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Cheng Yu Tong
Section
Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Job title
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor(Research)

Research History 9

  • 2026/07 - Present
    Tohoku University

  • 2023/12 - Present
    Tohoku University Research Fellow

  • 2019/08 - 2023/08
    The University of Melbourne Researcher

  • 2017/11 - 2019/06
    JDI Consultants, Ltd. Data Analyst / OJT Lecturer for GIS and Spatial Data

  • 2017/11 - 2019/06
    Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Ltd. Engineer / Urban Planner

  • 2017/09 - 2017/11
    Taiwan Institute of Economic Research Assistant Researcher

  • 2014/08 - 2016/07
    National Taiwan University Research Assistant

  • 2014/08 - 2016/07
    National Taiwan University Teaching Assistant

  • 2012/08 - 2014/07
    National Taiwan Normal University Research Assistant

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Education 3

  • The University of Melbourne Department of Infrastructure Engineering Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering

    2019 - 2023

  • National Taiwan University Department of Geography Master of Science, Geography

    2014 - 2016

  • National Taiwan Normal University Department of Education; Department of Geography Bachelor of Education, Education; Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Geography

    2010 - 2014

Professional Memberships 1

  • 日本LCA学会

    2025/11 - Present

Research Areas 5

  • Natural sciences / Human geoscience /

  • Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention) / Civil engineering (planning and transportation) /

  • Humanities & social sciences / Geography /

  • Informatics / Statistical science /

  • Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention) / Architectural and city planning /

Awards 8

  1. PhD Write-up Award

    2023 The University of Melbourne

  2. Recognition For The First Author Publication

    2022 Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne

  3. ANPET Scientific production award

    2021 35º ANPET – Congresso de pesquisa e ensino em transportes in Brazil Modelos e Técnicas de Planejamento de Transportes

  4. Conference Support Grant

    2021 Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne

  5. Melbourne Research Scholarship

    2019 The University of Melbourne

  6. Annual Thesis Award

    2017 Chinese Institute of Land Economy

  7. Dean's Award of College of Science, National Taiwan University

    2016 College of Science, National Taiwan University

  8. Subsidy for Domestic Graduate Students to Attend International Academic Conferences,

    2016 Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

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Papers 14

  1. Mapping global resource driven nature loss in the mining sector from 2001 to 2022 Peer-reviewed

    Yu-Tong Cheng, Nguyen Tien Hoang, Yushin Shinoda, Kamrul Islam, Masaharu Motoshita, Taku Kadoya, Keiichiro Kanemoto

    Nature Communications 2026/05/28

    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73792-9  

  2. How Much Land Do We Move? A Three-Dimensional Global Assessment of Land Disturbance from Mineral Extraction. Peer-reviewed

    Cheng, Y.-T., Hoang, N. T., Maupu, L., Kanemoto, K.

    The 21st Meeting of the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan. 2026/03

  3. Classifying land use within 80,000 mining sites on a global scale Peer-reviewed

    Yu-Tong Cheng, Nguyen Tien Hoang, Lou Maupu, Keiichiro Kanemoto

    Scientific Data 13 (338) 2026/02/03

    DOI: 10.1038/s41597-026-06681-x  

  4. Global dataset mapping land use and land cover across more than 80,000 mining areas

    Cheng, Yu-Tong, Hoang, Nguyen Tien, Lou, Maupu, Kanemoto, Keiichiro

    Zenodo 2025/07

    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15726306  

  5. Investigating the effects of ICT evolution and the COVID-19 pandemic on the spatio-temporal fragmentation of work activities Peer-reviewed

    Cheng, Y.-T., Lavieri, P.S., de Sá, A.L.S., Astroza, S.

    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 187 2024/09

    DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2024.104192  

    ISSN: 0965-8564

  6. The associations of built environments with public bike use for metro commuters Peer-reviewed

    Yu-Tong Cheng, Jen-Jia Lin

    Transportation Planning and Technology 1-19 2024

    DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2024.2343888  

    ISSN: 0308-1060

    eISSN: 1029-0354

  7. Analyzing the relationship between bus and ride-hailing use in a large emerging economy city: A bivariate ordered probit model application Peer-reviewed

    Marcelle Dorneles Ribeiro, Shanna Trichês Lucchesi, Ana Margarita Larranaga, Patricia Sauri Lavieri, Yu-Tong Cheng

    Journal of Public Transportation 26 100084-100084 2024

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubtr.2024.100084  

    ISSN: 1077-291X

  8. Differences in teleworking engagement between digital immigrants and digital natives: a panel study Peer-reviewed

    Cheng, Y. -T, Lavieri, P. S, Astroza, S

    HILDA Survey Research Conference. September 27 - 28, 2023 – the University of Melbourne. 2023

  9. Modelling driver's response to demand management strategies for electric vehicle charging in Australia Peer-reviewed

    de Sa, A.L.S., Lavieri, P.S., Cheng, Y.-T., Hajhashemi, E., Oliveira, G.J.M.

