About Yanmei Li
Yanmei Li, Ph.D., AICP, is an associate professor in Urban and Regional Planning at FAU. She is the Director of Assessment & Administrative Fellow for Excellence in Teaching for the College of Science. Her research interests focus on the impact of climate change, urban and real estate economics, and housing and community development.
Selected Publications
Peer-Refereed Articles
Li, Yanmei, Sumei Zhang, and Serena Hoermann. 2025. Is climate gentrification happening? Evidence from the effect of elevation and flooding risks on housing price dynamics in South Florida. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, August 26, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-05-2025-0106.
Mitsova, Diana, Yanmei Li, Ross Einsteder, Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Alka Sapat, and Ann-Margaret Esnard. 2024. Using nighttime light data to explore the extent of power outages in the Florida Panhandle after 2018 Hurricane Michael. Remote Sensing, 16, 2588. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/14/2588.
Zhang, Sumei, Yanmei Li, and Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah. 2024. 311 calls and neighborhood attributes: A panel study of housing prices. Journal of Regional Science. http://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12706.
Dumbaugh, Eric, Yanmei Li, Dibakar Saha, and Wesley Marshall. 2022. Why do lower-income areas experience worse road safety outcomes? Examining the role of the built environment in Orange County, Florida. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100696.
Li, Hui, Jing Jing, Honghong Fan, Yanmei Li, Yang Liu, Jiahao Ren. 2020. Identifying cultural heritage corridors for preservation through multidimensional network connectivity analysis - A case study of the ancient Tea-Horse Road in Simao, China. Landscape Research. Published online November 3, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2020.1833850.
Li, Yanmei, and Sumei Zhang. 2020. Social capital as a predictor of neighborhood satisfaction: an analysis of American Housing Survey national data. Housing and Society. First published online on September 12, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2020.1813516
Zhang, Sumei, Yanmei Li, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, and Justin Mog. 2020. Gender disparity in travel demand management of university students and employees. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1-20. First published online on July 15, 2020. DOI: 10.1177/0739456X20934190
Anacker, Katrin, and Yanmei Li. 2016. Analyzing housing affordability of renters during the Great Recession 2007 to 2009. Housing and Society, 43(1): 1–17. DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2016.1160556
Hur, Misun, Yanmei Li, and Kathryn Terzano. 2015. Breaking the chain: Understanding the association between foreclosure intensity and neighborhood satisfaction. Applied Geography, 58:7–17. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.01.004
Walter, Rebecca J., Yanmei Li, and Serge Atherwood. 2015. Moving to opportunity? An examination of Housing Choice Vouchers on urban poverty deconcentration in South Florida. Housing Studies, 30(7): 1064–1091. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1009004.
Li, Yanmei, Mary Wenning, and Hazel Morrow-Jones. 2013. Differences in neighborhood satisfaction between African American and White homeowners during the Early 2000s. Housing and Society, Journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, 40(2): 124–149.
Li, Yanmei, and Rebecca Walter. 2013. Single-family housing market segmentation, post-foreclosure resale duration, and neighborhood attributes. Housing Policy Debate, 23(4): 643–665.
Gibson, Huston, and Yanmei Li. 2013. Opportunities for the United States condominium foreclosure market to provide amenable, affordable housing options: The case of Tampa/Hillsborough, Florida. Urbani Izziv, 24(1): 90–106 (in English and Slovene).
Li, Yanmei. 2012. Neighborhood amenities, satisfaction, and perceived livability of foreign-born and native-born U.S. residents. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 6(1): 115–137.
Mitsova, Diana, Ann-Margaret Esnard, and Yanmei Li. 2012. Using enhanced dasymetric mapping techniques to improve the spatial accuracy of sea level rise vulnerability assessments. Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Management, 16(3): 355–372.
Li, Yanmei. 2011. Geography of opportunity and residential mortgage foreclosure: A spatial analysis of a U.S. housing market. Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 3(2): 195–214.
Li, Yanmei. 2011. Subprime lending and neighborhood characteristics: Spatial patterns by loan category. Housing and Society, Journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, 38 (1): 83–116.
Sapat, Alka, Yanmei Li, Christine M. Mitchell, and Ann-Margaret Esnard. 2011. Policy learning and policy change: Katrina, Ike, and post-disaster housing. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 29 (1): 26–56.
Li, Yanmei, and Hazel Morrow-Jones. 2010. The impact of residential mortgage foreclosure on neighborhood change and succession. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 30(1): 22–39.
Peer-Refereed Books
Li, Yanmei. Expected in 2029. Social Dynamics and Innovative Affordable Housing: A Global Perspective. Taylor & Francis.
Li, Yanmei, and Sumei Zhang. 2022. Applied Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning. Springer.
Peer-Refereed Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Articles
Li, Yanmei. 2025. Chapter 19, Housing in Asia. In Anacker, K. B., Carswell, A. T., Kirby, S. D., and Tremblay, K. R. (Eds.). Introduction to Housing (3rd Ed.).
Li, Yanmei. 2018. Residential mortgage foreclosure. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer Nature.
Li, Yanmei. 2018. Low-income housing policy in the United States. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer Nature.
Li, Yanmei. 2012. Residential mobility. The Encyclopedia of Housing. 2nd ed. Andrew T. Carswell (ed.). Sage Publications: 610–615.
Recent Courses Taught
URP 6200 Planning Methods, URP 6979 Planning Project, URP 4055 City Structure and Change, URP 4741 Planning for Housing, URP 6742 Seminar in Housing
Associate Professor