Publications
Journal Articles
Wang, J., Tao, Z., & Deal, B. (2025). Street-level climate action: A landscape-based approach to investigate transportation emissions and green infrastructure solutions. Frontiers in Built Environment, 11, Article 1678169. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2025.1678169
Wang, J., Deal, B., & Hakim, M. I. (2025). Data-driven multi-scale integration of transportation networks and greenhouse gas emissions for landscape infrastructure planning. Land, 14(4), 807. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040807
Zeng, Y., Wang, J., Lai, S., & Deal, B. (2024). Understanding the carbon sequestration potential of urban landscapes: A state-wide assessment in Illinois. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 9, 193–201. https://doi.org/10.14627/537752019
Presentation
Wang, J., Tao, Z. (2026, April). Multi-objective Bayesian optimization for sustainable urban land use planning with enhanced socioeconomic features: The case of Chicago [Conference presentation]. 54th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Chicago, IL, United States.
Wang, J., Tao, Z., & Deal, B. (2026, March). The 2029 carbon tipping point: Integrated strategies needed to maintain urban vegetation carbon sinks in Illinois [Conference presentation]. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Wang, J. (2025, October 15). Unlocking carbon secrets in farmland: How land use management can leverage agricultural system carbon neutrality. World Food Forum 2025: Global Youth Innovation and Sustainable Agriculture Side Event, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Sanya, China.
Wang, J., & Wu, Y. (2025, September). Form, function, and equity in the urban carbon cycle: A comparative study of local climate zones, net primary production, and socioeconomic impacts in Cook County, IL, and Singapore [Conference presentation]. City Plus at Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Heavisides, T., Deal, B., Lai, S., Wang, J., Ask, S., Pang, B., & Wolfenberger, J. (2025, March). Illinois natural and working lands plus climate plan-geo spatial analysis and modeling [Conference presentation]. U.S Climate Alliance, Washington, DC, United States.
Zeng, Y., Wang, J., & Deal, B. (2025, March). Understanding the carbon sequestration potential in urban landscapes: The case study of IL counties [Conference presentation]. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference (CELA 2025), Portland, OR, United States.
Working Papers
Deal, B. M., Sullivan, P., Wang, J., Afeke, S., Ask, S. I., Hakim, M. I., Hapsari, H. M., Heavisides, T., Lai, S., Lemon, K. D., Tao, Z., & Wolfenberger, J. (2025, June). A natural and working lands climate planning framework for the State of Illinois (IL NWL+). LEAM Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Studio Booklet Chapter
Wang, J. (2025). Greens on wheels: Food, movable resources, urban responses. In S. Sears (Ed.), Shelter in place, San Juan workshop: Domestic prototypes for living at the extreme (pp. 81–86). Blurb. https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/10630540/fb9b9a1cd4f76b40f8e24f00554ab194d07926cd
Under Review
Journal Articles
Zeng, Y., & Wang, J. (2025). Green space and sense of place: A systematic review [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Wang, J., Tao, Z., & Deal, B. (2025). Urban vegetation transitions from carbon sink to source by 2029 in Illinois [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Conferences
Wang, J., & Deal, B. (2026). Multi-stage parallel processing and machine learning pipeline for regional biodiversity assessment and protection [Abstract submitted]. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2025 Annual Conference.