By Professor Christopher James Pettit

Journal articles

Harris MS; Harvey J; Roberts L; Lee JB; Pettit C, 2025, 'Community perceptions on the contribution of bicycle paths to street quality in cities new to cycling infrastructure', Case Studies on Transport Policy, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101560

Soundararaj B; Han H; Pettit C; Lin Y, 2025, 'Transforming urban planning through machine learning: A study on planning application classification using natural language processing', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083251369142

Lin Y; Han H; Pettit C, 2025, 'Spatial-temporal modeling for urban climate: Enhancing energy prediction with global temporal convolutional attention networks', Urban Climate, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102413

Daniel C; Pettit C, 2025, 'The use of urban analytics in strategic planning – A case study of the greater Sydney region plan', Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102249

Islam A; Shirowzhan S; Pettit CJ, 2025, 'Geographic Information System Based Site Selection for NSW’s Renewable Energy Zones: Addressing SDG 7', Sustainability Switzerland, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su17062708

Lee H; Han H; Pettit C, 2025, 'Capturing the distance decay effect of amenities on housing price using explainable artificial intelligence', Applied Geography, 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103486

Bhowmick D; Dai D; Saberi M; Nelson T; Stevenson M; Seneviratne S; Nice K; Pettit C; Vu HL; Beck B, 2025, 'Collecting population-representative bike-riding GPS data to understand bike-riding activity and patterns using smartphones and Bluetooth beacons', Travel Behaviour and Society, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100919

Perugia F; Babb C; Scherini R; Rowley S; Logan C; Shirowzhan S; Lu Y; Pettit C, 2025, 'Improving coordination of data and actors for disaster-responsive housing and safer communities', Ahuri Final Report, pp. 1 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri8133301

Bostanara M; Wu H; Roberts L; Pettit C; Lee J, 2025, 'Planning for cycling: are current transport models fit for purpose?', Transport Reviews, 45, pp. 413 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2025.2472756

Ng MKM; Shabrina Z; Sarkar S; Han H; Pettit C, 2024, 'From urban clusters to megaregions: mapping Australia’s evolving urban regions', Computational Urban Science, 4, pp. 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43762-024-00140-2

Del Rosario L; Wu H; Lee JB; Roberts L; Arnolds T; Mathur S; Pettit C; Lee B, 2024, 'Assessing the monetary value of active transport and e-micromobility: A systematic review', Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 27, pp. 101243 - 101243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101243

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C, 2024, 'Coupling cellular automata and What If? models for residential expansion simulation: A case study of Southwest Sydney, Australia', Transactions in GIS, 28, pp. 1465 - 1485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13198

Roper J; Ng M; Huck J; Pettit C, 2024, 'A participatory mapping approach to capturing perceived walkability', Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, 186, pp. 104133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104133

Del Rosario L; Laffan SW; Pettit CJ, 2024, 'The 30-min city and latent walking from mode shifts', Cities, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105166

Aminpour F; Feng X; Mularczyk L; Pettit C, 2024, 'Sharing public open spaces with local schools: A stakeholder-based analysis of governance issues', Cities, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105007

Medlin L; Eacott S; Gilbert C; MacDonald K; Pettit CJ, 2024, 'Housing the Teacher Workforce: A Scoping Review', Education Sciences, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci14050537

Winters M; Fuller D; Cloutier MS; Harris MA; Howard A; Kestens Y; Kirk S; Macpherson A; Moore S; Rothman L; Shareck M; Tomasone JR; Laberee K; Stephens ZP; Sones M; Ayton D; Batomen B; Bell S; Collins P; Diab E; Giles AR; Hagel BE; Harris MS; Harris P; Lachapelle U; Manaugh K; Mitra R; Muhajarine N; Myrdahl TM; Pettit CJ; Pike I; Skouteris H; Wachsmuth D; Whitehurst D; Beck B, 2024, 'Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850

Zare P; Leao S; Gudes O; Pettit C, 2024, 'A simple agent-based model for planning for bicycling: Simulation of bicyclists' movements in urban environments', Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2023.102059

Del Rosario L; Laffan SW; Pettit CJ, 2024, 'Physical activity associated with public transport commutes and potential feeder mode shifts', Journal of Transport and Health, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101751

Wu H; (Brian) Lee J; Pettit C; Lee B, 2024, 'What affects commute cycling in Sydney: Access, infrastructure and demographics', Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 24, pp. 101076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101076

Wu H; Pettit C; Yoo S; Lee J, 2024, 'Can infrastructure, built environment, and geographic factor negate weather impact on Strava cyclists?', Journal of Transport and Land Use, 17, pp. 1 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2024.2318

Beck B; Pettit C; Winters M; Nelson T; Vu HL; Nice K; Seneviratne S; Saberi M, 2024, 'Association between network characteristics and bicycle ridership across a large metropolitan region', International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 18, pp. 344 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2024.2308266

Soundararaj B; Pettit C, 2024, 'Australian property market explorer–a front-end native tool for visualizing property sales data', Architectural Science Review, 67, pp. 549 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2024.2369658

Thackway W; Randolph B; Peterson H; Pettit C, 2024, 'Bondi to Byron: divergent pathways in NSW’s Metropolitan and regional rental markets during the COVID-19 pandemic', Australian Geographer, 55, pp. 69 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2023.2256589

Debnath R; Pettit C; van Delden H; Perez P, 2024, 'Collaborative modelling for goal-oriented scenario planning: A resilience planning case study in the context of greater Sydney', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104205