    Energy Research and Social Science 103 2023

    DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103218  

    ISSN: 2214-6296

  10. How did the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact the Location and Duration of Work Activities? A Latent Class Time-Use Study Peer-reviewed

    Yu-Tong Cheng, Patricia Sauri Lavieri, Sebastian Astroza

    Findings 2022/05/25

    Publisher: Network Design Lab - Transport Findings

    DOI: 10.32866/001c.35621  

    ISSN: 2652-8800

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    <jats:p>We investigate the variation in location and time allocated to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the American Time Use Survey (2019-2020) was modeled using a latent-class multiple discrete-continuous model. Two main segments of individuals who suffered different impacts from the pandemic on their work arrangements were identified. Men, young adults, and less educated individuals with lower-mid-income were often unable to transfer work into a residential setting, showing a reduction in work opportunities. Women, middle-aged, highly educated, and high-income individuals were prone to an increase in total hours worked when substituting out-of-home work with at-home work, showing productivity loss.</jats:p>

  11. A framework to quantify impacts of in-trip work activities on time-use, earning patterns, and value of travel time savings Peer-reviewed

    Cheng, Y. -T, Lavieri, P. S, Astroza, S

    16th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. December 11 - 15, 2022 – Santiago, Chile. (Extended abstract) 2022

  12. Do digital natives telework more than digital immigrants? Peer-reviewed

    Cheng, Y. -T, Lavieri, P. S, Astroza, S

    Australasian Transport Research Forum 2021, Proceedings. 2021/12

  13. ESTIMAÇÃO SIMULTÂNEA E CONJUNTA DO USO DO RIDEHAILING E TRANSPORTE COLETIVO A PARTIR DE MODELOS HÍBRIDOS BIVARIADOS PROBIT ORDENADOS Peer-reviewed

    Dorneles, M, Trichês, S, Larranaga, A, Cheng, Y. -T, Lavieri, P. S

    35º ANPET – Congresso de pesquisa e ensino em transportes, Brazil, 2021, Proceedings. 2021

  14. The influences of built environment on public bike usage

    Cheng, Y. T, Lin, J. J

    2016 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, US. 2016/02

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Presentations 9

  1. Mapping Global Resource-Driven Nature Loss in the Mining Sector.

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Presenter at the 2026 ISIE Socio-Economic Metabolism Conference (ISIE-SEM 2026), Cambridge, UK, 2026. 2026/07/07

  2. How Much Land Do We Move? A Three-Dimensional Global Assessment of Land Disturbance from Mineral Extraction.

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Presenter at the 21st Meeting of the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Tokyo, Japan, 2026. 2026/03

  3. How Much Land Do We Move? A Three-Dimensional Global Assessment of Land Disturbance from Mineral Extraction

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Presenter at 2025 Green Innovation & Engineering International Conference (2025 GREENIE), Taiwan 2025/09/22

  4. Mapping Global Resource-Driven Nature Loss in the Mining Sector

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Presenter at 12th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE2025), Singapore 2025/07/02

  5. Special Topic on Intelligent Transportation Systems Invited

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Invited Presenter at the Department of Transport and Logistics, Feng Chia University, Taiwan 2024/04

  6. Toward the Age of Digital-mobility: Analysing Work-Related Activity-Travel Behaviour Invited

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Invited Presenter at Center for GIS, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 2023/08

  7. Do Digital Natives Telework More Than Digital Immigrants?

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Presenter at the 2021 Australasian Transport Research Forum annual meeting in Brisbane, Australia. 2021/12

  8. Transport and the Gig-economy: Understanding How Changes in Employment Arrangements Impact Travel Demand?

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Presenter at the 2019 Infrastructure Engineering Postgraduate Conference, the University of Melbourne, Australia. 2019/11

  9. The Influences of the Built Environment on Public Bike Usage

    Yu-Tong Cheng

    Chair and Presenter at the 2016 American Association of Geographers annual meeting in San Francisco, CA, U.S. 2016/04

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Academic Activities 2

  1. Transportation

    2024 - Present

    Activity type: Scientific advice/Review

  2. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

    2023 - Present

    Activity type: Peer review