Publications

*: corresponding author, ^: equal contribution author

Refereed Journal Papers

Kee Moon Jang, J. Kim (2024) Multimodal Large Language Models as Built Environment Auditing Tools. The Professional Geographer, 1-7, October.

Kee Moon Jang*, H. Suh^, F. G. Haddad^, M. Sun, F. Duarte, Y. Kim (2024) Urban street clusters: unraveling the associations of street characteristics on urban vibrancy dynamics in age, time and day. Urban Informatics, 3: 27, October. 

Kee Moon Jang, J. Chen, Y. Kang, J. Kim, J. Lee, F. Duarte, C. Ratti (2024) Place identity: a generative AI’s perspective. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11: 1156. September.

S. Gyanwali, S. Karki, Kee Moon Jang, T. Crawford, M. Zhang, J. Kim (2024) Implications for Spatial Non-stationarity and the Neighborhood Effect Averaging Problem (NEAP) in Green Inequality Research: Evidence from Three States in the USA. Journal of Geographical Systems, s10109-024-00448-x, September.

N. Ahmed, J. Lee, L. Liu, J. Kim, Kee Moon Jang, J. Wang (2024) The cost of climate change: A general cost function approach for incorporating extreme weather exposure into public transit accessibility. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 112: 102145, September.

J. Kim, J. Park, J. Lee, Kee Moon Jang (2024) Examining the socio-spatial patterns of bus shelters with deep learning analysis of street-view images: A case study of 20 cities in the U.S. Cities, Volume 148: 104852, May.

J. Kim, J. Lee, Kee Moon Jang, I. Lourentzou (2024) Exploring the limitations in how ChatGPT introduces environmental justice issues in the United States: A case study of 3,108 counties. Telematics and Informatics, Volume 86: 102085, February.

J. Kim, Kee Moon Jang* (2023) An examination of the spatial coverage and temporal variability of Google Street View (GSV) image in small- and medium-sized cities: A people-based approach. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 102: 101956, June.

S. Lee^, Kee Moon Jang^, N. Kang, J. Kim, M. Oh, Y. Kim (2022) Redesigning urban elements and structures considering autonomous vehicles: Preparing design strategies for wide implementation in cities, Cities, 123: 103595, April. 

G. Byun, W. No, C. W. Park, H.-K. Lee, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2021) Analysis of the Disaster Risk Assessment for Urban Declining Areas by Applying Weights of Risk Indicators: Focused on Heavy Rainfall and Snow, KIEAE Journal, 21(6): 23-30, December

M. Oh, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2021) Empirical analysis of building energy consumption and urban form in a large city: a case of Seoul, South Korea, Energy and Buildings, Volume 245: 111046, August.

C. W. Park, G. Byun, H.-K. Lee, Kee Moon Jang, W. No, Y. Kim (2020) Development of a Risk Assessment Model of Rainfall for Small Area in Declining Urban Areas, KIEAE Journal, Volume 20, No. 6 (Serial No. 106), pp. 7-12, December.

Kee Moon Jang, J. Kim, H.-Y. Lee, H. Cho, Y. Kim (2020) Urban Green Accessibility Index: a measure of pedestrian-centered accessibility to every green point in an urban area, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Volume 9, Issue 10, No. 586, October.

H.-Y. Lee, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2020) Energy Consumption Prediction in Vietnam with an Artificial Neural Network-based Urban Growth Model, Energies, Volume 13, Issue 17, No. 4282, August.

Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2019) Crowd-sourced Cognitive Mapping: a new way of displaying people’s cognitive perception of urban space, PLOS ONE, Volume 15. No. 6, e0218590, June.

Papers in progress

Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (in revision) Unveiling place identity through user-generated content: Analyzing temporal changes in Seoul's urban regeneration sites.

Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (in revision) What are the driving factors that influence the intensity of place identity? A geographically weighted regression approach.

Kee Moon Jang, J. Kim (in revision) Mobility-based approach can alleviate green exposure inequality among walk commuters in small- and medium-sized cities: A case study of 25 counties in the United States.

K. El-Sisi, Kee Moon Jang*, F. Duarte, C. Ratti (under review) Generative Nanotechnology: The Power of the Smallest Technologies for the Largest-Scale Projects

Kee Moon Jang, Q. Zheng, M. Nyhan, F. Duarte, C. Ratti (working paper) Modelling Exposures to Urban Greenspace Infrastructure Using Vision Transformer-based Segmentation on Street View Imagery and Google Mobility Traces. 

Kee Moon Jang, H.-K. Lee, Y. Kim (working paper) Three-Dimensional Network-based Airzone Classification for an Unmanned Aerial System in an Urban Environment.

S. Guo^, Kee Moon Jang^, Y. Kang, F. Duarte, C. Ratti (working paper) Urban visual uniqueness: a landmark-free framework to quantify city’s identity and distinctiveness from everyday scenes.

F. G. Haddad, Kee Moon Jang, F. Duarte, C. Ratti (working paper) Can DALL-E Save Our Main Streets? Generative AI and City Design, an Exploratory Study.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Kee Moon Jang, J. Kim (2024) Place Identity: A Generative AI’s Perspective, Presented at the International Symposium of Spatiotemporal Data Science 2024, Virginia Tech Research Center, Arlington, VA, USA, July 2024.

Kee Moon Jang, J. Kim (2023) Discovering Inequality in Green Space Exposure from Street View Images: A Case Study in 25 Small- and Medium-Sized Cities in the U.S., Abstract presented at the 2023 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 63rd Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, October 2023.

