Associate Professor Yan Liu
Associate Professor
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Affiliate Academic
Institute for Social Science Research
+61 7 336 56483
Chamberlain Building (35), Room 515
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 Modelling urban development with geographical information systems and cellular automata. Boca Raton, Fla.: Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.
Book Chapters
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. In John R. Lombard, Eliahu Stern and Graham Clarke (Ed.), Applied spatial modelling and planning (pp. 91-106) Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
Liu, Yan (2013). A web-based fuzzy CA model for urban growth simulation. In Stan Geertman, Fred Toppen and John Stillwell (Ed.), Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development (pp. 363-373) 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. In Wenzhong Shi, Anthony G.O. Yeh, Yee Leung and Chenghu Zhou (Ed.), Advances in spatial data handling and GIS: 14th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (pp. 27-38) 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. In Andrew J. Milson, Ali Demirci and Joseph Kerski (Ed.), International perspectives on teaching and learning with GIS in secondary schools (pp. 215-224) 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. In Alison J. Heppenstall, Andrew T. Crooks, Linda M. See and Michael Batty (Ed.), Agent-based models of geographical systems (pp. 643-662) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4
Journal Articles
Gao, Fengsong, Foster, Michele and Liu, Yan (2018) Disability concentration and access to rehabilitation services: a pilot spatial assessment applying geographic information system analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, . doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1468931
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, . doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.03.003
Wahyudi, Agung, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018) 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, . doi:10.1080/14498596.2018.1443849
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
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: 1-23.
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
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, 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, 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: . doi:10.3390/su8101045
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: . doi:10.1007/s10661-016-5558-y
Feng, Yongjiu, Chen, Xinjun and Liu, Yan (2016) 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
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
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 (2015) Reconciling development and conservation under coastal squeeze from rising sea-level. Conservation Letters, 9 5: 361-368. doi:10.1111/conl.12213
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.
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
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
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
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: 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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
Conference Papers
Wei, Ming, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas J. (2015). An exploratory analysis of Brisbane’s commuter travel patterns using smart card data. In: Paul Burton and Heather Shearer, State of Australian Cities National Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, (). 9-11 December 2015.
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. In: Paul Burton and Heather Shearer, State of Australian Cities National Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, (). 9-11 December 2015.
Wang, Dong and Liu, Yan (2015). Factors influencing public transport use: a study of university commuters’ travel and mode choice behaviours. In: Paul Burton and Heather Shearer, State of Australian Cities Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast , Australia, (). 9-11 December, 2015.
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. In: Paul Burton and Heather Shearer, State of Australian Cities National Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings. State of Australian Cities National Conference, Gold Coast , Australia, (). 9-11 December, 2015.
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. In: Ehab E. Elattar and Sang-Bing Tsai, Proceedings of the 2015 AASRI International Conference On Circuits and Systems. International Conference on Circuits and Systems (CAS 2015), Paris France, (182-187). 9-10 August 2015. 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. In: Joseph Ferreira Jr. and Robert Goodspeed, Proceedings of CUPUM 2015: The 14th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Cambridge, MA, United States, (245.1-245.18). 7-10 July 2015.
Wahyudi, Agung and Liu, Yan (2013). Cellular automata for urban growth modeling: a chronological review on transition rules. In: Proceedings of the 13rd International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. 13rd International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Utrecht, The Netherlands, (). 2-5 July 2013.
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2012). Mining of CA based land transition rules through self-adaptive genetic algorithm for urban growth modeling. In: Proceedings of CAMUSS. International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems (CAMUSS), Oporto, Portugal, (). 8-10 November 2012.
Liu, Yan (2011). Spatial disparity in the private rental housing market in Southeast Queensland, Australia. In: 12th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Alberta, Canada, (1-16). 5-9 July 2011.
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2010). An optimised cellular automata model based on adaptive genetic algorithm for urban growth simulation. In: Eric Guilbert, Brian Lees and Yee Leung, ISPRS. Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science. Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science, Hong Kong, (45-50). 26-28 May 2010.
Liu, Yan and Feng, Yongjiu (2010). AN OPTIMISED CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL BASED ON ADAPTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR URBAN GROWTH SIMULATION. In: Guilbert, E, Lees, B and Leung, Y, Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science, Hong Kong Peoples R China, (45-50). May 26-28, 2010.
Liu, Yan and He, Jin (2009). Developing a web-based cellular automata model for urban growth simulation. In: Yaolin Liu and Xinming Tang, Proceedings of SPIE: International Symposium on Spatial Analysis, Spatial-Temporal Data Modeling, and Data Mining. ISSA 2009: International Symposium on Spatial Analysis, Spatial-Temporal Data Modeling and Data Mining, Wuhan, China, (74925C-1-74925C-8). 13-15 October 2009. doi:10.1117/12.838657
Sugihara, Kenichi, Liu, Yan and Hayashi, Yoshitugu (2009). Automatic generation of 3D building models for urban planning. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM). 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM), Hong Kong, (). 16-18 June 2009.
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
Liu, Yan, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina and Darchen, Sebastien (2018, January 30). How virtual 3D modelling and simulation can help us create better cities. The Conversation, .