International Conference Papers Presented
Gu, H. & Kim, K. (2025, April 15–19). Do Transit Malls Make Urban Spaces More Vibrant? Evidence from a Transit Mall Experiment in Seoul, South Korea. 2025 International Conference on Urban Affairs, Vancouver, Canada.
Lee, S., Gu, H., Kim, S., & Kim, K. (2024, August 4–7). Regional Characteristics Influencing the Resilience of Urban Vitality against COVID-19: A Case Study of Seoul, South Korea. The 28th Pacific Conference of the Regional Science Association International, Daegu, South Korea.
Kim, S., Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, August 4–7). Residential Satisfaction of Residents in Socially Mixed Public Housing and the Mediating Role of Neighborly Bond. The 28th Pacific Conference of the Regional Science Association International, Daegu, South Korea.
Hur, Y., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, August 4–7). Comparison of Local Effects of Contract Renewal Requests on Housing Rent Changes in Seoul, South Korea. The 28th Pacific Conference of the Regional Science Association International, Daegu, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, August 4–7). Development of the Pandemic Resilience Index and Its Application to South Korea. The 28th Pacific Conference of the Regional Science Association International, Daegu, South Korea.
Gu, H. (2024, June 29–30). The Urban Context of the 2022 Seoul Halloween Crowd Crush: Integrating Temporal and Spatial Approaches. Korea–Japan Next-Generation Academic Forum's 21st International Academic Conference, Dazaifu, Japan.
Gu, H. (2024, April 21–24). Exploring the Impact of Transit Malls on Urban Vitality: A Case Study of Seoul, South Korea. The 14th Biennale of European Towns and Town Planners, Naples, Italy.
Gu, H., & Hong, S. (2023, November 27–28). Regional Characteristics Where Local Employment Remains Stable Even After the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Evidence from South Korea. 2023 Joint Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International and the Regional Studies Association, Melbourne, Australia.
Gu, H., & Lee, S. (2023, August 17–19). Exploring the Experience of a Public Art Project for Residents of an Abandoned Mining Village in Korea: A Phenomenological Approach. 2023 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Lee, S., Gu, H., Kim, S., & Kim, K. (2023, August 17–19). Does Urban Resilience Strengthen Pandemic Resilience? A Case Study of Seoul, South Korea. 2023 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies, Da Nang, Vietnam.
Gu, H. (2023, July 11–15). Changes in Urban Centrality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Seoul, South Korea. The 35th Association of European Schools of Planning Annual Congress, Lodz, Poland.
Gu, H. (2023, June 23–26). Exploring the Experience of a Public Art Project for Residents of an Abandoned Mining Village in Korea: A Phenomenological Approach. Korea–Japan Next-Generation Academic Forum's 20th International Conference, Busan, South Korea.
Gu, H. (2022, September 5–9). Does the Application of New Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Improve Enterprises' Economic Performance? A Causal Inference Using Machine Learning and Propensity Score Matching. The 5th Asian Conference on Geography, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.
Jung, M., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, August 18–19). Estimating Socio-Economic Benefits of Yongsan Park. 2022 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies, Virtual.
Gu, H., & Hong, S. (2022, August 7–9). The Effects of Technological Progress on Regional Jobs: Will They Survive or Be Replaced? 2022 Asian Conference in Regional Science, Ulsan, South Korea.
Gu, H., Lee, S., Kim, J., & Kim, K. (2021, August 21–22). Changes in the Spatial Distribution of the De Facto Population Resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Geolocation-Based Big Data in Seoul, South Korea. 2021 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies, Virtual.
Korean Conference Papers Presented
Gu, H. (2025, June 21). Evaluating Policy Experiments with Mobile Big Data: A Case Study of the Yonsei-ro Transit Mall in South Korea. 2025 Spring Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Policy Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, S., & Gu, H. (2025, May 24). Delineating the Boundaries of the Seoul Megaregion and Its Living Spheres Based on Commuting Patterns in the Seoul Capital Region. 2025 Joint Congress of the Korean Regional Science Association & the Korea Urban and Real Estate Association, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Han, S., Kim, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2025, April 25–26). The Impact of Eco-Friendly but Locally Unwanted Facilities on Apartment Prices: A Case Study of the Mapo Resource Recovery Facility in Seoul. 2024 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Kim, K., & Jung, M. (2025, February 14). Exploring the Regional Impact of the Korean Innovation City Project Using VIIRS Nighttime Light Imagery. 2025 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Lee, S., Gu, H. & Kim, K. (2025, February 14). Delineating the Regional Boundaries of the Seoul Megaregion and Its Living Spheres through Spatial Community Detection. 2025 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Kim, S., Gu, H. & Kim, K. (2025, February 14). The Janus-Faced Role of Social Capital in Return-to-Rural Migration. 2025 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, November 8–9). Do Transit Malls Make Urban Spaces More Vibrant? 2024 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Gwangju, South Korea.
