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  1. Scalable impact of urban green infrastructure on urban climate: A critical review

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, January 2026, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  2. Urban cooling and energy-saving effects of nature-based solutions across types and scales

    Article • Nature Cities, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Steven Jige Quan

  3. Thermal performance-based urban climate zone mapping through multivariate time series clustering: A case study of Seoul

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, November 2025, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  4. Large language models in urban planning

    Article • Nature Cities, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Steven Jige Quan

  5. Enhancing participatory planning with ChatGPT-assisted planning support systems: a hypothetical case study in Seoul

    Article • International Journal of Urban Sciences, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Steven Jige Quan

  6. A review of surrogate-assisted design optimization for improving urban wind environment

    Article • Building and Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  7. Examining behavioral aspect of urban context effect on residential building energy use in Seoul – linking urban walkability to energy

    Article • Building and Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  8. Examining temporally varying nonlinear effects of urban form on urban heat island using explainable machine learning: A case of Seoul

    Article • Building and Environment, January 2024, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  9. Identifying urban form typologies in Seoul using a new Gaussian mixture model-based clustering framework

    Article • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Steven Jige Quan

  10. Planning decentralized urban renewable energy systems using algal cultivation for closed-loop and resilient communities

    Article • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Steven Jige Quan

  11. Urban-GAN: An artificial intelligence-aided computation system for plural urban design

    Article • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Steven Jige Quan

  12. Improving local pedestrian-level wind environment based on probabilistic assessment using Gaussian process regression

    Article • Building and Environment, November 2021, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  13. A robust metamodel-based optimization design method for improving pedestrian wind comfort in an infill development project

    Article • Sustainable Cities and Society, September 2021, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  14. A systematic review of GIS-based local climate zone mapping studies

    Article • Building and Environment, June 2021, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  15. An exploration of the relationship between density and building energy performance

    Article • URBAN DESIGN International, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Steven Jige Quan

  16. Artificial intelligence-aided design: Smart Design for sustainable city development

    Article • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    Steven Jige Quan

  17. Smart Design for Sustainable Neighborhood Development

    Article • Energy Procedia, February 2019, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  18. A Geodesign method for managing a closed-loop urban system through algae cultivation

    Article • Applied Energy, December 2018, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  19. A Geodesign Method of Human-Energy-Water Interactive Systems for Urban Infrastructure Design: 10KM2 Near-Zero District Project in Shanghai

    Article • Engineering, April 2018, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  20. Energy efficient neighborhood design under residential zoning regulations in Shanghai

    Article • Energy Procedia, December 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  21. How the roofing morphology and housing form affect energy performance of Shanghai’s workers’ village in urban regeneration

    Article • Energy Procedia, December 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  22. Decentralized algal energy system design at various urban densities and scales

    Article • Energy Procedia, December 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  23. Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization of Mixed-Use Structure and Energy Performance

    Article • Energy Procedia, May 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  24. Local Climate Zone Mapping for Energy Resilience: A Fine-grained and 3D Approach

    Article • Energy Procedia, May 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  25. Material Based Urban Modeling: An Approach to Integrate Smart Materials in a Near-Zero Community Design

    Article • Energy Procedia, May 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  26. Modeling algae powered neighborhood through GIS and BIM integration

    Article • Energy Procedia, May 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  27. Optimization of a residential district with special consideration on energy and water reliability

    Article • Applied Energy, May 2017, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  28. Urban rail investment and transit-oriented development in Beijing: Can it reach a higher potential?

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, July 2016, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  29. Spatial Optimization of Residential Urban District - Energy and Water Perspectives

    Article • Energy Procedia, June 2016, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  30. Urban Form and Building Energy Performance in Shanghai Neighborhoods

    Article • Energy Procedia, June 2016, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  31. Energy performance simulation for planning a low carbon neighborhood urban district: A case study in the city of Macau

    Article • Habitat International, April 2016, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  32. Urban Form and Energy Resilient Strategies: A Case Study of the Manhattan Grid

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Steven Jige Quan

  33. A GIS-based Energy Balance Modeling System for Urban Solar Buildings

    Article • Energy Procedia, August 2015, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  34. Urban Data and Building Energy Modeling: A GIS-Based Urban Building Energy Modeling System Using the Urban-EPC Engine

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Steven Jige Quan

  35. GIS-BIM Framework for Integrating Urban Systems, Waste Stream and Algal Cultivation in Residential Construction

    Article • July 2014, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

    Steven Jige Quan

  36. GIS-based Planning Support System for Waste Stream and Algal Cultivation in Residential Construction

    Article • May 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Steven Jige Quan

  37. Performance Metrics for Designing an Algae-powered Eco Urban District: A Geodesign Perspective

    Article • Energy Procedia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  38. Computing Energy Performance of Building Density, Shape and Typology in Urban Context

    Article • Energy Procedia, January 2014, Elsevier

    Steven Jige Quan

  39. A GIS-Based Performance Metrics for Designing a Low Energy Urban Agriculture System

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Steven Jige Quan