Kamyar Hasanzadeh
Biographic Data
| ID | 6019579 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kamyar Hasanzadeh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kamyar |
| FAMILY NAME | Hasanzadeh |
| SIGNATURE | HASANZADEH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0705-7662 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
LLM-Assisted assessment in GIS education
Assessment in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) education is complex, as student work combines technical implementation, spatial reasoning, interpretation, and visual communication. While large language models (LLMs) are increasingly discussed in higher education, empirical evidence on their role in assessment remains limited. This study addresses a sensitive issue many instructors have considered yet remains cautiously discussed: whether LLMs…
Exposure to greenness and physical activity behavior
While higher exposure to greenness based on NDVI was associated with less MVPA and transportation PA on workdays, the changes in exposure to greenness were not associated with the changes in PA
The influence of structural characteristics, perceived environmental quality and spatial behaviour on health and well-being of suburban dwellers - a context sensitive study
Structural features influence PEQ, health, well-being, and spatial behavior. • Road access is crucial for maintaining suburban functional environmental quality. • Service access shapes polycentric or monocentric activity space patterns. • Social quality and greenery access are key to health, happiness, and well-being. • Sustainable suburbs require green, social, and service-oriented infrastructure
Beyond the backyard
Despite the emergence of virtual spaces as arenas for public participation, the geographies of digital participation have gained relatively little attention. Besides considering who participates and why, there is an evident gap in research considering the spatial relationships between the participants of digital urban planning processes and the spaces that are the subject of their participation. This paper proposes a working concept of the spatia…
Restoring nature, enhancing active mobility
This article argues for the importance of integrating a mobility perspective into urban greenspace planning and practice related to the 2024 EU Nature Restoration Law. Street greenery can play an important multifunctional role in promoting ecosystem services and functions, sustainable mobility, and human health and well-being. However, planners need more evidence on how street vegetation affects health and well-being during everyday active mobili…
Predicting context-sensitive urban green space quality to support urban green infrastructure planning
Urban green spaces (UGSs) support human health and well-being in diverse ways. In addition to their availability and accessibility, also the quality of UGSs is relevant for understanding human-environment interactions between urban populations and their local UGS. However, data on UGS quality are rarely available with the geographic coverage required for spatial decision making and urban green infrastructure (UGI) planning and management. This st…
Does Higher Exposure to Green Spaces Lead to Higher Life Satisfaction and Less Leisure Travel? A Case Study of Reykjavík, Iceland
Urban areas have a significant impact on climate change, with transport and mobility as one major source. Furthermore, the impact of urban areas on transport extends beyond their own geographic areas, via leisure travel. Research has suggested several mechanisms through which urban areas drive leisure travel, such as social norms, compensation for what is lacking in the urban environment or for the hectic daily life, and cosmopolitan attitudes, a…
Redefining Neighborhood Boundaries Using Activity Spaces
Neighborhoods are typically conceptualised as static administrative units with clearly defined boundaries. However, residents’ everyday mobility forms activity spaces which are variable in both extent and fabric. This study introduces a novel aggregate model of individualized activity spaces based on Public Participation geographic information system (PPGIS) data collected in Espoo (Finland) to capture the variable and fuzzy character of the spac…
Associations between Children’s Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environments Using GIS
Regular participation in physical activity is essential for children's physical, mental, and cognitive health. Neighborhood environments may be especially important for children who are more likely to spend time in the environment proximal to home. This article provides an update of evidence for associations between children's physical activity behaviors and objectively assessed environmental characteristics derived using geographical information…
Children's physical activity and active travel
Measures of individual mobility, such as activity space, have been previously used to help improve our understanding of individuals’ interactions with their everyday environments. However, such methods have rarely been adopted in studying children's physical activity and active travel behavior. In this study, we use a combination of participatory mapping and accelerometer data collected from children aged 8–13 years living in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auck…
Shopping trip mode choice of older adults
Rapid growth of the older population worldwide, coupled with their overreliance on automobile and its negative consequences for the environment and for their wellbeing, has encouraged research on travel behavior of this age group. This study contributes to the literature by providing an integrated analysis of the effects of sociodemographic, built environmental, psycho-social, trip, and activity space attributes on shopping trip mode choice of ol…
Use of participatory mapping approaches for activity space studies
Participatory mapping approaches have raised increasing interest in a variety of fields of research and practice during the past two decades. However, their use in modeling and studying individual mobility and activity spaces is rather recent and limited. This paper focuses on the use of public participation GIS (PPGIS) data in activity space modeling and analysis and aims to draw more scholarly attention to the existing research potentials in th…
Centricity and multi-locality of activity spaces