Kim, S., Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, November 8–9). Socially Mixed Neighborhoods, Social Capital, and Residential Satisfaction: Evidence from the Seoul Public Housing Panel Survey. 2024 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Gwangju, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, November 8–9). Which Cities Are Pandemic-Resilient? Development of an Index and Its Validation through COVID-19 Case Studies. 2024 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Gwangju, South Korea.
Kim, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, November 1). The Impact of Social Capital on the Success of Returning to Farming and Rural Resettlement: The Mediating Effect of Regional Satisfaction. 2024 Fall Annual Conference of the Korean Society of Rural Planning, Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Lee, S., & Gu, H. (2024, September 26). Are the Mechanisms of Two Types of Holding Taxation on Real Estate Shifting Taxpayers' Political Orientation Different? 2024 National Survey of Tax and Benefit Academic Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, S., Kim, K., & Gu, H. (2024, June 27–28). Development of a Pandemic Resilience Index and Its Application in South Korea. 2024 Annual Conference of the Korean Geographical Society, Seoul, South Korea.
Hur, Y., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, June 14). Differences in Housing Rent Changes due to Contract Renewal Requests. 2024 Spring Meeting of the Korea Association for Housing Policy Studies, Daegu, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Lee, J., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, May 31–June 1). Factors Influencing the Extent of Damage from Rental Scams Across Regions in South Korea. 2024 Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Housing Association, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Kim, S., Jung, M., & Gu, H. (2024, May 9–10). Exploring Urban Context of the Halloween Crowd Crush in Seoul: A Spatial Approach Using Space Syntax. 2024 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Jung, M., Kim, S., & Gu, H. (2024, April 19–20). Exploring Urban Context of the Halloween Crowd Crush in Seoul, South Korea: A Temporal Approach Using De Facto Population Data. 2024 Spring Conference and General Assembly of the Urban Design Institute of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, February 16–17). Quantifying the Economic Value of an Administrative District in Seoul, South Korea: Evidence from Housing Prices. 2024 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Virtual.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, February 16–17). The Relationship Between Homeownership, Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax, and Political Attitudes: A Comparison of Conservative and Progressive Governments in South Korea. 2024 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Virtual.
Kim, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, February 16–17). The Impact of the Great Train Express on Apartment Prices in the Station Areas. 2024 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Virtual. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Gu, H., Lee, S., & Hong, S. (2023, December 9). Which Regional Characteristics Ensure Job Stability After the Fourth Industrial Revolution? 2024 Winter Meeting of the Korean Urban Geographical Society, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, December 9). The Impact of Administrative Districts on Apartment Prices: Seoul City vs. Gyeonggi Province. 2023 Winter Meeting of the Korean Urban Geographical Society, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Kim, S., & Kim, K. (2023, December 8). A Meta-Analytic Approach to Estimating the Price Elasticity of Housing Demand by Housing Tenure. 2023 Fall Meeting of the Korean Regional Science Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Hur, Y., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, December 8). Determinants of Residential Environment Satisfaction Among Different Age Groups of Older Adults Living Alone. 2023 Fall Meeting of the Korean Regional Science Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H. (2023, December 8). Comparison of Housing Precariousness Among Young Adults before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications. 2023 Spring Meeting of the Korean Urban Management Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Kim, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, December 1). The Impact of the Great Train Express on Apartment Prices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Line C and the Northern Seoul Metropolitan Area in South Korea. 2023 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, December 1). The Impact of Homeownership on Political Orientation: The Mediating Effect of Punitive Property Tax Amount. 2023 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Kim, S., & Kim, K. (2023, October 11–12). Price Elasticity of Housing Demand Across Housing Tenure in South Korea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2023 Joint Congress of the Korea Planning Association & the Korean Society of Transportation, Busan, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., Kim, S., & Kim, K. (2023, October 11–12). The Impact of Urban Resilience on COVID-19 Pandemic Resilience: Using the De Facto Population Big Data in Seoul, South Korea. 2023 Joint Congress of the Korea Planning Association & the Korean Society of Transportation, Busan, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Hur, Y., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, October 11–12). Comparison of Determinants of Residential Environment Satisfaction Among Different Age Groups of Older Adults Living Alone. 2023 Joint Congress of the Korea Planning Association & the Korean Society of Transportation, Busan, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Jung, M., Jang, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, April 26–27). Developing Certification Indicators for Robot-Friendly Apartment Buildings. 