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Journal Articles

1. John R. Hipp, Brendan S. Poon and Jae Hong Kim (2025) “The role of renter burden and affordable units at risk in city-level housing inadequacy”, Cities, 165, p. 106086. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106086. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. Bessy Liao and Jae Hong Kim (2025) “Information Barriers and Housing Tenure Choice: Does Local Knowledge Matter?”, International Regional Science Review, p. 01600176251377399. Available at: 10.1177/01600176251377399. [ITS-Irvine record]
3. Sugie Lee, Donghwan Ki, John R Hipp and Jae Hong Kim (2025) “Analysing non-linearities and threshold effects between street-level built environments and local crime patterns: An interpretable machine learning approach”, Urban Studies, 62(6), pp. 1186–1208. Available at: 10.1177/00420980241270948. [ITS-Irvine record]
4. Huixin Zheng, Nicholas Marantz, Jae Hong Kim and John R. Hipp (2024) “Dissolving Districts: Did Property Values Fall When California Terminated Its Redevelopment Agencies?”, Economic Development Quarterly, 38(4), p. 08912424241271259. Available at: 10.1177/08912424241271259. [ITS-Irvine record]
5. Jae Hong Kim and Jongho Won (2024) “Exploring variations in local land use regulations in the U.S.: What matters and at what level?”, The Annals of Regional Science [Preprint]. Available at: 10.1007/s00168-024-01270-5. [ITS-Irvine record]
6. Jaehyun Ha, Sugie Lee, Jae Hong Kim and John R. Hipp (2024) “Do employment centers matter? Consequences for commuting distance in the Los Angeles region, 2002–2019”, Cities, 145, p. 104669. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104669. [ITS-Irvine record]
7. John R. Hipp and Jae Hong Kim (2024) “Persistent racial diversity in neighbourhoods across the United States: Where does it occur?”, Population, Space and Place, 30(7), p. e2779. Available at: 10.1002/psp.2779. [ITS-Irvine record]
8. Jae Hong Kim, Donghwan Ki, Nene Osutei, Sugie Lee and John R. Hipp (2023) “Beyond visual inspection: capturing neighborhood dynamics with historical Google Street View and deep learning-based semantic segmentation”, Journal of Geographical Systems [Preprint]. Available at: 10.1007/s10109-023-00420-1. [ITS-Irvine record]
9. Jae Hong Kim, Kevin Kane, Young-An Kim and John R. Hipp (2023) “Business Churning and Neighborhood Instability: Is There a Link?”, International Regional Science Review, p. 01600176221145873. Available at: 10.1177/01600176221145873. [ITS-Irvine record]
10. John R. Hipp, Sugie Lee, Jae Hong Kim and Benjamin Forthun (2022) “Employment deconcentration and spatial dispersion in metropolitan areas: Consequences for commuting patterns”, Cities, 131, p. 103947. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103947. [ITS-Irvine record]
11. John R Hipp, Sugie Lee, Dong Hwan Ki and Jae Hong Kim (2022) “How concentrated disadvantage moderates the built environment and crime relationship on street segments in Los Angeles”, Criminology & Criminal Justice, p. 17488958221132764. Available at: 10.1177/17488958221132764. [ITS-Irvine record]
12. John R. Hipp, Sugie Lee, Donghwan Ki and Jae Hong Kim (2022) “Measuring the Built Environment with Google Street View and Machine Learning: Consequences for Crime on Street Segments”, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 38(3), pp. 537–565. Available at: 10.1007/s10940-021-09506-9. [ITS-Irvine record]
13. Yonsu Kim and Jae Hong Kim (2022) “What drives variations in public health and social services expenditures? the association between political fragmentation and local expenditure patterns”, The European Journal of Health Economics, 23(5), pp. 781–789. Available at: 10.1007/s10198-021-01394-x. [ITS-Irvine record]
14. Xiangyu Li and Jae Hong Kim (2022) “Managing disruptive technologies: Exploring the patterns of local drone policy adoption in California”, Cities, 126, p. 103736. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103736. [ITS-Irvine record]