Daniel C; Wentz E; Hurtado P; Yang W; Pettit C, 2024, 'Digital Technology Use and Future Expectations: A Multinational Survey of Professional Planners', Journal of the American Planning Association, 90, pp. 405 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2023.2253295

Veeroja P; Foliente G; McCrea R; Badland H; Pettit C, 2024, 'The Role of Neighbourhood Social and Built Environments–Including Third Places–in Older Adults’ Social Interactions', Urban Policy and Research, 42, pp. 184 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2024.2340462

Wu H; Lee JB; Pettit C, 2024, 'Who owns bikes and e-bikes? Insights from a cycling survey in Australia', Journal of Transport & Health, 36, pp. 101810 - 101810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101810

Debnath R; Pettit C; Leao SZ, 2023, 'Opportunities and limitations of integrating computational and collaborative approaches to scenario planning', Journal of Urban Management, 12, pp. 314 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2023.07.002

Debnath R; Pettit C; Soundararaj B; Shirowzhan S; Jayasekare AS, 2023, 'Usefulness of an Urban Growth Model in Creating Scenarios for City Resilience Planning: An End-User Perspective', ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 12, pp. 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12080311

Lu Y; Shi V; Pettit CJ, 2023, 'The Impacts of Public Schools on Housing Prices of Residential Properties: A Case Study of Greater Sydney, Australia', ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12070298

Thackway W; Ng M; Lee CL; Pettit C, 2023, 'Implementing a deep-learning model using Google street view to combine social and physical indicators of gentrification', Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 102, pp. 101970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2023.101970

Thackway W; Ng M; Lee CL; Pettit C, 2023, 'Building a predictive machine learning model of gentrification in Sydney', Cities, 134, pp. 104192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104192

Han H; Pettit C; Lee H; Shi Y; Gao Q, 2023, 'Machine learning approach to residential valuation: a convolutional neural network model for geographic variation', The Annals of Regional Science: international journal of urban, regional and environmental research and policy, 72, pp. 579 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00168-023-01212-7

Roper J; Ng M; Pettit C, 2023, 'Incorporating diminishing returns to opportunities in access: Development of an open-source walkability index based on multi-activity accessibility', Journal of Transport and Land Use, 16, pp. 361 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2023.2308

Bhowmick D; Saberi M; Stevenson M; Thompson J; Winters M; Nelson T; Leao SZ; Seneviratne S; Pettit C; Vu HL; Nice K; Beck B, 2023, 'A systematic scoping review of methods for estimating link-level bicycling volumes', Transport Reviews, 43, pp. 622 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2022.2147240

Masoumi H; Shirowzhan S; Eskandarpour P; Pettit CJ, 2023, 'City Digital Twins: their maturity level and differentiation from 3D city models', Big Earth Data, 7, pp. 1 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2022.2160156

Beck B; Winters M; Nelson T; Pettit C; Leao SZ; Saberi M; Thompson J; Seneviratne S; Nice K; Stevenson M, 2023, 'Developing urban biking typologies: Quantifying the complex interactions of bicycle ridership, bicycle network and built environment characteristics', Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, 50, pp. 7 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083221100827

Zare P; Pettit C; Leao S; Gudes O, 2022, 'Digital Bicycling Planning: A Systematic Literature Review of Data-Driven Approaches', Sustainability Switzerland, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142316319

Del Rosario L; Laffan SW; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'Estimating the steps made by public transport commuters using a synthetic population enriched with smart card data', Journal of Transport and Health, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101530

Soltani A; Heydari M; Aghaei F; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'Housing price prediction incorporating spatio-temporal dependency into machine learning algorithms', Cities, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103941

Soundararaj B; Pettit C; Lock O, 2022, 'Using Real-Time Dashboards to Monitor the Impact of Disruptive Events on Real Estate Market. Case of COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia', Computational Urban Science, 2, pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43762-022-00044-z

Zare P; Pettit C; Leao S; Gudes O; Soundararaj B; Zarpelon Leao S, 2022, 'Geo-Design in Planning for Bicycling: An Evidence-Based Approach for Collaborative Bicycling Planning', Land, 11, pp. 1943, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11111943

Gao Q; Shi V; Pettit C; Han H, 2022, 'Property Valuation using Machine Learning Algorithms on Statistical Areas in Greater Sydney, Australia', Land Use Policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, 123, pp. 106409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106409

Aleksandrov M; Barton J; Pettit C; Soundararaj B; Zlatanova S, 2022, 'Towards A Virtual Planning Support Theatre for City Planning and Design', ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 10, pp. 5 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-5-2022

Zhu Z; Shirowzhan S; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'Investigation of Development Applications: A GIS Based Spatiotemporal Analysis in the City of Sydney Area 2004–2022', Buildings, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101601

Daniel C; Pettit C, 2022, 'Charting the past and possible futures of planning support systems: Results of a citation network analysis', Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, 49, pp. 1875 - 1892, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083211072866

Ng MKM; Roper J; Lee CL; Pettit C, 2022, 'The Reflection of Income Segregation and Accessibility Cleavages in Sydney’s House Prices', ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 11, pp. 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11070413

He W; Shirowzhan S; Pettit CJ, 2022, 'GIS and Machine Learning for Analysing Influencing Factors of Bushfires Using 40-Year Spatio-Temporal Bushfire Data', ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11060336

Lu Y; Laffan S; Pettit C, 2022, 'A geographically partitioned cellular automata model for the expansion of residential areas', Transactions in GIS, 26, pp. 1548 - 1571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12866

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