Publications

Chen, S., Kwak, Y., Cai, Z., Tian, X., Li, X., & Ling, J. (2026). Evaluating first/last-mile transit access to public healthcare facilities and spatial disparities affecting disadvantaged neighborhoods: A case study of Stockholm, Sweden. Applied Geography, 195, 104145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.104145 (SSCI, Q1)

Kwak, Y. (2026). A multi-cohort spatial analysis of urban shrinkage: Integrating supply-demand accessibility, nonlinearity, and mismatch for pre-shrinkage planning. Cities, 177, 107311. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CITIES.2026.107311 (SSCI, Q1)

Kim, W., & Kwak, Y. (2026). A decision-support framework for equitable urban green space planning: Cooling-weighted park accessibility for older adults. Land, 15(6), 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/land15060989 (SSCI, Q2)

Kwak, Y., & Chen, S. (2025). Integrating seasonal climate variability and spatial accessibility in ecosystem service value assessment for optimized NbS allocation. Urban Climate, 59, 102314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102314 (SCIE, Q1)

Cong, C., Page, J., Kwak, Y., Deal, B., & Kalantari, Z. (2024). AI analytics for carbon-neutral city planning: A systematic review of applications. Urban Science, 8, 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci8030104 (ESCI, Q1)

Kwak, Y., & Deal, B. (2024). Multi-scaled green infrastructure optimization: Spatial projections and assessment for dynamic planning and design. Landscape and Urban Planning, 249, 105128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105128 (SCIE, SSCI, Q1)

Kwak, Y., Chen, S., & Deal, B. (2024). Transitioning complex socioeconomic modeling to informed and visualized decision-making: A tightly coupled planning support system. Applied Geography, 169, 103332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103332 (SSCI, Q1)

Cai, Z., Kwak, Y., Cvetkovic, V., Deal, B., & Mörtberg, U. (2023). Urban spatial dynamic modeling based on urban amenity data to inform smart city planning. Anthropocene, 42, 100387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100387 (SCIE, Q1)

Pan, H., Kwak, Y., & Deal, B. (2022). Participatory development of planning support systems to improve empowerment and localization. Journal of Urban Technology, 29(2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2022.2031431 (SSCI, Q1)

Cong, C., Kwak, Y., & Deal, B. (2022). Incorporating active transportation modes in large scale urban modeling to inform sustainable urban development. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 91, 101726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101726 (SSCI, Q1)

Kwak, Y., & Deal, B. (2021). Resilient planning optimization through spatially explicit, bi-directional sociohydrological modeling. Journal of Environmental Management, 300, 113742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113742 (SCIE, Q1)

Kwak, Y., Deal, B., & Heavisides, T. (2021). A large scale multi criteria suitability analysis for identifying solar development potential: A decision support approach for the state of Illinois, USA. Renewable Energy, 177, 554–567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.165 (SCIE, Q1)

Kwak, Y., Deal, B., & Mosey, G. (2021). Landscape design toward urban resilience: Bridging science and physical design coupling sociohydrological modeling and design process. Sustainability, 13(9), 4666. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094666 (SCIE, SSCI, Q2)

Chen, S., Kwak, Y., Zhang, L., Mosey, G., & Deal, B. (2021). Tightly coupling input output economics with spatio-temporal land use in a dynamic planning support system framework. Land, 10(1), 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10010078 (SSCI, Q2)

Kwak, Y., Park, C., & Deal, B. (2020). Discerning the success of sustainable planning: A comparative analysis of urban heat island dynamics in Korean new towns. Sustainable Cities and Society, 61, 102341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102341 (SCIE, Q1)

곽윤신. (2023). 융합도시모델링을 통한 그린인프라 수요 예측 및 지오디자인 적용 - 도시 레질리언스를 위한 근거 기반 디자인. 한국조경학회지, 51(5), 30-43.  https://doi.org/10.9715/KILA.2023.51.5.030 

차미숙, 조은주, 곽윤신, 전봉경 (2023). 국토정책 Brief <전환기의 균형발전저정책 패러다임과 실천전략>. 국토연구원

차미숙, 조은주, 곽윤신, 전봉경 (2022). 국가균형발전3.0 패러다임 구축과 실천전략 연구. 경제·인문사회연구회.