Associate Professor Yan Liu
Deputy Head of School
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
+61 7 336 56483
Chamberlain Building (35), Room 514
Researcher biography
Associate Professor Yan Liu is a Spatial Scientist and Human Geographer, specialising in Geographical Informational Science (GIS), spatial data analytics and complex systems modelling. She received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2001 and worked at the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and at the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Wuhan, China). Her research areas include complex systems modelling and geo-simulation focusing on cellular automata based urban modelling, spatial (and big) data analytics, public participatory GIS (PGIS/PPGIS), spatially integrated social science research as well as GIS applications in coupled human and environmental systems. She is also an Affiliate Academic at the Institute for Social Science Research of the University of Queensland and a Research Fellow of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (the Life Course Centre).
A/Professor Liu's research is multi-disciplinary in nature whereby output of this research has a wide impact across the physical/environmental science as well as social science. Her current research interest focus on CA and agent based urban modelling as well as integrating spatial data mining and big data analytics to enhance our understanding on social spatial issues, as she believes that spatial approach is a novel focus for cross-disciplinary interaction and research in the social and behavioural sciences.
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New modelling approaches for sustainable coastal city development Australian Research Council |
2017–2019 |
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Un-neighbourliness: The nature, causes and outcomes of neighbour problems ARC Discovery |
2015–2017 |
Publications
Book
Liu, Yan (2009). Modelling urban development with geographical information systems and cellular automata. Boca Raton, Fla.: Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/9781420059908
Book Chapters
Liu, Yan, Corcoran, Jonathan and Feng, Yongjiu (2020).Urban Cellular Automata. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. (pp. 101-104) edited by Audrey Kobayashi.New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10519-0
Jia, Mengyuan, Liu, Yan, Lieske, Scott N. and Chen, Tian (2019).A fractal approach to explore Australian urban form and its impacting factors at neighbourhood scale. The Mathematics of Urban Morphology. (pp. 123-144) edited by Luca D'Acci.Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12381-9_6
Liu, Yan, Wadley, David and Corcoran, Jonathan (2017).Spatial typology of the private rental housing market at neighbourhood scale: the case in South East Queensland, Australia. Applied spatial modelling and planning. (pp. 91-106) edited by John R. Lombard, Eliahu Stern and Graham Clarke.Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
Liu, Yan (2013).A web-based fuzzy CA model for urban growth simulation. Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development. (pp. 363-373) edited by Stan Geertman, Fred Toppen and John Stillwell.Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37533-0_21
Feng, Yongjiu and Liu, Yan (2012).An optimised cellular automata model based on adaptive genetic algorithm for urban growth simulation. Advances in spatial data handling and GIS: 14th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling. (pp. 27-38) edited by Wenzhong Shi, Anthony G.O. Yeh, Yee Leung and Chenghu Zhou.Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25926-5_3
Liu, Yan, Tan, Geok Chin Ivy and Xiang, Xi (2012).Singapore: The information technology masterplan and the expansion of GIS for geography education. International perspectives on teaching and learning with GIS in secondary schools. (pp. 215-224) edited by Andrew J. Milson, Ali Demirci and Joseph Kerski.Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2120-3_24
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2012).A logistic based cellular automata model for continuous urban growth simulation: A case study of the Gold Coast city, Australia. Agent-based models of geographical systems. (pp. 643-662) edited by Alison J. Heppenstall, Andrew T. Crooks, Linda M. See and Michael Batty.Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4
Thompson, Patrick W., Liu, Yan and Saldanha, Luis A. (2012).Intricacies of statistical inference and teachers’ understandings of them. Thinking with Data. (pp. 207-231) edited by Marsha Lovett and Priti Shah.Mahwah, NJ, United States: Taylor and Francis.
delMas, Robert C. and Liu, Yan (2012).Students’ conceptual understanding of the standard deviation. Thinking with Data. (pp. 87-116) edited by Marsha Lovett and Priti Shah.Mahwah, NJ, United States: Taylor and Francis.