15. Jae Hong Kim and Xiangyu Li (2021) “Building more housing near transit: A spatial analysis of residential densification dynamics”, Transport Policy, 114, pp. 15–24. Available at: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.08.018. [ITS-Irvine record]
16. Jae Hong Kim, Sugie Lee, John R. Hipp and Donghwan Ki (2021) “Decoding urban landscapes: Google street view and measurement sensitivity”, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 88, p. 101626. Available at: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101626. [ITS-Irvine record]
17. John R. Hipp, Jae Hong Kim and Benjamin Forthun (2021) “Proposing new measures of employment deconcentration and spatial dispersion across metropolitan areas in the US”, Papers in Regional Science, 100(3), pp. 815–841. Available at: 10.1111/pirs.12593. [ITS-Irvine record]
18. Gi-Hyoug Cho, Jae Hong Kim and Gain Lee (2020) “Announcement effects of urban regeneration plans on residential property values: Evidence from Ulsan, Korea”, Cities (London, England), 97, p. 102570. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.102570. [ITS-Irvine record]
19. John R. Hipp, Seth A. Williams, Young-An Kim and Jae Hong Kim (2019) “Fight or flight? Crime as a driving force in business failure and business mobility”, Social Science Research, 82, pp. 164–180. Available at: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.04.010. [ITS-Irvine record]
20. Jae Hong Kim (2019) “Exploring the determinants of variations in land use policy outcomes: What makes urban containment work?”, Journal of Planning Education and Research, pp. 0739456X1986530. Available at: 10.1177/0739456x19865300. [ITS-Irvine record]
21. Xin Tong and Jae Hong Kim (2019) “Concentration or diffusion? Exploring the emerging spatial dynamics of poverty distribution in Southern California”, Cities (London, England), 85, pp. 15–24. Available at: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.11.022. [ITS-Irvine record]
22. Jaewon Lim and Jae Hong Kim (2019) “Joint determination of residential relocation and commuting: A forecasting experiment for sustainable land use and transportation planning”, Sustainability, 11(1), p. 182. Available at: 10.3390/su11010182. [ITS-Irvine record]
23. Jaewoo Cho, Jae Hong Kim and Yonsu Kim (2018) “Metropolitan governance structure and growth–inequality dynamics in the United States”, Environment & planning A, 51(3), pp. 598–616. Available at: 10.1177/0308518x18810002. [ITS-Irvine record]
24. Jae Hong Kim, John R. Hipp, Victoria Basolo and Harya S. Dillon (2018) “Land Use Change Dynamics in Southern California: Does Geographic Elasticity Matter?”, Journal of Planning Education and Research, 38(1), pp. 39–53. Available at: 10.1177/0739456X16688252. [ITS-Irvine record]
25. John R. Hipp, Kevin Kane and Jae Hong Kim (2017) “Recipes for neighborhood development: A machine learning approach toward understanding the impact of mixing in neighborhoods”, Landscape Urban Plann., 164, pp. 1–12. Available at: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.03.006. [ITS-Irvine record]
26. Kevin Kane, John R. Hipp and Jae Hong Kim (2017) “Analyzing accessibility using parcel data: Is there still an Access–Space trade-off in long beach, california?”, The Professional Geographer, 69(3), pp. 486–503. Available at: 10.1080/00330124.2016.1266951. [ITS-Irvine record]
27. Kevin Kane, John R Hipp and Jae Hong Kim (2016) “Los Angeles employment concentration in the 21st century”, Urban Studies, 55(4), pp. 844–869. Available at: 10.1177/0042098016678341. [ITS-Irvine record]
28. Jae Hong Kim (2015) “Crossing-over between land cover and land use: Exploring spatially varying relationships in two large US metropolitan areas”, Applied Geography, 60, pp. 37–45. Available at: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.03.002. [ITS-Irvine record]