2023 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Jang, S., Jung, M., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2023, April 26–27). The Impact of Lakeside Views on Apartment Prices Using the Hedonic Price Model and Image Pixel Method: A Case Study of Ilsan Lake Park. 2023 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Kim, S., Hur, Y., & Kim, N. (2023, April 26–27). Identification of Determinants of Parental Perception on Childcare-Friendliness: A Multilevel Modeling Approach. 2023 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, December 16). Do Urban Renewal and Urban Regeneration Projects Differ in Their Impact on the Rate of Change in Government-Assessed Land Value? 2022 Fall Meeting of the Korea Association for Housing Policy Studies, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Jang, S., Cho, G., Sohn, D., & Kim, K. (2022, December 10). Establishing a Spatial Decision Support System for Locating Winter Sports Facilities: Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. 2022 Winter Meeting of the Korean Urban Geographical Society, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, December 2). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Urban Centrality in Seoul, South Korea. 2022 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Jung, M., Jang, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, November 26). Development of an Evaluation System for Certifying the Robot-Friendliness of Buildings in Apartment Complexes. 2022 Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Housing Association, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, November 26). How Does the Experience of Residence in Public Rental Housing Affect Young Adult One-Person Households' Intention for Homeownership: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. 2022 Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Housing Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H. (2022, November 18–19). Does the Application of New Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Lead to Improved Economic Performance of Enterprises? Implications for Small and Medium Enterprises. 2022 Fall Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Virtual. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Gu, H., & Hong, S. (2022, November 11–12). The Impact of Technological Progress on Regional Jobs: Will They Be Replaced or Survive? 2022 Fall Meeting of the Korea Society of Innovation, Jinju, South Korea.
Gu, H. (2022, October 28). Does the Application of New Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Lead to the Economic Performance of Enterprises? Implications for Small and Medium Enterprises. 2022 Fall Meeting of the Korean Association of Small Business Studies, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, October 19). Does the Application of New Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Improve the Economic Performance of Enterprises? Implications for Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in Smart Cities. The 3rd Korean Urban Forum Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Cho, G., Sohn, D., & Kim, K. (2022, June 24–25). Site Suitability Analysis for Winter Sports Facilities Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process. 2022 Annual Conference of the Korean Geographical Society, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, May 27–28). The Need to Expand Public Rental Housing Supply for Low-Income Households. 2022 Spring Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Virtual.
Kim, Y., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, May 13). The Effect of an Urban Development Project on Land Prices in the Surrounding Areas of Daegu Innovation City. 2022 Fall Meeting of the Korea Urban Regeneration Association, Daegu, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, N. (2022, April 28). "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child": Identifying Determinants of Parents' Perceptions of Child-Friendly Environments Using a Hierarchical Linear Model. 2022 Spring Meeting of the Korea Urban and Real Estate Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2022, February 10–11). The Impacts of Urban Renewal and Urban Regeneration Projects on the Rate of Change in Government-Assessed Land Value: Using a Spatial Regression Model. 2022 Korea's Allied Economic Associations Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Gu, H., Lee, S., Kim, J., Kim, K., & Han, J. (2022, February 11). Changes in the Spatial Distribution of the De Facto Population in Seoul, South Korea, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Implications for Urban Planning. 2020 Winter Meeting of the Korean Regional Development Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., Kang, S., & Kim, K. (2021, December 10). Predicting Housing Precariousness through Machine Learning: Focusing on the Periods before and after COVID-19 in South Korea. 2021 Fall Meeting of the Korea Association for Housing Policy Studies, Virtual. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2021, December 3). The Impact of Adjacency to Innovation Cities on Population Outflow: Do Innovation Cities Accelerate the Decline of Principal Cities' Downtowns? 2021 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Gu, H., Lee, S., Kim, J., Kim, K., & Han, J. (2021, December 3). Evidence-Based Urban Planning for Seoul, South Korea in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Focusing on Changes in the Spatial Distribution of the De Facto Population due to the Pandemic. 2021 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2021, October 22–23). Migration Ratios to Principal Cities by Location Types of Innovation Cities: Differences Between Newly Developed Districts and New Towns. 2021 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2021, June 10). The Impact of Public Rental Housing on the Desire for Homeownership Among Young-Adult Single-Person Households: Testing the Mediating Effects of Residential Satisfaction Using Structural Equation Modeling. 2021 Spring Meeting of the Korea Association for Housing Policy Studies, Virtual. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Gu, H., Lee, S., Kim, J., & Kim, K. (2021, May 14). Suggestion for New Directions in Urban Planning for the Post-COVID-19 Era by Examining Changes in the Spatial Distribution of the De Facto Population in Seoul, South Korea. 2021 Spring Meeting of the Korean Urban Management Association, Virtual.