Journal Articles
Jia, Mengyuan, Liu, Yan, Lieske, Scott N. and Chen, Tian (2020). Public policy change and its impact on urban expansion: an evaluation of 265 cities in China. Land Use Policy, 97104754, doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104754
Liu, Shuang, Liu, Yan and Wang, Siqin (2020). Constructing a sense of home: older Chinese migrants ageing in a foreign land. Journal of Sociology1-16. doi:10.1177/1440783320927083
Cheng, Long, Brown, Gregory, Liu, Yan and Searle, Glen (2020). An evaluation of contemporary China’s land use policy – The Link Policy: a case study from Ezhou, Hubei Province. Land Use Policy, 91104423, doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104423
Sadahiro, Yukio and Liu, Yan (2020). A scale-sensitive approach for comparing and classifying point patterns. Journal of Spatial Science, 65 (2) 281-306. doi:10.1080/14498596.2018.1492466
Liu, Yan, Batty, Michael, Wang, Siqin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Modelling urban change with cellular automata: Contemporary issues and future research directions. Progress in Human Geography doi:10.1177/0309132519895305
Jiao, Yuanmei, Zhao, Dongmei, Ding, Yinping, Liu, Yan, Xu, Qiue, Qiu, Yingmei, Liu, Chengjing, Liu, Zhilin, Zha, Zhiqin and Li, Rong (2019). Performance evaluation for four GIS-based models purposed to predict and map landslide susceptibility: a case study at a World Heritage site in Southwest China. CATENA, 183104221, doi:10.1016/j.catena.2019.104221
Gallagher, Rachel, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2019). Parcel amalgamation as a mechanism for achieving urban consolidation through densification: the fixity of property boundaries over time. Land Use Policy, 89104239, doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104239
Gallagher, Rachel, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2019). Targeted urban consolidation or ad hoc redevelopment? The influence of cadastral structure and change on the urban form of Brisbane, Australia. Urban Geography1-22. doi:10.1080/02723638.2019.1663058
Wahyudi, Agung, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Simulating the impact of developers’ capital possession on urban development across a megacity: an agent-based approach. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science doi:10.1177/2399808319875983
Liu, Yan, Cheshire, Lynda, Wang, Siqin and Fu, Xuanming (2019). A socio-spatial analysis of neighbour complaints using large-scale administrative data: the case in Brisbane, Australia. Cities, 90168-180. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.010
Wei, Ming, Liu, Yan, Sigler, Thomas, Liu, Xiaoyang and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). The influence of weather conditions on adult transit ridership in the sub-tropics. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 125106-118. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2019.05.003
Wahyudi, Agung, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Generating different urban land configurations based on heterogeneous decisions of private land developers: an agent-based approach in a developing country context. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 8 (5) 229, doi:10.3390/ijgi8050229
Cheshire, Lynda, Fitzgerald, Robin and Liu, Yan (2019). Neighbourhood change and neighbour complaints: how gentrification and densification influence the prevalence of problems between neighbours. Urban Studies, 56 (6) 1093-1112. doi:10.1177/0042098018771453
Liu, Yan, Wang, Siqin and Xie, Bin (2019). Evaluating the effects of public transport fare policy change and built and non-built environment features on ridership: the case in South East Queensland, Australia. Transport Policy, 7678-89. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.02.004
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Sigler, Thomas and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). 3D space–time visualization of individual settlement pathways of Mainland China-born migrants in Queensland, Australia. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 51 (2) 275-278. doi:10.1177/0308518x18805752
Zhao, Xizhi, Yu, Bailang, Liu, Yan, Chen, Zuoqi, Li, Qiaoxuan, Wang, Congxiao and Wu, Jianping (2019). Estimation of poverty using random forest regression with multi-source data: a case study in Bangladesh. Remote Sensing, 11 (4) 375, doi:10.3390/rs11040375
Wahyudi, Agung, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Combining Landsat and landscape metrics to analyse large-scale urban land cover change: a case study in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area. Journal of Spatial Science, 64 (3) 515-534. doi:10.1080/14498596.2018.1443849
