the coordinator of the Urban Sustainability research group.
Liste med publikasjoner fra min forskning. (Cristin)
Xue, J. (2014). Economic growth and sustainable housing: an Uneasy relationship. London: Routledge.
Steffansen, R. N., Xue, J., Stefansdottir, H., & Næss, P. (2022). Perceptions and Justifications of Environmental Impacts of Second Home Use: A Norwegian Study. Environment, Space, Place, 14(2), 104-131.
Xue, J., & Kębłowski, W. (2022). Editorial: Spatialising degrowth, degrowing urban planning. Local Environment, 27(4), 397-403.
Xue, J. (2022). A critical realist theory of ideology: Promoting planning as a vanguard of societal transformation. Planning Theory, 14730952211073330.
Xue, J. (2021). Urban planning and degrowth: a missing dialogue. Local Environment. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13549839.2020.1867840
Mete, S., & Xue, J. (2020). Integrating environmental sustainability and social justice in housing development: two contrasting scenarios. Progress in Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2020.100504
Xue, J., Næss, P., Stefansdottir, H., Steffansen, R. & Richardson, T. (2020). The hidden side of Norwegian cabin fairytale: climate implications of multi-dwelling lifestyle. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 1-26.
Næss, P., Xue, J., Stefansdottir, H., Steffansen, R. & Richardson, T. (2019). Second home mobility and climate impacts: travel modes, considerations and justifications. Journal of Transport Geography, 79(1-12).
Nørgård, J. & Xue, J. (2017). From green growth towards a sustainable real economy. The myth of decoupling, rebound effects, and the I=P*A*T equation. Real-World Economics Review, 80.
Xue, J. (2017). Eco-metropolis planning conditioned by the growth ideology: The case of Greater Copenhagen. Urban Design and Planning, 1-10.
Xue, J., Walnum, H. J., Aall, C., Næss, P. (2016). Two contrasting scenarios for a zero-emission future in a high-consumption society. Sustainability, 9(20).
Xue, J. (2014). Is eco-village / urban village the future of a degrowth society? An urban planner's perspective. Ecological Economics, 105: 130-138.
Xue, J. (2014). Sustainable housing development: decoupling or degrowth? A comparative study of Copenhagen and Hangzhou. Environment and Planning C, 33.
Xue, J. (2012). A critical realist perspective on decoupling negative environmental impacts from housing sector growth and economic growth. Journal of Critical Realism, 11 (4): 438-461.
Xue, J. (2012). Potentials for decoupling housing-related environmental impacts from economic growth. Environmental Development, 4: 18-35.
Xue, J. (2012). Limits to decoupling strategies for sustainable housing development: The Hangzhou experience. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55 (8): 1004-1021.
Xue, J. (2012). Indicators of decoupling housing-related environmental impacts from economic growth. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 27 (4): 495-516.
Xue, J., Arler, F. & Næss, P. (2012). Is the degrowth debate relevant to China? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 14 (1): 85-109.
Xue, J., Næss, P., Yao, Y. & Li, F. (2011). The challenge of sustainable mobility in urban planning and development: A comparative study of the Copenhagen and Hangzhou metropolitan areas. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 3 (2): 185-206.
Xue, J. (2022). Planning law and post-growth transformation. In: F. Savini, A. Ferreira & K. C. Schönfeld (eds.) Post-Growth Planning: Foundations for an Urbanization Beyond the Market Economy. New York: Routledge.
Xue, J. (2018). Housing for degrowth: Space, planning and distribution. In: A. Nelson & F. Schneider (eds.) Housing for Degrowth: Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities. London: Routledge. In press.
Stefansdottir, H. (2018). The quality of small dwellings in a neighborhood context. In: A. Nelson & F. Schneider (eds.) Housing for Degrowth: Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities. London: Routledge. In press.
Xue, J. (2016). Arguments for and against economic growth. In: P. Næss & L. Price (eds.) Crisis System: A Critical realist and critical environmental critique of contemporary economics. London: Routledge.
