Publications

Ryan Turner, Afshin Jafari, Sapan Tiwari, Alan Both, Dhirendra Singh, Steve Pemberton, Chris De Gruyter (2026). FASTrack: A co-designed cloud-based planning support system for interactive cycling infrastructure scenario assessment. SocArXiv.

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Yaguang Tao, Alan Both, Ori Gudes, Brigid Papaix, Jessica Rivera Villicana, Melanie Davern (2026). City Liveability Scorecards 2024: Measuring and monitoring the liveability of the 21 largest cities in Australia. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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Jessica Rivera Villicana, Hiqmat Nisa, Melanie Davern, Alan Both, Ori Gudes, Yaguang Tao (2026). FAQs Tree Canopy Coverage Indicators. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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Lucy Gunn, Carl Higgs, Alan Both, Mahsa Abdollahyar, Steve Pemberton, Dhirendra Singh, Billie Giles-Corti (2026). Benchmarking, monitoring, modelling and valuing the healthy liveable city: Final Report. RMIT University.

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Sapan Tiwari, Afshin Jafari, Alan Both, Dhirendra Singh, Ryan Turner, Steve Pemberton, Chris De Gruyter (2026). A Multi-Scale Activity-Based Demand Generation Framework for Regional Cities. Social Science Research Network.

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Percy Rakoto, Amy Griffin, Alan Both (2026). Influence of source area size on modelling urban heat island intensity and land cover relationships across Local Climate Zones. Social Science Research Network.

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Mahsa Abdollahyar, Alan Both, Afshin Jafari, Steve Pemberton, Dhirendra Singh, Billie Giles-Corti, Lucy Gunn (2026). Developing a multimodal transport simulation model using a case study of the Suburban Rail Loop East, Melbourne, Australia. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

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Steve Pemberton, Tayebeh Saghapour, Billie Giles-Corti, Mahsa Abdollahyar, Alan Both, Daniel Pearson, Carl Higgs, Afshin Jafari, Dhirendra Singh, Lucy Gunn, James Woodcock, Belen Zapata-Diomedi (2026). Infrastructure and accessibility implications of implementing x-minute city policies in low-density contexts. Cities.

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Sharon Campbell, Valery Fuh-Ngwa, Alan Both, Melanie Davern, Kim Jose, Anna Timperio, Kate Garvey, Verity Cleland (2026). Associating geospatially assessed walkability with population health physical activity indicators from urban and regional settings: A case study from Tasmania, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

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Sapan Tiwari, Afshin Jafari, Steve Pemberton, Alan Both, Dhirendra Singh, Ryan Turner, Chris De Gruyter (2025). Modelling cycling route choice using a map-based public participatory survey in a regional city. SocArXiv.

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Shinjita Das, Qian (Chayn) Sun, Alan Both, Sarah Foster (2025). Greenery from apartments: quantifying and comparing views with residents' perceptions. Computational Urban Science.

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Manoj Chandrabose, Lucy Gunn, Alan Both, Takemi Sugiyama, Melanie Davern (2025). A novel method for tracking urban liveability over time: Case study from Melbourne, Australia (2016–2021). Sustainable Cities and Society.

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Melanie Davern, Brigid Papaix, Alan Both, Ori Gudes, Yaguang Tao, Jessica Rivera Villicana, Rebecca Roberts (2025). Liveability scorecards for LGAs of Sydney LHDs 2021: Understanding liveability inequities across the suburbs. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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Corin Staves, Irena Itova, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Audrey De Nazelle, Jenna Panter, Lucy Gunn, Alan Both, Yuchen Li, Ismail Saadi, James Woodcock, SM Labib (2025). Modelling active travel accessibility at the micro-scale using multi-source built environment data. Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research.

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Shinjita Das, Qian (Chayn) Sun, Alan Both, Sarah Foster (2025). How Much Greening can Residents See from Apartments?. 2025 32nd International Conference on Geoinformatics.

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Afshin Jafari, Steve Pemberton, Dhirendra Singh, Tayebeh Saghapour, Alan Both, Lucy Gunn, Billie Giles-Corti (2025). Understanding the impact of city-wide cycling corridors on cycling mode share among different demographic clusters in Greater Melbourne, Australia. Transportation.

