Associate Professor Yan Liu
Deputy Head of School
Associate Professor
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
+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
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. In Luca D'Acci (Ed.), The Mathematics of Urban Morphology (pp. 123-144) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12381-9_6
Liu, Yan , Corcoran, Jonathan and Feng, Yongjiu (2019). Urban Cellular Automata. In Audrey Kobayashi (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography 2nd ed. (pp. 1-4) New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10519-0
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
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
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 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
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. 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, 89 . 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 Geography, . 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, 239980831987598. 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
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: . 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. 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, 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: . 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
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: . 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. doi:10.3390/rs10101526
Sadahiro, Yukio and Liu, Yan (2018) A scale-sensitive approach for comparing and classifying point patterns. Journal of Spatial Science, 1-26. doi:10.1080/14498596.2018.1492466
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, 036119811877707. 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
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, 1-20. 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
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, . 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: 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. 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: 540. doi:10.1007/s10661-016-5558-y
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, 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.
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
Gu, Zheng-Ying, Gao, Xiang-Dong, Li, Xiao-Min, Wu, Yong-Qing, Huang, Yu-Di, Yang, Song-Wang and Liu, Yan (2014) Hierarchically structured nanocrystalline photoanode: Self-assembled bi-functional TiO2 towards enhanced photovoltaic performance. Nano Energy, 8 247-254. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.06.012
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
Liu, Yan and Xing, H. L. (2014) A feature extracting and meshing approach for sheet-like structures in rocks. Computer Methods In Applied Mechanics And Engineering, 276 396-409. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2014.03.020
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
Liu, Yan and Xing, H. L. (2013) A boundary focused quadrilateral mesh generation algorithm for multi-material structures. Journal of Computational Physics, 232 1: 516-528. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2012.08.042
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
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.
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
Xing, Huilin and Liu, Yan (2011) Automated quadrilateral mesh generation for digital image structure. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 1 6: 061001.1-061001.3. doi:10.1063/2.1106101
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
Liu, Yan, Xing, H. L. and Guan, Zhenqun (2011) An indirect approach for automatic generation of quadrilateral meshes with arbitrary line constraints. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 87 9: 906-922. doi:10.1002/nme.3145
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. 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
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. In: Stroke 2018 Conference, 7–10 August 2018, Sydney, Australia. Stroke 2018 Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (37-37). 7–10 August 2018. 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. 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.
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.
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.
Xing, Huilin and Liu, Yan (2014). Mesh generation for 3D geological reservoirs with arbitrary stratigraphic surface constraints. In: Abramson, D, Lees, M, Krzhizhanovskaya, VV, Dongarra, J and Sloot, PMA, 2014 International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2014. 14th Annual International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2014, Cairns, QLD Australia, (897-909). 10-12 June 2014. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.081
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.
Xing, Huilin, Gao, Jinfang and Liu, Yan (2012). PANDAS: high performance geocomputing software and its potential application in deep mining. In: T. Mares, Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV: Symposium Proceedings CD. Fourth Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium and Exhibition (EABS IV), Brisbane, Australia, (1-5). 11–14 September 2012.
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.
Xing, H.L., Gao, J., Zhang, J. and Liu, Y. (2010). Towards an integrated simulator for enhanced geothermal reservoirs. In: Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2010. World Geothermal Congress 2010, Bali, Indonesia, (3224-3234). 25-29 April 2010.
Liu, Yan, Xing, Huilin, Guan, Zhenqun and Zhang, Hongwu (2010). Automatic meshing and construction of a 3D reservoir system: From visualization towards simulation. In: H. Gurgenci and R.D. Weber, Proceedings of the 2010 Australian Geothermal Energy Conference. Australian Geothermal Energy Conference 2010, Adelaide, Australia, (157-162). 17-19 November 2010.
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.
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
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, November 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, January 30). How virtual 3D modelling and simulation can help us create better cities. The Conversation, .