In a recent interview with Branchlines, the publication of the UBC Faculty of Forestry, I discuss my research on the accessibility and design of urban parks. The interview section with multiple faculty members and researchers in the Urban Forestry program at UBC can be found in the latest edition of Branchlines.
Author: Keun Park
Research In Focus: A Weekly Digest of New Research from the NIDILRR Community
Our recent article was introduced in "Research In Focus" a publication of the National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) (link) Survey Offers Insight into Impact of COVID-19 on Community Living and Travel Behavior of People with Disabilities A study funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The ability to participate … Continue reading Research In Focus: A Weekly Digest of New Research from the NIDILRR Community
[Book I read] Steal Like an Artist (Austin Klein, 2012)
Steal Like an Artist (Amazon link) I got to know about a series of books written by Austin Kleon from Ali Abdaall's YouTube channel. Ali introduced those three books as one of "10 Cheap Purchases that Improved my Life." He said that anytime he's in a bit of a slump, he just picks up one … Continue reading [Book I read] Steal Like an Artist (Austin Klein, 2012)
Landscape Architecture Faculty Citation Measures
I, with Dr. Tom Sanchez at Virginia Tech and Jessica Zuban (a graduate research assistant), published a paper at Landscape Journal, titled "Evaluating Scholarly Productivity and Impacts of Landscape Architecture Faculty Using Citation Analysis" (download). The citation data used in the paper are available here. A few notes about the data: The dataset includes 504 … Continue reading Landscape Architecture Faculty Citation Measures
If you build it, they may not come: A story of empty parks
https://youtu.be/SBkgi7fwHBA On March 5th, 2021, I delivered a short talk (~11 minutes) at the TEDxUSU event. In this talk, I highlighted what’s missing in contemporary park development and urban planning and called for a re-imagination of our parks and neighborhoods. Below, I share an extended version of the speech script. Imagine a park you visit … Continue reading If you build it, they may not come: A story of empty parks
Planners Library (Planning magazine, April 2020)
[PLANNERS LIBRARY] PUTTING THE NUMBERS TO WORK: How to gain quantitative literacy and use it well. By Harold Henderson [download]
Invited talk at KRIHS (in Korean)
https://blog.naver.com/krihs_ubin/221577641498 [ 2019 도시재생 사례에서 배우다 ] 발표제목 : 정책사업의 효과를 평가하기 위한 성향점수매칭(PSM) 기법 활용 : 대중교통중심개발(TOD)의 효과를 사례로 발표자 : 박근현(유타주립대학교 조경·환경계획학과 조교수) 【 행사 개요 】 ◦ (주제) 정책사업의 효과를 평가하기 위한 성향점수매칭(PSM) 기법 활용 ◦ (참석대상) 도시재생 관련 연구원·공무원 등 관계기관 종사자 【 행사 사진 】 【 강연 영상 】 … Continue reading Invited talk at KRIHS (in Korean)
Planning, meet technology
In July 2019, my drone papers are featured in Reid Ewing's column, "Research You Can Use," in Planning magazine. You can download the column here: download
Invited talk at Dong-A University (Korean)
박근현 교수 “관찰, 계획·설계 성패 좌우”동아대 초청 강연, ‘공공공간 연구에서 드론의 활용 및 미국 유학 정보’ 주제로 열려 이형주 (jeremy28@naver.com) 입력 2019-06-10 21:42 수정 2019-06-10 21:42 박근현 미국 유타주립대학교 조경·환경계획학과 교수의 강연 모습 [동아대학교 = 김민경 통신원] “제인 제이콥스는 ‘실제 도시를 자세히 들여다보라. 그리고 무엇을 봤는지 고민해보라’고 말했다. 관찰은 변화를 만들며 관찰의 부족은 계획과 설계의 … Continue reading Invited talk at Dong-A University (Korean)
LSE USCentre
Source: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2018/12/14/transport-planning-bibles-overestimate-car-and-parking-needs-and-this-may-be-hurting-smart-growth-development/ Transport planning “bibles” overestimate car and parking needs, and this may be hurting smart growth development Cars are, and will for the foreseeable future continue to be, an incredibly important component of our society. In new research Guang Tian looks at the models used by transport planners to determine how often people use their vehicles … Continue reading LSE USCentre