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Afshin Jafari, Dhirendra Singh, Lucy Gunn, Alan Both, Billie Giles-Corti (2025). Modelling the impact of road infrastructure on cycling moving speed. Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research.

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Melanie Davern, Alan Both, Ori Gudes, Brigid Papaix, Yaguang Tao, Rebecca Roberts, Jessica Rivera Villicana (2024). Growth Areas Liveability Scorecards. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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Afshin Jafari, Dhirendra Singh, Alan Both, Mahsa Abdollahyar, Lucy Gunn, Steve Pemberton, Billie Giles-Corti (2024). Activity-based and agent-based transport model of Melbourne: an open multi-modal transport simulation model for Greater Melbourne. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems.

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Melanie Davern, Afshin Jafari, Alan Both, Jago Dodson, Lucy Gunn, Qian (Chayn) Sun (2024). Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes. The Conversation.

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Lucy Gunn, Melanie Davern, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Steve Pemberton, Alan Both (2023). Transport Health Assessment Tool for Brisbane (THAT-Brisbane): Modelling Scenarios. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Alan Both, Ali Abbas, James Woodcock, Annette Kroen, Melanie Davern, Lucy Gunn (2023). Shifting car travel to active modes to improve population health and achieve transport goals: A simulation study. Journal of Transport & Health.

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Melanie Davern, Alan Both, Katherine Murray, Rebecca Roberts, Fadhillah Norzahari (2023). Liveability research creating real world impact: connecting urban planning and public health through the Australian Urban Observatory. Cities & Health.

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Abdur Forkan, Alan Both, Chris Bellman, Matt Duckham, Hamish Anderson, Nenad Radosevic (2023). K-span: Open and reproducible spatial analytics using scientific workflows. Frontiers in Earth Science.

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Billie Giles-Corti, Tayebeh Saghapour, Gavin Turrell, Lucy Gunn, Alan Both, Melanie Lowe, Julianna Rozek, Rebecca Roberts, Paula Hooper, Andrew Butt, Carl Higgs (2022). Spatial and socioeconomic inequities in liveability in Australia’s 21 largest cities: Does city size matter?. Health & Place.

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Melanie Davern, Alan Both, Jago Dodson, Tiebei (Terry) Li (2022). COVID skewed journey-to-work census data. Here’s how city planners can make the best of it. The Conversation.

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Carl Higgs, Amanda Alderton, Julianna Rozek, Deepti Adlakha, Hannah Badland, Geoff Boeing, Alan Both, Ester Cerin, Manoj Chandrabose, Chris De Gruyter, Alysha De Livera, Lucy Gunn, Erica Hinckson, Shiqin Liu, Suzanne Mavoa, James F. Sallis, Koen Simons, Billie Giles-Corti (2022). Policy-Relevant Spatial Indicators of Urban Liveability And Sustainability: Scaling From Local to Global. Urban Policy and Research.

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Lucy Gunn, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Alan Both, Annette Kroen, Chris De Gruyter, Mahsa Abdollahyar, Melanie Davern (2022). Including health impacts in transport modelling and economic appraisal: A partnership project between RMIT University and the Victorian Department of Transport. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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SM Labib, Irena Itova, Corin Staves, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Alan Both, Lucy Gunn, Haneen Khreis, Ali Abbas, Aruna Sivakumar, Jenna Panter, Billie Giles-Corti, James Woodcock (2022). Integrating spatially detailed micro-environmental attributes to a routable transport network for active travel modeling: A pilot study in Greater Manchester. 30th GISRUK Conference 2022.

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Alan Both, Lucy Gunn, Carl Higgs, Melanie Davern, Afshin Jafari, Claire Boulange, Billie Giles-Corti (2022). Achieving ‘Active’ 30 Minute Cities: How Feasible Is It to Reach Work within 30 Minutes Using Active Transport Modes?. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

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Afshin Jafari, Alan Both, Dhirendra Singh, Lucy Gunn, Billie Giles-Corti (2022). Building the road network for city-scale active transport simulation models. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory.