Finch, Emma, Liu, Yan, Foster, Michele, Cruwys, Tegan, Fleming, Jennifer, Worrall, Linda, Williams, Ian, Shah, Darshan, Aitken, Philip and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Measuring access to primary healthcare services after stroke: a spatial analytic approach. Brain Impairment, 20 (3) 1-11. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2019.11
Gao, Fengsong, Foster, Michele and Liu, Yan (2019). Disability concentration and access to rehabilitation services: a pilot spatial assessment applying geographic information system analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41 (20) 2468-2476. doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1468931
Liu, Yan, Wang, Siqin, Fu, Xuanming and Xie, Bin (2019). A network-constrained spatial identification of high-risk roads for hit-parked-vehicle collisions in Brisbane, Australia. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 51 (2) 279-282. doi:10.1177/0308518x18810531
Wang, Siqin, Sigler, Thomas, Corcoran, Jonathan and Liu, Yan (2019). Modelling the spatial dynamics of Mainland China-born migrants in Australia. Australian Geographer, 50 (2) 201-219. doi:10.1080/00049182.2018.1508542
Yu, Haichao, Liu, Yan, Liu, Chengliang and Fan, Fei (2018). Spatiotemporal variation and inequality in China’s economic resilience across cities and urban agglomerations. Sustainability, 10 (12) 4754, doi:10.3390/su10124754
Wang, Siqin, Sigler, Thomas, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Shifting dynamics of Chinese settlement in Australia: an urban geographic perspective. Geographical Research, 56 (4) 447-464. doi:10.1111/1745-5871.12293
Wang, Siqin, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2018). Understanding ‘segmented assimilation’ in Australian cities: modelling the residential choices of mainland China-, Hong Kong- and Taiwan-born migrants. Applied Geography, 99140-153. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.08.004
Zhao, Xizhi, Yu, Bailang, Liu, Yan, Yao, Shenjun, Lian, Ting, Chen, Liujia, Yang, Chengshu, Chen, Zuoqi and Wu, Jianping (2018). NPP-VIIRS DNB daily data in natural disaster assessment: evidence from selected case studies. Remote Sensing, 10 (10) 1526, doi:10.3390/rs10101526
Wei, Ming, Corcoran, Jonathan, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2018). Modeling the Influence of Weather on Transit Ridership: A Case Study from Brisbane, Australia. Transportation Research Record, 2672 (8) 036119811877707-510. doi:10.1177/0361198118777078
Deilami, Kaveh, Kamruzzaman, Md. and Liu, Yan (2018). Urban heat island effect: a systematic review of spatio-temporal factors, data, methods, and mitigation measures. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 6730-42. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2017.12.009
Cheng, Long, Liu, Yan, Brown, Gregory and Searle, Glen (2018). Factors affecting farmers' satisfaction with contemporary China's land allocation policy – The Link Policy: based on the empirical research of Ezhou. Habitat International, 7538-49. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.04.004
Feng, Yongjiu, Liu, Yan and Tong, Xiaohua (2018). Comparison of metaheuristic cellular automata models: A case study of dynamic land use simulation in the Yangtze River Delta. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 70138-150. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.03.003
Buchori, Imam, Sugiri, Agung, Mussadun, Mussadun, Wadley, David, Liu, Yan, Pramitasari, Angrenggani and Pamungkas, Istiqomah T. D. (2018). A predictive model to assess spatial planning in addressing hydrometeorological hazards: a case study of Semarang City, Indonesia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 27415-426. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.11.003
Xiang, Xi and Liu, Yan (2018). Exploring and enhancing spatial thinking skills: Learning differences of university students within a web-based GIS mapping environment. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50 (4) 1865-1881. doi:10.1111/bjet.12677
Xie, Bin and Liu, Yan (2018). Visualizing Australia’s urban extent: a comparison between residential housing addresses and night-time light data. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 5 (1) 365-368. doi:10.1080/21681376.2018.1526648
Wang, Siqin, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2018). Visualising the internal migration of the mainland China-born population between Australian capital cities over time. Australian Population Studies, 2 (1) 56-58.