Measures of individual mobility, such as activity space, can help improve our understanding of people's interactions with their everyday environments. Activity spaces are, however, not only concentrated around homes but also people can form several clusters of destinations, typically around their daily life centers. This has previously been discussed under terms such as spatial polygamy, centricity, and multi-locality, but empirical evidence of s…
A context sensitive approach to anonymizing public participation GIS data
Use of Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS) for data collection has been significantly growing over the past few years in different areas of research and practice. With the growing amount of data, there is little doubt that a potentially wider community can benefit from open access to them. Additionally, open data add to the transparency of research and can be considered as an essential feature of science. However, data anon…
Objective measurement of children's physical activity geographies
This study aimed to systematically identify, map out, and describe geographical information systems (GIS)-based approaches that have been employed to measure children's neighborhood geographies for physical activity behaviors. Forty studies were included, most were conducted in the USA. Heterogeneity in GIS methods and measures was found. The majority of studies estimated children's environments using Euclidean or network buffers ranging from 100…
Beyond Housing Preferences
The concept of residential housing preferences has been studied across multiple disciplines, with extensive literature supporting both stated and revealed preference methods. This study argues that both preference types, stated and revealed, should be assessed concurrently to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of residential housing choices. To provide evidence, this research used findings from a public participation GIS survey that ident…
Residential dissonance and walking for transport
Urban structural and socioeconomic effects on local, national and international travel patterns and greenhouse gas emissions of young adults
Urban structural and socioeconomic effects on local, national and international travel patterns and greenhouse gas emissions of young adults
Objective measurement of children's physical activity geographies
This study aimed to systematically identify, map out, and describe geographical information systems (GIS)-based approaches that have been employed to measure children's neighborhood geographies for physical activity behaviors. Forty studies were included, most were conducted in the USA. Heterogeneity in GIS methods and measures was found. The majority of studies estimated children's environments using Euclidean or network buffers ranging from 100…
Use of participatory mapping approaches for activity space studies
Participatory mapping approaches have raised increasing interest in a variety of fields of research and practice during the past two decades. However, their use in modeling and studying individual mobility and activity spaces is rather recent and limited. This paper focuses on the use of public participation GIS (PPGIS) data in activity space modeling and analysis and aims to draw more scholarly attention to the existing research potentials in th…
Beyond Housing Preferences
The concept of residential housing preferences has been studied across multiple disciplines, with extensive literature supporting both stated and revealed preference methods. This study argues that both preference types, stated and revealed, should be assessed concurrently to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of residential housing choices. To provide evidence, this research used findings from a public participation GIS survey that ident…
Children's physical activity and active travel
Measures of individual mobility, such as activity space, have been previously used to help improve our understanding of individuals’ interactions with their everyday environments. However, such methods have rarely been adopted in studying children's physical activity and active travel behavior. In this study, we use a combination of participatory mapping and accelerometer data collected from children aged 8–13 years living in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auck…
Centricity and multi-locality of activity spaces
Measures of individual mobility, such as activity space, can help improve our understanding of people's interactions with their everyday environments. Activity spaces are, however, not only concentrated around homes but also people can form several clusters of destinations, typically around their daily life centers. This has previously been discussed under terms such as spatial polygamy, centricity, and multi-locality, but empirical evidence of s…
Residential dissonance and walking for transport
Residential dissonance and walking for transport
Urban structural and socioeconomic effects on local, national and international travel patterns and greenhouse gas emissions of young adults
Beyond Housing Preferences
The concept of residential housing preferences has been studied across multiple disciplines, with extensive literature supporting both stated and revealed preference methods. This study argues that both preference types, stated and revealed, should be assessed concurrently to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of residential housing choices. To provide evidence, this research used findings from a public participation GIS survey that ident…
A context sensitive approach to anonymizing public participation GIS data
Use of Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS) for data collection has been significantly growing over the past few years in different areas of research and practice. With the growing amount of data, there is little doubt that a potentially wider community can benefit from open access to them. Additionally, open data add to the transparency of research and can be considered as an essential feature of science. However, data anon…
Objective measurement of children's physical activity geographies
This study aimed to systematically identify, map out, and describe geographical information systems (GIS)-based approaches that have been employed to measure children's neighborhood geographies for physical activity behaviors. Forty studies were included, most were conducted in the USA. Heterogeneity in GIS methods and measures was found. The majority of studies estimated children's environments using Euclidean or network buffers ranging from 100…
Shopping trip mode choice of older adults
