A study on the accessibility of urban forests in major cities around the world, published in an internationally renowned academic journal / Research team led by Professor Kang Wan-mo (Department of Forest Environment Systems)
- 25.04.16 / 이정민
Graduate School Department of Forest Resources Byeongmook Hwang, Department of Climate Technology Convergence Chanwoo Ko, Department of Forest Resources Dohyuk Lim, Department of Forest Environment Systems Professor Wanmo Kang (from left)
A research team led by Professor Kang Wan-mo of the Department of Forest Environment System at Kookmin University (supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea) conducted a study (supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea) that evaluated the accessibility of urban forests and urban green spaces in six major cities around the world, including New York, London, Paris, Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo.
The results of this study were published in the international journal of forestry, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (mrnIF: 98.9, JCR top 1.7%) on March 18, 2025, and were also featured in major domestic media outlets.
The lead author of the study, Hwang Byung-mook, a doctoral student, said, “This study is the first comparative study of major cities in the world to evaluate accessibility by considering the slope and distance of actual walking routes using satellite image-based open source spatial data.” He emphasized, “It is significant in that it reflects a realistic walking environment based on a network, rather than the existing simple straight-line distance-based evaluation.”
The research results showed that Seoul has relatively lower accessibility to urban forests than other major cities. In particular, additional analysis using data from the paper showed that there is a large gap in accessibility to urban forests between Seoul's autonomous districts. “In addition to improving pedestrian accessibility to large-scale urban forests, we need to strategically deploy urban forests and green spaces of appropriate size that residents in high-density residential areas can conveniently use within their living areas, and make multifaceted policy efforts to connect and combine them,” the research team said.
This study is also in line with the 'N-city' policy, which is actively discussed in the field of international urban planning, and provides important implications for the analysis of the current state of urban forests and urban green spaces in Seoul and the establishment of future green policies. Due to its importance, the study was reported in the social section of the Seoul Economic Daily and online media (https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/2GRF1FT5VW/GK0101) as follows.
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Graduate School Department of Forest Resources Byeongmook Hwang, Department of Climate Technology Convergence Chanwoo Ko, Department of Forest Resources Dohyuk Lim, Department of Forest Environment Systems Professor Wanmo Kang (from left)
A research team led by Professor Kang Wan-mo of the Department of Forest Environment System at Kookmin University (supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea) conducted a study (supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea) that evaluated the accessibility of urban forests and urban green spaces in six major cities around the world, including New York, London, Paris, Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo.
The results of this study were published in the international journal of forestry, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (mrnIF: 98.9, JCR top 1.7%) on March 18, 2025, and were also featured in major domestic media outlets.
The lead author of the study, Hwang Byung-mook, a doctoral student, said, “This study is the first comparative study of major cities in the world to evaluate accessibility by considering the slope and distance of actual walking routes using satellite image-based open source spatial data.” He emphasized, “It is significant in that it reflects a realistic walking environment based on a network, rather than the existing simple straight-line distance-based evaluation.”
The research results showed that Seoul has relatively lower accessibility to urban forests than other major cities. In particular, additional analysis using data from the paper showed that there is a large gap in accessibility to urban forests between Seoul's autonomous districts. “In addition to improving pedestrian accessibility to large-scale urban forests, we need to strategically deploy urban forests and green spaces of appropriate size that residents in high-density residential areas can conveniently use within their living areas, and make multifaceted policy efforts to connect and combine them,” the research team said.
This study is also in line with the 'N-city' policy, which is actively discussed in the field of international urban planning, and provides important implications for the analysis of the current state of urban forests and urban green spaces in Seoul and the establishment of future green policies. Due to its importance, the study was reported in the social section of the Seoul Economic Daily and online media (https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/2GRF1FT5VW/GK0101) as follows.
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