Zolkafli, Amirulikhsan, Brown, Greg and Liu, Yan (2017). An evaluation of participatory gis (Pgis) for land use planning in Malaysia. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 83 (1) 2, 1-23. doi:10.1002/j.1681-4835.2017.tb00610.x
Feng, Yongjiu, Liu, Yan and Liu, Yu (2017). Spatially explicit assessment of land ecological security with spatial variables and logistic regression modeling in Shanghai, China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 31 (9) 2235-2249. doi:10.1007/s00477-016-1330-7
Feng, Yongjiu, Chen, Xinjun and Liu, Yan (2017). Detection of spatial hot spots and variation for the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii resources in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 35 (4) 921-935. doi:10.1007/s00343-017-6036-2
Zolkafli, Amirulikhsan, Liu, Yan and Brown, Greg (2017). Bridging the knowledge divide between public and experts using PGIS for land use planning in Malaysia. Applied Geography, 83107-117. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.03.013
Zolkafli, Amirulikhsan, Brown, Greg and Liu, Yan (2017). An evaluation of the capacity-building effects of participatory GIS (PGIS) for public participation in land use planning. Planning Practice and Research, 32 (4) 1-17. doi:10.1080/02697459.2017.1329470
Xiang, X. and Liu, Y. (2017). Understanding ‘change’ through spatial thinking using Google Earth in secondary geography. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 33 (1) 65-78. doi:10.1111/jcal.12166
McAlpine, Clive, Brearley, Grant, Rhodes, Jonathan, Bradley, Adrian, Baxter, Greg, Seabrook, Leonie, Lunney, Daniel, Liu, Yan, Cottin, Manuelle, Smith, Andrew G. and Timms, Peter (2017). Time-delayed influence of urban landscape change on the susceptibility of koalas to chlamydiosis. Landscape Ecology, 32 (3) 1-17. doi:10.1007/s10980-016-0479-2
Liu, Yan, Cheshire, Lynda and Wadley, David (2016). Mapping mis-location and housing stress in the private rental sector: a case study of Brisbane, Australia. Applied Geography, 76207-216. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.09.026
Feng, Yongjiu, Chen, Xinjun and Liu, Yan (2016). The effects of changing spatial scales on spatial patterns of CPUE for Ommastrephes bartramii in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research, 1831-12. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2016.05.006
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2016). Simulating the impact of economic and environmental strategies on future urban growth scenarios in Ningbo, China. Sustainability, 8 (10) 1045, doi:10.3390/su8101045
Mills, Morena, Leon, Javier X., Saunders, Megan I., Bell, Justine, Liu, Yan, O’Mara, Julian, Lovelock, Catherine E., Mumby, Peter J., Phinn, Stuart, Possingham, Hugh P., Tulloch, Vigitskaia, Mutafoglu, Konar, Morrison, Tiffany, Callaghan, David, Baldock, Tom, Klein, Carissa and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2016). Reconciling development and conservation under coastal squeeze from rising sea-level. Conservation Letters, 9 (5) 361-368. doi:10.1111/conl.12213
Feng, Yongjiu and Liu, Yan (2016). Scenario prediction of emerging coastal city using CA modeling under different environmental conditions: a case study of Lingang New City, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188 (9) 540, doi:10.1007/s10661-016-5558-y
Feng, Yongjiu, Liu, Yan and Batty, Michael (2016). Modeling urban growth with GIS based cellular automata and least squares SVM rules: a case study in Qingpu–Songjiang area of Shanghai, China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 30 (5) 1387-1400. doi:10.1007/s00477-015-1128-z
Wahyudi, Agung and Liu, Yan (2016). Cellular automata for urban growth modelling: a review on factors defining transition rules. International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 4 (2) 60-75. doi:10.14246/irspsd.4.2_60
Cheng, Long and Liu, Yan (2016). An Entire-Array-Polygon (EAP) Method to Assess Urban Development Suitability. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 12 (4) 260-270. doi:10.3844/ajessp.2016.260.270
Wang, Dong, Brown, Greg, Zhong, Guoping, Liu, Yan and Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina (2015). Factors influencing perceived access to urban parks: a comparative study of Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China). Habitat International, 50335-346. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.032
Feng, Yongjiu and Liu, Yan (2015). Fractal dimension as an indicator for quantifying the effects of changing spatial scales on landscape metrics. Ecological Indicators, 5318-27. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.01.020
Wahyudi, Agung and Liu, Yan (2015). Spatial dynamic models for inclusive cities: A brief concept of Cellular Automata (CA) and Agent-based model (ABM). Journal of Regional and City Planning, 26 (1) 54-70.