29. Jae Hong Kim, Timothy D. Keane and Eric A. Bernard (2015) “Fragmented local governance and water resource management outcomes”, Journal of Environmental Management, 150, pp. 378–386. Available at: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.12.002. [ITS-Irvine record]
30. Jae Hong Kim, Jaewoo Cho and Timothy D. Keane (2015) “Political fragmentation and land use changes in the Interior Plains”, Population and environment, 37(1), pp. 63–82. Available at: 10.1007/s11111-015-0231-x. [ITS-Irvine record]
31. Jae Hong Kim (2014) “Residential and job mobility: Interregional variation and their interplay in US metropolitan areas”, Urban Studies, 51(13), pp. 2863–2879. Available at: 10.1177/0042098013514496. [ITS-Irvine record]
32. Jae Hong Kim (2013) “Measuring the containment and spillover effects of urban growth boundaries: The case of the Portland metropolitan area. UGB's Containment and Spillover Effects”, Growth and change, 44(4), pp. 650–675. Available at: 10.1111/grow.12028. [ITS-Irvine record]
33. Jae Hong Kim (2013) “Spatiotemporal scale dependency and other sensitivities in dynamic land-use change simulations”, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 27(9), pp. 1782–1803. Available at: 10.1080/13658816.2013.787145. [ITS-Irvine record]
34. Jae Hong Kim and Nathan Jurey (2013) “Local and regional governance structures. Fiscal, Economic, Equity, and Environmental Outcomes”, Journal of Planning Literature, 28(2), pp. 111–123. Available at: 10.1177/0885412213477135. [ITS-Irvine record]
35. Jae Hong Kim and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (2013) “Land use regulation and intraregional population–employment interaction”, The Annals of regional science, 51(3), pp. 671–693. Available at: 10.1007/s00168-013-0557-1. [ITS-Irvine record]
36. Jun Wan, Jae Hong Kim and Geoffrey J D Hewings (2013) “Inspecting regional economic structural changes through linking occupations and industries”, Environment & planning A, 45(3), pp. 614–633. Available at: 10.1068/a44353. [ITS-Irvine record]
37. Jae Hong Kim, Brian Deal and Arnab Chakraborty (2012) “Parsing density changes: An outcome-oriented growth management policy analysis”, J Hous and the Built Environ, 28(3), pp. 529–546. Available at: 10.1007/s10901-012-9327-0. [ITS-Irvine record]
38. Jae Hong Kim and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (2011) “Integrating the fragmented regional and subregional socioeconomic forecasting and analysis: A spatial regional econometric input–output framework”, The Annals of regional science, 49(2), pp. 485–513. Available at: 10.1007/s00168-011-0468-y. [ITS-Irvine record]
39. J.H Kim (2010) “Linking land use planning and regulation to economic development: A literature review”, Journal of Planning Literature, 26(1), pp. 35–47. Available at: 10.1177/0885412210382985. [ITS-Irvine record]
40. Jae Hong Kim (2010) “Economic valuation of the taehwa field ecological park: An application of a contingent valuation method with preference uncertainty”, journalofenvironmentalpolicy, 9(1), pp. 109–135. Available at: 10.17330/joep.9.1.201003.109. [ITS-Irvine record]
41. Jae Hong Kim (2007) “Social benefits of water quality improvement at the taehwa river based on citizen's willingness-to-pay”, journalofenvironmentalpolicy, 6(1), pp. 83–109. Available at: 10.17330/joep.6.1.200703.83. [ITS-Irvine record]
42. Jae Hong Kim, Francesca Pagliara and John Preston (2005) “The intention to move and residential location choice behaviour”, Urban Studies, 42(9), pp. 1621–1636. Available at: 10.1080/00420980500185611. [ITS-Irvine record]
43. Jae-Hong Kim (2000) “An analysis of demand for living space by housing tenure type in Korea”, International Review of Public Administration, 5(2), pp. 143–152. Available at: 10.1080/12294659.2000.10804962. [ITS-Irvine record]

