Houshmand Masoumi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6477901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Houshmand Masoumi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Houshmand |
| FAMILY NAME | Masoumi |
| SIGNATURE | MASOUMI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2843-4890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Biophilia in Polish spa towns from spatial planning perspective
We have analysed to what degree spatial planning is used as a tool for preserving and developing biophilia in Polish spa towns. In order to achieve the aim of the article, we analysed documents: studies of conditions and directions of spatial development and local spatial development plans. This was supplemented by spatial analyses of the share of green areas in the total area of each town, and the coverage of green areas and spa protection zone …
The Relationships Between Land Use Characteristics, Neighbourhood Perceptions, Socio-Economic Factors and Travel Behaviour in Compact and Sprawled Neighbourhoods in Windhoek
This study examines how Windhoek’s urban form, shaped by apartheid-era planning, continues to influence neighbourhood travel behaviour, socio-economic disparity, and residential perceptions. It addresses three key questions: (1) How do socio-economic characteristics, neighbourhood perceptions, and travel patterns differ between compact and sprawled areas? (2) Which socio-economic, perceptual, and spatial factors are associated with the likelihood…
Street connectivity and active mobility in emerging economies
Our knowledge of urban sprawl and its relationship with urban mode choices in the context of developing countries is limited. The present study aims to evaluate the influence of travel behaviour, socioeconomic features of residents in sprawling and compact areas as two different types of neighbourhoods Hamedan and Nowshahr, Iran. Also, this study analysed the relationship between street connectivity with the use of active mobility. Ordinary least…
Logit and Probit Models Explaining Mode Choice and Frequency of Public Transit Ridership among University Students in Krakow, Poland
The predictors of urban trip mode choice and one of its important components, public transit ridership, have still not been thoroughly investigated using case studies in Central Europe. Therefore, this study attempts to clarify the correlates of mode choices for commute travel and shopping, and entertainment travel to distant places, as well as the frequencies of public transit use of university students, using a wide range of explanatory variabl…
Relations of Public Transport Use and Car Ownership with Neighbourhood and City-Level Travel Purposes in Kerman, Iran
There are significant deviations in travel mode choice drivers between developed and developing countries. This study investigates the determinants of car ownership and public transit ridership in Iran. Using survey data from 800 respondents, the determinants of travel behaviour of Kerman residents were investigated, based on gender, age, household size, car ownership, frequency of public transport ridership, number of working days per week, numb…
The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities
The present paper attempts to fill a part of the gap in the studies on residential location choices and their relations to urban mobility, socio-economics, and the built environment by presenting the results of a study on Alexandria, Egypt, by analysing the results of a survey in eight neighbourhoods undertaken in 2015. Four questions were answered in this study: (i) “How are the main drivers behind residential location choices in Alexandria conn…
Children’s Independent Mobility to School in Seven European Countries
The determinants of children's independent school mobility and the contextual discrepancies between these determinants have not been comprehensively investigated in previous studies. It is important to examine these determinants because independent school mobility is associated with children's physical activity, according to the literature. This paper examined the associations of different groups of variables such as household, mobility, percepti…
The Association between the Regular Use of ICT Based Mobility Services and the Bicycle Mode Choice in Tehran and Cairo
Regarding the sharp growth rate of ICT (information and communication technology) - based mobility services like ridesourcing, it is essential to investigate the impact of these new mobility services on the transport mode choices, particularly on active mobility modes like cycling. This impact is more important in the MENA context (the Middle East and North Africa), where cycling does not constitute the main mobility mode in the modal split of mo…
Urban Commute Travel Distances in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo
A very large part of the literature on urban commute travels is related to high-income countries. The determinants of urban commute trip distances are not clear in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA); thus, this study attempts to shed light on this topic in relation to Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo. The objective is to clarify which environmental and human factors are correlated with commuting distance in these cities. Using primary disaggregat…
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije ter vloga mobilnosti, družbenogospodarskih dejavnikov in namenske rabe prostora v pakistanskem mestu Hafizabad
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije v državah v razvoju in njena povezava z mestnim prevozom sta slabo raziskani in ne povsem dobro razumljeni, vrzel v poznavanju razmer pa je še večja v primeru malih mest v teh državah. Avtorji v članku proučujejo pakistansko mesto Hafizabad, pri čemer je njihov cilj zagotoviti podatke za prihodnje kvantitativne analize, ki bodo zajele izbire stanovanjskih lokacij v malih mestih na indijski podcelini. Avtorji so anketi…