Buchori, Imam, Sugiri, Agung, Hadi, Sudharto P., Wadley, David and Liu, Yan (2015). Developing a Geographic Information System-based assessment model for sustainable metropolitan development: the case of the Semarang metropolitan region, Indonesia. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 11 (2) 62-75. doi:10.3844/ajessp.2015.62.75
Wang, Dong, Brown, Gregory, Liu, Yan and Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina (2015). A comparison of perceived and geographic access to predict urban park use. Cities, 42 (PA) 85-96. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2014.10.003
Liu, Yan and Dang, Anrong (2015). Editorial Introduction: Special Issue on “Urban Simulation and Modeling". International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 3 (3) 1-3. doi:10.14246/irspsd.3.3_1
Wang, Dong, Brown, Gregory and Liu, Yan (2015). The physical and non-physical factors that influence perceived access to urban parks. Landscape and Urban Planning, 13353-66. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.09.007
Ward, Adrian, Dargusch, Paul, Thomas, Sebastian, Liu, Yan and Fulton, Elizabeth A. (2014). A global estimate of carbon stored in the world's mountain grasslands and shrublands, and the implications for climate policy. Global Environmental Change, 28 (1) 14-24. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.05.008
Liu, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu and Pontius, Robert Gilmore Jr. (2014). Spatially-explicit simulation of urban growth through self-adaptive genetic algorithm and cellular automata modelling. Land, 3 (3) 719-738. doi:10.3390/land3030719
Feng, Yongjiu, Liu, Yan and Liu, Dan (2014). Shoreline mapping with cellular automata and the shoreline progradation analysis in Shanghai, China from 1979 to 2008. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8 (7) 4337-4351. doi:10.1007/s12517-014-1515-7
Brearley, Grant, Rhodes, Jonathan, Bradley, Adrian, Baxter, Greg, Seabrook, Leonie, Lunney, Daniel, Liu, Yan and McAlpine, Clive (2013). Wildlife disease prevalence in human-modified landscapes. Biological Reviews, 88 (2) 427-442. doi:10.1111/brv.12009
Feng, Yongjiu and Liu, Yan (2013). A heuristic cellular automata approach for modelling urban land-use change based on simulated annealing. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 27 (3) 449-466. doi:10.1080/13658816.2012.695377
Maddox, C., Corcoran, J. and Liu, Y. (2013). Mapping spatial flows over time: a case study using journey-to-work data. Journal of Spatial Science, 58 (1) 147-159. doi:10.1080/14498596.2012.759089
冯永玖 Feng, Yongjiu, 刘艳 Liu, Yan, 周茜 Zhou, Qian and 韩震 Han, Zhen (2013). A fractal based quantification analysis of spatial grain characteristics and its variation in landscape fragmentation of Shanghai. 生态环境学报 Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 22 (3) 443-450.