Conference Papers

1. Jae Hong Kim (2007) “Amenity value differences in residential location choice among income groups”, in 2007 international forum on strategic technology. IEEE. Available at: 10.1109/ifost.2007.4798580. [ITS-Irvine record]

Books and Book Chapters

1. Jae Hong Kim and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (2012) “Interjurisdictional competition and land development: A micro-level analysis”, in Employment location in cities and regions. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 181–199. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31779-8_9. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. Brian Deal, Jae Hong Kim, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and Yong Wook Kim (2012) “Complex urban systems integration: The LEAM experiences in coupling economic, land use, and transportation models in chicago, IL”, in Employment location in cities and regions. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 107–131. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31779-8_6. [ITS-Irvine record]
3. J.H. Kim and G.J. Hewings (2012) “Framing urban systems and planning concerns as a multilevel problem: A review of the integrated urban system models with an emphasis on their hierarchical structures”, in The oxford handbook of urban economics and planning. [ITS-Irvine record]
4. Jae Hong Kim and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (2012) “An application of the disequilibrium adjustment framework to small area forecasting and impact analysis”, in Defining the spatial scale in modern regional analysis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 139–155. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31994-5_7. [ITS-Irvine record]
5. J.H. Kim and G.J.D. Hewings (2011) “Framing urban systems and planning concerns as a multi-level problem”, in N. Brooks, K. Donaghyand G. Knaap (eds.) The oxford handbook of urban economics and planning. Oxford University Press, pp. 674–700. [ITS-Irvine record]

Technical Reports

1. Jae Hong Kim, Jesus M. Barajas, Nicholas Marantz, Douglas Houston, Veronica Herrera, Alex Okashita and Maxwell Cabello (2024) Assessing the Potential for Densification and VMT Reduction in Areas without Rail Transit Access. Research Report. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g22v2dgj. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. Alex Okashita, Harold Arzate and Jae Hong Kim (2024) Telecommuting and the Open Future. Research Report UC-ITS-2022-41. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2r49p3j. [ITS-Irvine record]
3. Nicholas J. Marantz, Douglas Houston, Jae Hong Kim, Narae Lee, Moira O’Neill, Eric Biber and Giulia Gualco-Nelson (2022) Factors Affecting Development Decisions and Construction Delay of Housing in Transit-Accessible and Jobs-Rich Areas in California. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2x39p8ds (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
4. Huixin Zheng, Nicholas J. Marantz, Jae Hong Kim and Doug Houston (2021) Accessibility, Affordability, and the Allocation of Housing Targets to California’s Local Governments. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7932w9xf (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
5. Jae Hong Kim, Nicholas J. Marantz and Nene Osutei (2020) The Causes and Consequences of Local Growth Control: A Transportation Perspective. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/24j5f0pc (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
6. Jae Hong Kim, Nicholas J. Marantz and Nene Osutei (2020) The Causes and Consequences of Local Growth Control: A Transportation Perspective. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/24j5f0pc (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
7. Jae Hong Kim and Xiangyu Li (2020) Improving the Distribution of Densities in Southern California. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4xx1688v (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
8. Jae Hong Kim, Xiangyu Li, Tanjeeb Ahmed and Victor Paitimusa (2018) Transportation Plans: Their Informational Content and Use Patterns in Southern California. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1f33s1kz (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
9. Jae Hong Kim, Douglas Houston, Jaewoo Cho, Ashley Lo and Naila Sharmeen (2017) Transit Investment Impacts on Land Use Beyond the Half-Mile Mark. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6cv0d1rs (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
10. Jae Hong Kim, Doug Houston, Jaewoo Cho, WAN-TZU LO, XIAOXIA SHI, ANDREA HOFF, NICHOLAS BRANIC and HUY C. LY (2016) Infill Dynamics in Rail Transit Corridors: Challenges and Prospects for Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning. Final Report CA16-2641, UCTC-FR-2016-06. ITS-Irvine. Available at: https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/research-innovation-system-information/documents/f0016803-ca16-2641-finalreport.pdf. [ITS-Irvine record]

