Professor Yan Liu

Featured projects	Duration
New modelling approaches for sustainable coastal city development Australian Research Council	2017–2019
Un-neighbourliness: The nature, causes and outcomes of neighbour problems ARC Discovery	2015–2017

Liu, Yan (2009). Modelling urban development with geographical information systems and cellular automata. Boca Raton, Fla.: Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.1201/9781420059908

Wei, Ming, Liu, Yan, Sigler, Thomas and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Unpacking the weather-transit ridership relationship using big data in Brisbane and beyond. Big Data Applications in Geography and Planning. (pp. 245-255) edited by Mark Birkin, Graham Clarke, Jonathan Corcoran and Robert Stimson. London, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781789909791.00021

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 of South East Queensland, Australia. Applied spatial modelling and planning. (pp. 91-106) edited by John R. Lombard, Eliahu Stern and Graham Clarke. Abingdon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315683621-15

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

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

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 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

Zaki, Abdurrahman, Buchori, Imam, Sejati, Anang Wahyu and Liu, Yan (2022). An object-based image analysis in QGIS for image classification and assessment of coastal spatial planning. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 25 (2), 349-359. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2022.03.002

Searle, Glen, Wang, Siqin, Batty, Michael and Liu, Yan (2022). The choice of actor variables in agent-based cellular automata modelling using survey data. Geographies, 2 (1), 145-160. doi: 10.3390/geographies2010010

Zhang, Hexia, Zahnow, Renee, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2022). Crime at train stations: the role of passenger presence. Applied Geography, 140 102666, 102666. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102666

Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2022). Parking in inner versus outer city spaces: spatiotemporal patterns of parking problems and their associations with built environment features in Brisbane, Australia. Journal of Transport Geography, 98 103261. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103261

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu and Lei, Zhenkun (2022). Spatially-explicit prediction of low-density peri-urban development: comparison between urban and rural scenarios in the Moreton Bay Region in South East Queensland, Australia. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. doi: 10.1177/23998083211069382

Wang, Siqin, Huang, Xiao, Hu, Tao, Zhang, Mengxi, Li, Zhenlong, Ning, Huan, Corcoran, Jonathan, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Liu, Yan, Zhang, Jiajia and Li, Xiaoming (2022). The times, they are a-changin’: tracking shifts in mental health signals from early phase to later phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. BMJ Global Health, 7 (1) e007081, e007081. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007081

Zhang, Lihong, Liu, Yan, Lieske, Scott N. and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Spatial variations in cycling dissonance: The case of commuting in Greater Brisbane. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/15568318.2021.2004628

Wang, Siqin, Wang, Mingshu and Liu, Yan (2021). Access to urban parks: comparing spatial accessibility measures using three GIS-based approaches. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 90 101713, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101713

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Lam, Jack and Kwan, Mei-Po (2021). The effects of the built environment on the general health, physical activity and obesity of adults in Queensland, Australia. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 39 100456, 100456. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2021.100456

Liu, Yan, Wang, Siqin and Cheshire, Lynda (2021). The problems with neighbors: an examination of the influence of neighborhood context using large-scale administrative data. Urban Affairs Review. doi: 10.1177/10780874211042811

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Lam, Jack and Gao, Zhe (2021). Chronic illness, subjective wellbeing, and health services availability: a study of older adults in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (15) 7718, 7718. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157718

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu and Lei, Zhenkun (2021). To move or stay? A cellular automata model to predict urban growth in coastal regions amidst rising sea levels. International Journal of Digital Earth, 14 (9), 1213-1235. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2021.1946178

Wang, Congxiao, Yu, Bailang, Chen, Zuoqi, Liu, Yan, Song, Wei, Li, Xia, Yang, Chengshu, Small, Christopher, Shu, Song and Wu, Jianping (2021). Evolution of urban spatial clusters in China: a graph-based method using nighttime light data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2021.1914538

Wang, Haiyun, Searle, Glen, Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2021). Understanding residential relocation choices in coastal cities in the face of climate change. Findings. doi: 10.32866/001c.23722

Sen, Zhang, Ke, Zhang, Xiaoyang, Liu, Jian, Zeng, Yan, Liu and Lian, Zhao (2021). Characterisation of elderly daily travel behaviour in Tianjin using a space–time cube. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 49 (2), 239980832110197-618. doi: 10.1177/23998083211019756

Wang, Siqin, Zhang, Mengxi, Hu, Tao, Fu, Xiaokang, Gao, Zhe, Halloran, Briana and Liu, Yan (2021). A bibliometric analysis and network visualisation of human mobility studies from 1990 to 2020: emerging trends and future research directions. Sustainability, 13 (10) 5372, 5372. doi: 10.3390/su13105372

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Equity of public transport costs before and after a fare policy reform: an empirical evaluation using smartcard data. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 144, 104-118. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2020.12.010

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Sigler, Thomas and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Using WeChat data to understand residential mobility of mainland China-born migrants in Australia: a segmented assimilation perspective. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 14 (3), 703-729. doi: 10.1007/s12061-020-09368-x

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). A season for complaints: How does weather affect noise complaints between neighbors?. Weather, Climate, and Society, 13 (4), 753-768. doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0020.1

Gallagher, Rachel, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2020). 'Protect the Brisbane backyard!' (Except from subdivision for additional house construction). Australian Planner, 56 (4), 278-289. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2020.1854800

Fan, Wenping, Wang, Hongkang, Liu, Yan and Liu, Hongping (2020). Spatio-temporal variation of the coupling relationship between urbanization and air quality: a case study of Shandong Province. Journal of Cleaner Production, 272 122812, 122812. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122812

Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan and Hu, Tao (2020). Examining the change of human mobility adherent to social restriction policies and its effect on COVID-19 cases in australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (21) 7930, 7930-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217930

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, 97 104754, 104754. 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 Sociology, 57 (3), 1-16. 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, 91 104423, 104423. 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, 45 (1), 030913251989530-24. doi: 10.1177/0309132519895305

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, 89 104239, 104239. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104239

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, 183 104221, 104221. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2019.104221

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 Geography, 41 (2), 1-22. 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, 48 (2), 239980831987598-391. doi: 10.1177/2399808319875983

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, 125, 106-118. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2019.05.003

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, 90, 168-180. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.010

Xiang, Xi and Liu, Yan (2019). 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

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, 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, 76, 78-89. 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, 375. doi: 10.3390/rs11040375

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

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

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

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

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, 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, 99, 140-153. 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, 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, 67, 30-42. 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, 75, 38-49. 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, 70, 138-150. 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, 27, 415-426. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.11.003

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, 83, 107-117. 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

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, 183, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.05.006

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, 76, 207-216. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.09.026

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, 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, 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, 50, 335-346. 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, 53, 18-27. 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. doi: 10.5614/jpwk.2015.26.1.6

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, 133, 53-66. 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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Corcoran, Jonathan, Pojani, Dorina, Rowe, Francisco, Zhou, Jiangping, Kim, Jiwon, Wei, Ming, Tao, Sui, Sigler, Thomas and Liu, Yan (2018, 04 09). Too wet? Too cold? Too hot? This is how weather affects the trips we make

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

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