Feng, Yongjiu and Liu, Yan (2013). A cellular automata model based on nonlinear kernel principal component analysis for urban growth simulation. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 40 (1) 117-134. doi:10.1068/b37142
Liu, Yan (2012). Modelling sustainable urban growth in a rapidly urbanising region using a fuzzy constrained cellular automata approach. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26 (1) 151-167. doi:10.1080/13658816.2011.577434
Fan, Wenping, Shi, Yishao and Liu, Yan (2012). Application of GIS in quantifying the urban form: a case study of Shanghai. Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications, 6 (23) 344-353. doi:10.4156/jdcta.vol6.issue23.39
Cao, Kai, Batty, Michael, Huang, Bo, Liu, Yan, Yu, Le and Chen, Jiongfeng (2011). Spatial multi-objective land use optimization: extensions to the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm-II. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25 (12) 1949-1969. doi:10.1080/13658816.2011.570269
Feng, Yongjiu, Liu, Yan, Tong, Xiaohua, Liu, Miaolong and Deng, Susu (2011). Modeling dynamic urban growth using cellular automata and particle swarm optimization rules. Landscape and Urban Planning, 102 (3) 188-196. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.04.004
冯 永 玖 Feng, Yong-jiu, 刘艳 Liu, Yan and 韩震 Han, Zhen (2011). 不同样本方案下遗传元胞自动机的土地利用模拟及景观评价. 應用生態學報, 22 (4) 957-963.
冯永玖 Feng, Yongjiu, 刘妙龙 Liu, Miaolong, 童小华 Tong, Xiaohua, 刘艳 Liu, Yan and 韩震 Han, Zhen (2010). 基于核主成分元胞模型的城市演化重建与预测. Kernel principal components analysis based cellular model for restructuring and predicting urban evolution. Acta Geographica Sinica, 65 (6) 665-675.
Feng, Yongjiu, Tong, Xiaohua, Liu, Yan and Liu, Miaolong (2010). A particle swarm intelligence based cellular model for urban morphology evolution modelling : A case study in Jiading District of Shanghai. Diqiu Xinxi Kexue Xuebao, 12 (1) 17-25.
Chang, Chew-Hung, Liu, Yan, Bui, Elisabeth N., Jin, Tao and Lossman, Hans Gunnar (2010). Design experiment or experimental design: Towards a methodology to study GIS use in geographic education. Research in Geographic Education, 12 (1) 41-63.
Liu, Yan, Bui, Elisabeth N., Chang, Chew-Hung and Lossman, Hans G. (2010). PBL-GIS in Secondary Geography Education: Does It Result in Higher-Order Learning Outcomes?. Journal of Geography, 109 (4) 150-158. doi:10.1080/00221341.2010.497541
Liu, Yan and Laxman, Kumar (2009). GIS enabled PBL pedagogy: The effects on students' learning in the classroom.. Journal on School Educational Technology, 5 (2) 15-27.
Liu, Yan, Wong, Shuang Yann and Jin, Tao (2009). Equality of spatial access to primary health services for Singapore's baby boomers. Asian Population Studies, 5 (2) 171-188. doi:10.1080/17441730902992091
Scheyvens, Regina, Griffin, Amy L., Jocoy, Christina L., Liu, Yan and Bradford, Michael (2008). Experimenting with active learning in geography: Dispelling the myths that perpetuate resistance. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32 (1) 51-69. doi:10.1080/03098260701731496
Liu, Yan (2007). The impact of neighbourhood size on the accuracy of cellular automata-based urban modelling. Applied Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 3 (3) 1-14.
Liu, Yan and Phinn, Stuart (2005). Modelling the driving forces of Sydney's urban development (1971-1996) in a cellular environment. Applied GIS, 1 (3) 27.1-27.18. doi:10.2104/ag050027
Liu, Y. and Phinn, S. R. (2004). Mapping the urban development of Sydney (1971-1996) with cellular automata in a GIS environment. Journal of Spatial Science, 43 (2) 57-74. doi:10.1080/14498596.2004.9635022
Liu, Y. and Phinn, S. R. (2003). Modelling urban development with cellular automata incorporating fuzzy-set approaches. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 27 (6) 637-658. doi:10.1016/S0198-9715(02)00069-8
Liu, Yan, Kennard, Colin H.L., Truss, Rowan W. and Calos, Nicholas J. (1997). Characterization of stress-whitening of tensile yielded isotactic polypropylene. Polymer, 38 (11) 2797-2805. doi:10.1016/S0032-3861(97)85617-0
Conference Papers
Finch, Emma, Foster, Michele, Fleming, Jennifer, Cruwys, Tegan, Liu, Yan, Williams, Ian, Corcoran, Jonathan, Shah, Darshan, Aitken, Phil and Worrall, Linda (2018).Exploring the health, service and social needs of minor stroke patients. Stroke 2018 Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7–10 August 2018. London, United Kingdom :Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1747493018778666
Wahyudi, Agung, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2015).Modelling the spatial decisions of private developers: a case study of Jakarta Metropolitan Area, Indonesia. International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Cambridge, MA, United States, 7-10 July 2015. CUPUM.