Xue, J. (2016). China at the crossroad: ecological modernization or ecosocialism? In: P. Næss & L. Price (eds.) Crisis System: A Critical realist and critical environmental critique of contemporary economics. London: Routledge.
Næss, P. & Xue, J. (2016). Housing standards, environmental sustainability and social welfare. In: P. Næss & L. Price (eds.) Crisis System: A Critical realist and critical environmental critique of contemporary economics. London: Routledge.
Nørgård, J. & Xue, J. (2016). Between Green Growth and Degrowth: Decoupling, Rebound Effects and the Politics for Long-Term Sustainability. In: Santorius, T., H. J. Walnum & C. Aall (eds.) Rethinking Climate and Energy Policies. Springer.
Xue, J. (2022). Bærekraftig bosetting – et sammensatt spørsmål av rom, livsstil og valgfrihet. Nyt Fokus, 20: 36-39. http://www.nytfokus.nu/nummer-20/
Xue, J. (2021). Hva kan være en bærekraftig hytteutbygging i framtiden? Dekar, 5: 40-41. https://issuu.com/magasinetdekar/docs/eiendomsmagasinet_dekar_5_nett?fbclid=IwAR14PBECuZ-ea_1iaDwFL4CpFN0qeu6nEQfQoya6Rw0-yeUsp3iV4pp4xIk
Næss, P. & Xue, J. (2016). Boligstandard, bærekraft og rettferdig fordeling. Rødt, 2: 34-45.
Xue, J. (2011). Book review: Explaining Society: Critical Realism in the Social Science. Journal of Architectural / Planning Research and Studies, 8 (2): 153-155.
Xue, J. (2010). Book review: Towards a Sustainable Northern European Housing Stock. Journal of Architectural / Planning Research and Studies, 7 (1): 129-131.
Xue, J., Singsass, M., Steffensen, R. N. (2022). Statens nye veileder for hytteutbygging svarer ikketil problemene. Morgenbladet. https://www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/kronikk/2022/12/08/statens-nye-veileder-for-hytteutbygging-svarer-ikke-til-problemene/
Xue, J. (2020). Den norske hytta – fra nærhet til naturen til klimaversting. Aftenposten. https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/86PRwE/den-norske-hytta-fra-naerhet-til-naturen-til-klimaversting
Xue, J. (2016). Vi må tenke nytt om bærekraftig byutvikling. Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/Stopp-eneboligbyggingen_-begrens-reisingen-og-reguler-bilholdet--Jin-Xue-605231b.html
Xue, J. (2013). Does city growth have to sacrifice the environment? Chinadialogue, https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6397-Does-city-growth-have-to-sacrifice-the-environment-
2023 Podcast Degrowth and the Future of Sustainable Planning. https://anchor.fm/political-ecology-forum/episodes/Episode-5-Degrowth-and-the-Future-of-Sustainable-Planning-e1u1dke/a-a9831la
2022 Podcast Becoming a Post-Growth planner (#14). https://www.postgrowthplanning.com/podcast/becoming-a-post-growth-planner-14-jin-xue/
2021 Norsk natur har en halv million hytter. Er det nok nå? Forksning.no. https://forskning.no/klima-naturvern-skog/norsk-natur-har-en-halv-million-hytter-er-det-nok-na/1904131
2021 Etterlyser en nasjonal hyttepolitikk. Morgenbladet. https://www.morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2021/08/13/den-moderne-norske-hytta-er-en-klimaversting/
2018 Teknologien kan ikke redde oss fra klimakatastrofe. Forksning.no. https://forskning.no/klima-partner-nmbu-norges-miljo-og-biovitenskapelige-universitet/teknologien-kan-ikke-redde-oss-fra-klimakatastrofe/289589
2014 Predictions for China’s environment in 2014. Chinadialogue. https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6609-Predictions-for-China-s-environment-in-2-14/en
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Lecturing in a number of other courses in BYREG.