Myung-Jin Jun is a professor in Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University in Korea in 1987 and University of Southern California (USC) in U.S. in 1994 from which he got both master and doctoral degree in Urban Planning. He worked as a transportation planner in Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) for 4 years between 1990 and 1994, one of largest metropolitan planning organization (MPO) in U.S. He has been working in Chung-Ang University for 23 years since 1994. He has been a visiting professor to University of Southern California in U.S. in 2002 and 2009, and taught Urban Transportation Planning at USC. His fields of specialization include urban economics, land use and transportation, and urban analysis methods. He served as the dean of graduate school of industrial management in Chung-Ang University between 2007 and 2008. He has served as the chief editor of the Journal of Korea Planning Association between 2015 and 2017. He has published more than 100 papers in the domestic and international refereed journals, as well as conference proceedings.

▶ Refereed International Journal Articles 

Effects of Two Urban Development Strategies on Changes in the Land Surface Temperature: Infill versus Suburban New Town Development Journal of Urban Planning and Development 143(3), 2017, (with Kim, J.-I.; Kim, H.-J.; Yeo, C.-H.; Hyun, J.-Y)

Measuring the effect of greenbelt proximity on apartment rents in Seoul Cities 62: 10–22, 2017 (with Hee-Jae Kim)

Effects of urban spatial structure on level of excess commutes: A comparison between Seoul and Los Angeles Urban Studies DOI: 10.1177/0042098016640692 2016 (with Simon Choi, Frank Wen, and Ki-Hyun Kwon)

The effects of Seoul’s suburban beltway on accessibility, residential development, and housing rents: a transport–land use simulation approach Annals of Regional Science 56 (2):565–589, 2016 (with Hee-Jae Kim)

Land use characteristics of subway catchment areas and their influence on subway ridership in Seoul, Journal of Transport Geography, 48, 30-40, 2015 (with Keechoo Choi, Ji-Eun Jeong, Ki-Hyun Kwon, Hee-Jae Kim)

Why Dual-Earner Households in Seoul Live Closer to the Wife's Workplace than the Husband's? Urban Policy and Research, 33(2), 217-232, 2015 (with Ki-Hyun Kwon)

Bus Patronage Change after Sustainable Bus Reform: A Nested Logit Approach with the Case of Seoul, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 9(7), 520-528, 2015 (with Keechoo Choi, Jeong Whon Yu & Woohyun Chung)

The effects of housing preference for an apartment on residential location choice in Seoul: A random bidding land use simulation approach, Land Use Policy 35: 395-405, 2013

Spatial concentrations of Korean Chinese and determinants of their residential location choices in Seoul, Habitat International, Vol 40, 42-50, 2013 (with Seong-Kyu Ha and Ji-Eun Jeong)

The effects of high-density suburban development on commuter mode choices in Seoul, Korea, Cities, Vol. 31, 230–238, 2013 (with Jae Ik Kim, Jin Hwi Kwon, and Ji-Eun Jeong)

The Effects of Seoul’s New Town Development on Suburbanization and Mobility: A Counterfactual Approach, Environment and Planning A, 44, 2171-2190. 2012.

Redistributive effects of bus rapid transit (BRT) on development patterns and property values in Seoul, Korea. Transport Policy, Vol. 19, (1), 85-92. 2012

The Effects of Seoul’s Greenbelt on the Spatial Distribution of Population and Employment, and on the Real Estate Market, Annals of Regional Science, 49, 619-642. 2012.

The Economic Costs and Transportation Benefits of Seoul’s Industrial Land Use Controls, Urban Studies, 49(8) 1791–1810, 2012.

The Economic Effects of Seoul's Job Decentralization: A Metropolitan Input-output Analysis, Journal of Regional Science,49(2) 311-327. 2009

Are Portland's Smart Growth Policies Related to Reduced Automobile Dependence? Journal of Planning Education and Research, 28(1). 100-107. 2008

Korea's Public Sector Relocation: Is it a Viable Option for Balanced National Development? Regional Studies, 41(1), 65-74. 2007

 The effects of Portland's Urban Growth Boundary on Housing Prices Journal of American Planning Association. 72(2). 239-243. 2006

 Forecasting Urban Land Use Demand using a Metropolitan Input-output model, Environment and Planning A, 37, 1311-1328. 2005

The Effects of Portland's Urban Growth Boundary on Urban Development Patterns and Commuting, Urban Studies, 41(7), 1333-1348. 2004

A Metropolitan Input-output model: Multisectoral and multispatial relations of production, income formation, and consumption, Annals of Regional Science, 38, 131-147. 2003

Counterfactual Planning: What if there had been no   greenbelt in Seoul? Journal of Planning Education and Research, 22, 374-383 2003 (with Bae, C-H)

The Impact of Seoul's Subway line 5 on residential   property values, Transport Policy, 10, 85-94, 2003 (with C-H Bae and H. Park)

Evolution of Employment Centers in Seoul, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 14(2), 117-132, 2002 (with S-K Ha)

The Lowry Model Revisited: Incorporating a Multizonal Input-Output Model into an Urban Land Use Allocation Model, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 14(1), 2-17, 2002 (with J. Moore II)

Commuting Costs of "leapfrog" New Town Development in Seoul, Cities, 18(3), 151-158, 2001 (with J-W Hur)

Estimating the Commuting Costs of Seoul’s Greenbelt. International Regional Science Review. 23(3), 300-315. 2000 (with C-H Bae)

An Integrated Metropolitan Model Incorporating Demographic-economic, Land-use and Transport Models. Urban studies 36(8), 1399-1408, 1999

Pride and Prejudice: The Economic and Racial Impacts of Growth Control in Pasadena. Environment and Planning A. 22, 987-1005. 1993 (with Richardson, H. W., P. Gordon, and M-H Kim)

The Commuting Paradox: Evidence from the Big Twenty.  Journal of the American Planning Association. 57(4), 416-420. 1991 (with Gordon, P., and Richardson, H. W.)

Residential Property Values, the CBD and Multiple nodes: Further Analysis. Environment and Planning A. 22, 829-833. 1990 (with Richardson, H. W., P. Gordon, D. Dale Johnson, E. Heikkila and R. Peiser)