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Afshin Jafari, Dhirendra Singh, Alan Both, Lucy Gunn, Steve Pemberton, Billie Giles-Corti (2021). Activity-based and agent-based Transport model of Melbourne (AToM): an open multi-modal transport simulation model for Greater Melbourne. arXiv.

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Alan Both, Dhirendra Singh, Afshin Jafari, Billie Giles-Corti, Lucy Gunn (2021). An Activity-Based Model of Transport Demand for Greater Melbourne. arXiv.

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Valentina Cerutti, Chris Bellman, Alan Both, Matt Duckham, Bernhard Jenny, Rob Lemmens, Frank Ostermann (2021). Improving the reproducibility of geospatial scientific workflows: the use of geosocial media in facilitating disaster response. Journal of Spatial Science.

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Yaguang Tao, Alan Both, Rodrigo I. Silveira, Kevin Buchin, Stef Sijben, Ross Purves, Patrick Laube, Dongliang Peng, Kevin Toohey, Matt Duckham (2021). A comparative analysis of trajectory similarity measures. GIScience & Remote Sensing.

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Luke Wallace, Qian (Chayn) Sun, Bryan Hally, Samuel Hillman, Alan Both, Joe Hurley, Daisy San Martin Saldias (2021). Linking urban tree inventories to remote sensing data for individual tree mapping. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

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Lucy Gunn, Melanie Davern, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Alan Both, Annette Kroen, Chris De Gruyter (2021). Helping planners understand health benefits through the Transport Health Assessment Tool for Melbourne (THAT-Melbourne). Planning News.

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Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Ali Abbas, Lucy Gunn, Alan Both (2021). Transport Health Assessment Tool for Melbourne (THAT-Melbourne) Technical Report. Australian Urban Observatory, RMIT University.

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Qian (Chayn) Sun, Tania Macleod, Alan Both, Joe Hurley, Andrew Butt, Marco Amati (2021). A human-centred assessment framework to prioritise heat mitigation efforts for active travel at city scale. Science of The Total Environment.

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Billie Giles-Corti, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Afshin Jafari, Alan Both, Lucy Gunn (2020). Could smart research ensure healthy people in disrupted cities?. Journal of Transport & Health.

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Melanie Davern, Alan Both, Carl Higgs, Lucy Gunn (2020). The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers. The Conversation.

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Melanie Davern, Rebecca Roberts, Carl Higgs, Alan Both (2019). A liveability assessment of the neighbourhoods of Manningham. Healthy Liveable Cities Group, RMIT University.

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Andrew Campbell, Alan Both, Qian (Chayn) Sun (2019). Detecting and mapping traffic signs from Google Street View images using deep learning and GIS. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.

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Joe Hurley, Alex Saunders, Alan Both, Qian (Chayn) Sun, Bryan Boruff, John Duncan, Marco Amati, Peter Caccetta, Joanne Chia (2019). Urban vegetation cover change in Melbourne: 2014-2018. Centre for Urban Research.

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Alan Both, Matt Duckham, Michael Worboys (2018). Identifying Surrounds and Engulfs Relations in Mobile and Coordinate-Free Geosensor Networks. ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems.

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Yaguang Tao, Alan Both, Matt Duckham (2018). Analytics of movement through checkpoints. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

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Antony Galton, Matt Duckham, Alan Both (2015). Extracting Causal Rules from Spatio-Temporal Data. Spatial Information Theory.

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Alan Both (2015). Decentralized Computation of Qualitative Spatial Relationships in Mobile Geosensor Networks. University of Melbourne, Department of Infrastructure Engineering.

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Sanjiang Li, Zhiguo Long, Weiming Liu, Matt Duckham, Alan Both (2015). On redundant topological constraints. Artificial Intelligence.

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Alan Both, Matt Duckham (2013). Qualitative Spatial Structure in Complex Areal Objects Using Location-Free, Mobile Geosensor Networks. 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Data Mining Workshops.

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Alan Both, Matt Duckham, Patrick Laube, Tim Wark, Jeremy Yeoman (2013). Decentralized Monitoring of Moving Objects in a Transportation Network Augmented with Checkpoints. The Computer Journal.

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Alan Both, Werner Kuhn, Matt Duckham (2013). Spatiotemporal Braitenberg vehicles. Proceedings of the 21st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems.

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