Fan, Wenping, Liu, Yan and Shi, Yishao (2015).Association study on urban form and urban resources efficiency based on GIS and DEA: a case study of Shanghai. International Conference on Circuits and Systems (CAS 2015), Paris France, 9-10 August 2015. Paris, France :Atlantis Press. doi: 10.2991/cas-15.2015.44
Wei, Ming, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas J. (2015).An exploratory analysis of Brisbane’s commuter travel patterns using smart card data. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 9-11 December 2015. State of Australian Cities Research Network.
Zhang, Min and Liu, Yan (2015).An exploratory analysis of Bus Rapid Transit on property values: A case study of Brisbane’s South East Busway. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast , Australia, 9-11 December, 2015. State of Australian Cities Research Network.
Wang, Dong and Liu, Yan (2015).Factors influencing public transport use: a study of university commuters’ travel and mode choice behaviours. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast , Australia, 9-11 December, 2015. State of Australian Cities Research Network.
Liu, Yan, Wadley, David and Han, Hoon (2015).Mapping the ‘Mis-location’ of private rental tenure in Australian housing market: a case study of Brisbane, Australia. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 9-11 December 2015. State of Australian Cities Research Network.
Wahyudi, Agung and Liu, Yan (2013).Cellular automata for urban growth modeling: a chronological review on transition rules. 13rd International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2-5 July 2013. The Nethelands :CUPUM.
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2012).Mining of CA based land transition rules through self-adaptive genetic algorithm for urban growth modeling. International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems (CAMUSS), Oporto, Portugal, 8-10 November 2012. Oporto, Portugal :CAMUSS.
Liu, Yan (2011).Spatial disparity in the private rental housing market in Southeast Queensland, Australia. 12th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Alberta, Canada, 5-9 July 2011. CUPUM.
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2010).An optimised cellular automata model based on adaptive genetic algorithm for urban growth simulation. Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science, Hong Kong, 26-28 May 2010. Hong Kong :ISPRS Technical Commission II.
Xing, H.L., Gao, J., Zhang, J. and Liu, Y. (2010).Towards an integrated simulator for enhanced geothermal reservoirs. World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, 25-29 April 2010. Italy :ICS UNIDO.
Liu, Yan, Xing, Huilin, Guan, Zhenqun and Zhang, Hongwu (2010).Automatic meshing and construction of a 3D reservoir system: From visualization towards simulation. Australian Geothermal Energy Conference 2010, Adelaide, Australia, 17-19 November 2010. Canberra, Australia :Geoscience Australia.
Liu, Yan and He, Jin (2009).Developing a web-based cellular automata model for urban growth simulation. ISSA 2009: International Symposium on Spatial Analysis, Spatial-Temporal Data Modeling and Data Mining, Wuhan, China, 13-15 October 2009. Bellingham, WA, U.S.A. :SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.838657
Sugihara, Kenichi, Liu, Yan and Hayashi, Yoshitugu (2009).Automatic generation of 3D building models for urban planning. 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM), Hong Kong, 16-18 June 2009. Hong Kong :University of Hong Kong.
Thesis
Liu, Yan (2001). Modelling urban development with geographical information systems and cellular automata : a case study of Sydney since 1971. PhD Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Newspaper Articles
Sigler, Thomas, Corcoran, Jonathan, Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2018, 11 06). Where are Chinese migrants choosing to settle in Australia? Look to the suburbs The Conversation
Liu, Yan, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina and Darchen, Sebastien (2018, 01 30). How virtual 3D modelling and simulation can help us create better cities The Conversation