Rapid growth of the older population worldwide, coupled with their overreliance on automobile and its negative consequences for the environment and for their wellbeing, has encouraged research on travel behavior of this age group. This study contributes to the literature by providing an integrated analysis of the effects of sociodemographic, built environmental, psycho-social, trip, and activity space attributes on shopping trip mode choice of ol…
Use of participatory mapping approaches for activity space studies
Participatory mapping approaches have raised increasing interest in a variety of fields of research and practice during the past two decades. However, their use in modeling and studying individual mobility and activity spaces is rather recent and limited. This paper focuses on the use of public participation GIS (PPGIS) data in activity space modeling and analysis and aims to draw more scholarly attention to the existing research potentials in th…
Centricity and multi-locality of activity spaces
Measures of individual mobility, such as activity space, can help improve our understanding of people's interactions with their everyday environments. Activity spaces are, however, not only concentrated around homes but also people can form several clusters of destinations, typically around their daily life centers. This has previously been discussed under terms such as spatial polygamy, centricity, and multi-locality, but empirical evidence of s…
Associations between Children’s Physical Activity and Neighborhood Environments Using GIS
Regular participation in physical activity is essential for children's physical, mental, and cognitive health. Neighborhood environments may be especially important for children who are more likely to spend time in the environment proximal to home. This article provides an update of evidence for associations between children's physical activity behaviors and objectively assessed environmental characteristics derived using geographical information…
Children's physical activity and active travel
Measures of individual mobility, such as activity space, have been previously used to help improve our understanding of individuals’ interactions with their everyday environments. However, such methods have rarely been adopted in studying children's physical activity and active travel behavior. In this study, we use a combination of participatory mapping and accelerometer data collected from children aged 8–13 years living in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auck…
Predicting context-sensitive urban green space quality to support urban green infrastructure planning
Urban green spaces (UGSs) support human health and well-being in diverse ways. In addition to their availability and accessibility, also the quality of UGSs is relevant for understanding human-environment interactions between urban populations and their local UGS. However, data on UGS quality are rarely available with the geographic coverage required for spatial decision making and urban green infrastructure (UGI) planning and management. This st…
Does Higher Exposure to Green Spaces Lead to Higher Life Satisfaction and Less Leisure Travel? A Case Study of Reykjavík, Iceland
Urban areas have a significant impact on climate change, with transport and mobility as one major source. Furthermore, the impact of urban areas on transport extends beyond their own geographic areas, via leisure travel. Research has suggested several mechanisms through which urban areas drive leisure travel, such as social norms, compensation for what is lacking in the urban environment or for the hectic daily life, and cosmopolitan attitudes, a…
Redefining Neighborhood Boundaries Using Activity Spaces
Neighborhoods are typically conceptualised as static administrative units with clearly defined boundaries. However, residents’ everyday mobility forms activity spaces which are variable in both extent and fabric. This study introduces a novel aggregate model of individualized activity spaces based on Public Participation geographic information system (PPGIS) data collected in Espoo (Finland) to capture the variable and fuzzy character of the spac…
The influence of structural characteristics, perceived environmental quality and spatial behaviour on health and well-being of suburban dwellers - a context sensitive study
Structural features influence PEQ, health, well-being, and spatial behavior. • Road access is crucial for maintaining suburban functional environmental quality. • Service access shapes polycentric or monocentric activity space patterns. • Social quality and greenery access are key to health, happiness, and well-being. • Sustainable suburbs require green, social, and service-oriented infrastructure
Beyond the backyard
Despite the emergence of virtual spaces as arenas for public participation, the geographies of digital participation have gained relatively little attention. Besides considering who participates and why, there is an evident gap in research considering the spatial relationships between the participants of digital urban planning processes and the spaces that are the subject of their participation. This paper proposes a working concept of the spatia…
Restoring nature, enhancing active mobility
This article argues for the importance of integrating a mobility perspective into urban greenspace planning and practice related to the 2024 EU Nature Restoration Law. Street greenery can play an important multifunctional role in promoting ecosystem services and functions, sustainable mobility, and human health and well-being. However, planners need more evidence on how street vegetation affects health and well-being during everyday active mobili…
LLM-Assisted assessment in GIS education
Assessment in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) education is complex, as student work combines technical implementation, spatial reasoning, interpretation, and visual communication. While large language models (LLMs) are increasingly discussed in higher education, empirical evidence on their role in assessment remains limited. This study addresses a sensitive issue many instructors have considered yet remains cautiously discussed: whether LLMs…
Exposure to greenness and physical activity behavior
While higher exposure to greenness based on NDVI was associated with less MVPA and transportation PA on workdays, the changes in exposure to greenness were not associated with the changes in PA
Geography (14 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (8 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Civil engineering (5 works)