J. Kim, Kee Moon Jang (2023) An Examination of the Spatial Coverage and Temporal Variability of Google Street View (GSV) Images in Small- and Medium-sized cities: A People-Based Approach, Abstract presented at the 2023 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 63rd Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, October 2023.

Kee Moon Jang, J. Chen, Y. Kang, J. Kim, J. Lee, F. Duarte (2023) Understanding Place Identity with Generative AI, Short Paper presented at the GIScience 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, September 2023.

Kee Moon Jang, J. Kim (2023) Discovering inequality in green space exposure from street view images: a case study in 25 small- and medium-sized cities in the U.S., Paper Abstract presented at the 2023 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA, March 2023.

J. Kim, Kee Moon Jang (2023) A methodological investigation of the spatial coverage and temporal variability of Google Street View (GSV) images in small- and medium-sized cities: A people-based approach, Paper Abstract presented at the 2023 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA, March 2023.

Kee Moon Jang (2022) How Do Regeneration Projects Change Crowdsourced Place Identity? 15-minute Storytelling Session presented at the 2022 American Planning Association National Planning Conference (APA NPC22) Program of Leveraging Technology, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA, May 2022.

Kee Moon Jang. Y. Kim (2019) Spatial-Property Based Clustering of Street Segments to Predict Human Behavioral Patterns in the Urban Environment, Proceedings of 2019 International Conference of Asian-Pacific Planning Societies (ICAPPS 2019), University of Seoul, Korea Planning Association, Seoul, South Korea, V. 1, pp. 133-136.

Kee Moon Jang, H.-Y. Lee, H. Cho, J. Kim, Y. Kim (2019) Which Green Space Are Easily Accessible for Pedestrians in a City? Abstract presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA 50) Session of Sustainable Life Style 9, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, USA, May 2019.

J. Kim, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2019) Analysis of flood risk according to urban space structure due to heavy rainfall: A case of Daegu Metropolitan City, Proceedings of the 8th EDISON Challenge (EDucation-research-industry Integration through Simulation On the Net), Korea Ministry of Science and ICT, Daejeon: Korea, V. 8, pp. 25-29.

H.-Y. Lee, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2018) A Prediction of Energy Consumption in Vietnam with an ANN-based Urban Growth Model, Proceedings of 31st KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto: Japan, V. 31, KAIST49:1-4.

Kee Moon Jang, U. Y. Park, G. Byun, H. J. Song, N. Kang, K. Choi, Y. KIM (2018) Improvements in Decaying Industrial Area for Value Creating with an Industry 4.0 Perspective: Daejeon Industrial Complex, Proceedings of the 31st KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto: Japan, V. 31, KAIST35:1-4.

Kee Moon Jang, H.-Y. Lee, H. Cho, J. Kim, Y. Kim (2018) A Mathematical Model of Urban Green Accessibility Index Representing Accessibility to Urban Forest and Green Infrastructure in a City, Proceedings of Mathematics to Industry, Industrial & Mathematical Data Analytics Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul: Korea, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 35-44.

N. Kang, Kee Moon Jang, M. Oh, J. Kim, Y. Kim (2018) Public and Transit Space by Autonomous Vehicle in a City: Designing urban space for autonomous vehicles as a new transport system, Proceedings of 2018 International Conference of Asian-Pacific Planning Societies (ICAPPS 2018), University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association, Ho Chi Minh: Vietnam, V. 1, 34KOR:1-6.

J. Kim, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2018) Analysis of Urban Spatial Structure in the Daejeon Metropolitan City’s Old Town Center with Regional Imbalance – Focusing on Daejeon Station, Pohang, Proceedings of the 7th EDISON Challenge (EDucation-research-industry Integration through Simulation On the Net), Korea Ministry of Science and ICT, Daejeon: Korea, V. 7, pp. 18-21.

N. Kang, J. Kim, M. Oh, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2017) Investigating Urban Design Elements for Autonomous Vehicles, Proceedings of the 30th KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei: Taiwan, V. 30, KAIST48.

Kee Moon Jang, M. Oh, N. Kang, J. Kim, Y. Kim (2017) Design Elements for Autonomous Vehicle Transit System, Proceedings of the 30th KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei: Taiwan, V. 30, KAIST45.

J. Kim, N. Kang, M. Oh, Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2017) A Study on the Street and Road System Design for Autonomous Vehicles, Proceedings of the 30th KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei: Taiwan, V. 30, KAIST43.

Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2017) Collective Place Identity, Proceedings of 2017 International Conference of Asian-Pacific Planning Societies (ICAPPS 2017), City Planning Institute of Japan, Nagoya: Japan, V. 1, 096:1-6. [Best Presentation Awards]

Kee Moon Jang, Y. Kim (2016) Objectifying Place Identity Using Georeferenced Data from Location-based Social Media, Proceedings of the 29th KKHTCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong: China, V. 29, pp. 828-831.

Patents

“Demand forecasting method for mobility-on-demand services”, Y. Kim, H.-K. Lee, Kee Moon Jang, H. Lee, S. J. Kim, H. L. Choi, K. S. Han and S. E. Hong, Korea Patent Registration, Patent No. 10-2441523, September 2, 2022.

“Device and method for expressing urban identity using hashtag”, Y. Kim and Kee Moon Jang, Korea Patent Registration, Patent No. 10-2227033, March 8, 2021.