About Ryun Lee
Ryun Jung Lee, Ph.D., AICP is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at UTSA. Her research focuses on investigating the links between built environment, neighborhood change, and quality of life through geospatial analysis and statistical approaches with an emphasis on community resilience and environmental justice.
Selected Publications
Lee, R. J., Newman, G., & Day, W. (2024). Neighborhood abandonment and quality of life: A comparison of neighborhood satisfaction and housing value measures. Cities, 150, 105011., Lee, R. J., Newman, G., & Van Zandt, S. (2023). Using neighborhood characteristics to predict vacancy types: Comparing multi-scale conditions surrounding existing vacant lots. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(9), 2594-2609., Lee, R. J. (2021). Vacant land, flood exposure, and urbanization: Examining land cover change in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Landscape and Urban Planning, 209, 104047.
Recent Courses Taught
URP 5333 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning, URP 5373 Site Planning and Design, URP 3163/5423 Graphic Communications for Planners.