Dr. Ducksu Seo

20 December 2018 / Comments

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Specializing in urban and regional planning, urban design, open space planning and design, urban master planning, smart city, sustainable city making, housing studies and residential mobility, and urban regeneration.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urban Design and Planning, Seoul National University, South Korea	March 2015-August 2018
Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design,Urban Design, Harvard University, USA			September 2008 - July 2010
Master of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape, Seoul National University, South Korea			March 2003- August 2005
Bachelor of Urban, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning, Handong Global University, South Korea		March1995- August 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

NIBC Investment and Consulting
Head, NIBC Global Institute					September 2012-Present
Handong Global University
Adjunct Professor, The Graduate School of Global Development and Entrepreneurship				February 2016 - Present
ADU(Architecture, Design, Urbanism)
Director, Urban Planning and Design		August 2012 – August 2015
SERA ARCHITECTS
Urban Designer, Urban Design and Planning	April 2011~July 2012
Architecture & Urban Research Institute
Researcher, Urban Study Department		October 2007~June 2008

Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
Researcher, Urban Planning Department		July 2005~March 2007
Environmental Planning Institute
Research Assistant, Open Space Planning			August 2003~January 2004

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

JOURNALS

DucksuSeo, You Seok Chung, and Youngsang Kwon. (2018), "Price Determinants of Affordable Apartments in Vietnam: Toward the Public–Private Partnerships for Sustainable Housing Development." Sustainability 10.1 (2018): 197.
Ducksu Seo, and Youngsang Kwon. (2017), "In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam." Sustainability 9.10: 1738.
You Seok Chung, DucksuSeo and Jaehwan Kim, (2018), “Price Determinants and GIS Analysis of the Housing Market in Vietnam: The Cases of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi”, Sustainability 10(12).
Ducksu Seo, and Youngsang Kwon. (2018) "Sustainable Strategies for the Dynamic Equilibrium of the Urban Stream, Cheonggyecheon." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 143, no. 1.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

DucksuSeoand Youngsang Kwon, (2017), “Sustainable Strategies for the Dynamic Equilibrium of the Urban Stream, Cheonggyecheon”, 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Development in Civil, Urban and Transportation Engineering, Vietnam
DucksuSeoand Youngsang Kwon, (2017), “Sustainable Networking and Planning Polycentric Urban Region for the Reunified Korea”, The Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC) 2017, China
DucksuSeoand Youngsang Kwon, (2017), “Toward Sustainable Development of Ho Chi Minh City:Urban Migration and Housing Choices in Vietnam”,The Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC) 2017, China
DucksuSeoand Youngsang Kwon, (2016),“Housing Satisfaction and Moving in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”, 21th Inter University Seminar on Asian Megacities, Japan

BOOK CHAPTERS

DucksuSeo, (2011) “Neo-Regionality” in Imagining a City-World Beyond Cosmopolis, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Ducksu Seo, (2010), “The Hyper Garden City” in A View on Harvard GSD, Tank Form Ltd., p.536-537
DucksuSeo and (2009), Kerry Butts, “New Ways: Diridon Station” in GSD Platform 2, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2009, p.231
Peter G. Rowe and Ducksu Seo(Credit), (2010) “Project Planning, Design, and Construction” in A City And Its Stream: The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, p.80-123
DucksuSeo and Keuntae Kim, (2009), “The Sustainable Urban Design of Malmö of Sweden and Almere of Netherland” in Green Dream & Cultural Future, Korea Culture & Tourism Institute, p.40-47
DucksuSeo, (2008), “Hanok Housing Prototypes and Revitalization Strategies” in Retrofitting Hanok for Contemporary Cities and Urban Life, The Ministry of Land and Marine, 2008, p.11-53
Ducksu Seo, (2006), “Environmental Infrastructure Plan” in Multi-functional Administrative City Master Plan, The Ministry of Construction and Transportation, p.298-339
DucksuSeo, (2004), “The Ecotrail Programming” in Keumryongso Eco-Park Master Plan”, Taebaek City

ARTICLES

DucksuSeo, (2017), “Economic Growth of Vietnam with DoiMoi Policy” in a web ‘Tomorrow Vietnam’ (http://tomorrowvn.com/doimoi/)
Ducksu Seo, (2017), “Why Korean Newtown Projects failed in Vietnam” in a web ‘Tomorrow Vietnam’ (http://tomorrowvn.com/new-town-development/)
Ducksu Seo, (2017), “Townhouse Country, Vietnam” in a web ‘Tomorrow Vietnam’ (http://tomorrowvn.com/country-of-townhouse/)
Ducksu Seo, (2008), “Press On Toward an Urban Leader” in a Magazine, Light and Salt, p.84-87

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

UN Academic Impact, from February 2016

UN Habitat Korea, from February 2016