Policy Briefs

1. Jesus M. Barajas, Douglas Houston, Jae Hong Kim, Nicholas Marantz, Veronica Herrera, Alex Okashita and Maxwell Cabello (2024) What Challenges Can Arise from Coordinating Housing Development with Transportation?. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g26m3568. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. Alex Okashita, Harold Arzate and Jae Hong Kim (2024) What Does the Prevalence of Telecommuting Mean for Urban Planning?. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2mc8xct. [ITS-Irvine record]
3. Douglas Houston, Eric Biber, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Jae Hong Kim, Moira O'Neill, Narae Lee and Nicholas Marantz (2022) What Can Be Done to Speed Up Building Approval for Multifamily Housing in Transit-Accessible Locations?. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2tq5zvp. [ITS-Irvine record]
4. Douglas Houston, Eric Biber, Giulia Gualco-Nelson, Jae Hong Kim, Moira O'Neill, Narae Lee and Nicholas Marantz (2022) What Can Be Done to Speed Up Building Approval for Multifamily Housing in Transit-Accessible Locations?. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2tq5zvp. [ITS-Irvine record]
5. Nicholas J. Marantz, Douglas Houston, Jae Hong Kim, Narae Lee, Moira O'Neill, Eric Biber and Giulia Gualco-Nelson (2022) What Can Be Done to Speed Up Building Approval for Multifamily Housing in Transit-Accessible Locations?. Policy Brief. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95r277vj (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
6. Huixin Zheng, Nicholas J. Marantz, Doug Houston and Jae Hong Kim (2021) California Can Simplify the Housing Element Law to Reduce Administrative Burdens and Improve Social Equity. Policy Brief. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7p94n1cd (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
7. Douglas Houston, Huixin Zheng, Jae Hong Kim and Nicholas Marantz (2021) California Can Simplify the Housing Element Law to Reduce Administrative Burdens and Improve Social Equity. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g24f1p2k. [ITS-Irvine record]
8. Jae Hong Kim, Nicholas J. Marantz and Nene Osutei (2020) Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Local Growth Control. Policy Brief. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9fb2v2xz (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
9. Jae Hong Kim, Nene Osutei and Nicholas Marantz (2020) Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Local Growth Control. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2ht2mmh. [ITS-Irvine record]
10. Jae Hong Kim and Xiangyu Li (2020) General Plan Content Related to Transportation and Land Use Varies Significantly Across Cities in Orange County. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2765ckm. [ITS-Irvine record]
11. Jae Hong Kim and Xiangyu Li (2020) General Plan Content Related to Transportation and Land Use Varies Significantly Across Cities in Orange County. Policy Brief. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2g79d7gk (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
12. Jae Hong Kim and Douglas Houston (2019) Transit Investments are Having an Impact on Land Use Beyond the Half-Mile Mark. Policy Brief. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1t92v0xx (Accessed: October 11, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
13. Douglas Houston and Jae Hong Kim (2019) Transit Investments are Having an Impact on Land Use Beyond the Half-Mile Mark. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g2hm56n2. [ITS-Irvine record]
14. Jae Hong Kim, XIANGYU LI, Tanjeeb Ahmed and VICTOR PAITIMUSA (2018) Transportation Plans: Their Informational Content and Use Patterns in Southern California. Policy Brief. ITS-Irvine. Available at: https://metrans.org/assets/research/jk%20brief.pdf. [ITS-Irvine record]

Presentations

1. Jae Hong Kim, Nicholas Marantz, Idil Tanrisever (2025) Mobilizing community associations to promote sustainable land use and transport. Available at: . [ITS-Irvine record]