Kim, J., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2021, April 23–24). Effects of Family Characteristics of Elderly Households on Housing Tenure Choice: Based on the Child Characteristics. 2021 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., Lee, S., Kim, J., Lee, K., & Kim, K. (2021, April 23–24). Changes in the Spatial Distribution of the De Facto Population due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Seoul, South Korea: Evidence from Geolocation-Based Big Data. 2021 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., Park, J., & Kim, K. (2020, November 14). Urban Regeneration Projects for Abandoned Mining Villages: A Case Study of Seongju Village in Boryeong, South Korea. 2020 Fall Meeting of the Korea Urban Regeneration Association, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, K., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2020, November 11). Changes in Land Use Demand After the COVID-19 Outbreak in Seoul, South Korea. 2020 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2020, November 11). Exploring Socio-Demographic Characteristics Affecting Preferences for Smart Safety and Disaster Prevention Services. 2020 Fall Meeting of the Korea Real Estate Analysts Association, Virtual.
Kim, J., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2020, October 30–31). A Study on the Demand Characteristics of Shared Houses for Single-Person Households: Focusing on Young Adult Workers in Seoul, South Korea. 2020 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2020, October 30–31). The Impact of Rental Housing Types on Residential Satisfaction: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Residential Characteristics. 2020 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., Lee, K., & Kim, K. (2020, October 22–24). An Analysis of the Coexistence Issues Between the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant and the Jukbyeon Emergency Landing Strip. The Korean Regional Development Association's International Seminar in 2020, Virtual.
Gu, H., Jang, H., & Kim, K. (2020, May 16). Master-Plan Proposal for Bucheon Daejang New Town in South Korea: Exploring the Top Award-Winning Project from the Student Urban Design Competition. 2020 Spring Conference and General Assembly of the Urban Design Institute of Korea, Virtual.
Gu, H., Lee, K., & Kim, K. (2020, April 24–25). Land Value Damage Caused by Locally Unwanted Facilities: A Case Study of the Jukbyeon Emergency Landing Strip in Uljin, South Korea. 2020 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Virtual.
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2019, November 29). The Impacts of Accessibility to Large Neighborhood Parks and Their Interaction on Apartment Prices: A Case Study of Dongtan 1 New Town. 2019 Fall Meeting of the Korea Association for Housing Policy Studies, Seoul, South Korea. (selected for the Outstanding Paper Award)
Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2019, October 25–26). Exploring Preference Factors for Smart Safety and Disaster Prevention Services: Evidence from the Jeollabuk-do Social Survey. 2019 Fall Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Busan, South Korea.
Hwang, U., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2019, April 27). The Impacts of Core Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Business Performance: Focusing on Manufacturing and Service Industries. 2019 Spring Congress of the Korea Planning Association, Seongnam, South Korea.
Korean Conference Posters Presented
Lee, S., Kim, S., & Gu, H. (2024, November 13). Regional Characteristics Influencing the Resilience of Urban Vitality: A Case Study of Seoul After COVID-19. The 6th Environmental Conference of the Korea Safety Health Environment Foundation, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee, S., Gu, H., & Kim, K. (2024, November 13). Which Cities Are Pandemic-Resilient? Development of an Index and Its Validation through COVID-19 Case Studies. The 6th Environmental Conference of the Korea Safety Health Environment Foundation, Seoul, South Korea.