Residential location choices and the role of mobility, socioeconomics, and land use in Hafizabad, Pakistan
Residential self-selection in developing countries and its relation to urban transportation are understudied and not fully understood. This knowledge gap is even greater in the case of small cities in the developing world. This study takes Hafizabad, Pakistan as a case study with the objective of providing data for future quantitative analyses about residential location choices in small cities on the Indian subcontinent. A sample of 365 residents…
Neighborhood-scale urban form typologies of large metropolitan areas
Drivers of urban sprawl in two large Middle-eastern countries
This paper reviews the relevant literature of Iran and Egypt as two large countries of the region and concludes that four phenomena are common between the two countries and are accountable for sprawling, namely (1) wholesale land selling to the lower economic class, (2) deficiencies of planning systems in controlling development plans, (3) fast and uncontrolled increase in urban population, and (4) rural-urban migration. These drivers are categor…
Socio-demographic and built environment determinants of car use among older adults in Iran
Neighborhood size in planning large cities of the Middle East and North Africa
The nuances of the supplied urban fabric in the Mena Region
Sustainable transportation according to certification systems
Socio-demographic and built environment determinants of car use among older adults in Iran
Sustainable transportation according to certification systems
Neighborhood-scale urban form typologies of large metropolitan areas
The Relationships Between Land Use Characteristics, Neighbourhood Perceptions, Socio-Economic Factors and Travel Behaviour in Compact and Sprawled Neighbourhoods in Windhoek
This study examines how Windhoek’s urban form, shaped by apartheid-era planning, continues to influence neighbourhood travel behaviour, socio-economic disparity, and residential perceptions. It addresses three key questions: (1) How do socio-economic characteristics, neighbourhood perceptions, and travel patterns differ between compact and sprawled areas? (2) Which socio-economic, perceptual, and spatial factors are associated with the likelihood…
Urban Commute Travel Distances in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo
A very large part of the literature on urban commute travels is related to high-income countries. The determinants of urban commute trip distances are not clear in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA); thus, this study attempts to shed light on this topic in relation to Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo. The objective is to clarify which environmental and human factors are correlated with commuting distance in these cities. Using primary disaggregat…
Drivers of urban sprawl in two large Middle-eastern countries
This paper reviews the relevant literature of Iran and Egypt as two large countries of the region and concludes that four phenomena are common between the two countries and are accountable for sprawling, namely (1) wholesale land selling to the lower economic class, (2) deficiencies of planning systems in controlling development plans, (3) fast and uncontrolled increase in urban population, and (4) rural-urban migration. These drivers are categor…
The nuances of the supplied urban fabric in the Mena Region
Sustainable transportation according to certification systems
Drivers of urban sprawl in two large Middle-eastern countries
This paper reviews the relevant literature of Iran and Egypt as two large countries of the region and concludes that four phenomena are common between the two countries and are accountable for sprawling, namely (1) wholesale land selling to the lower economic class, (2) deficiencies of planning systems in controlling development plans, (3) fast and uncontrolled increase in urban population, and (4) rural-urban migration. These drivers are categor…
Socio-demographic and built environment determinants of car use among older adults in Iran
Neighborhood size in planning large cities of the Middle East and North Africa
The nuances of the supplied urban fabric in the Mena Region
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije ter vloga mobilnosti, družbenogospodarskih dejavnikov in namenske rabe prostora v pakistanskem mestu Hafizabad
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije v državah v razvoju in njena povezava z mestnim prevozom sta slabo raziskani in ne povsem dobro razumljeni, vrzel v poznavanju razmer pa je še večja v primeru malih mest v teh državah. Avtorji v članku proučujejo pakistansko mesto Hafizabad, pri čemer je njihov cilj zagotoviti podatke za prihodnje kvantitativne analize, ki bodo zajele izbire stanovanjskih lokacij v malih mestih na indijski podcelini. Avtorji so anketi…
Residential location choices and the role of mobility, socioeconomics, and land use in Hafizabad, Pakistan
Residential self-selection in developing countries and its relation to urban transportation are understudied and not fully understood. This knowledge gap is even greater in the case of small cities in the developing world. This study takes Hafizabad, Pakistan as a case study with the objective of providing data for future quantitative analyses about residential location choices in small cities on the Indian subcontinent. A sample of 365 residents…
Neighborhood-scale urban form typologies of large metropolitan areas
Children’s Independent Mobility to School in Seven European Countries
The determinants of children's independent school mobility and the contextual discrepancies between these determinants have not been comprehensively investigated in previous studies. It is important to examine these determinants because independent school mobility is associated with children's physical activity, according to the literature. This paper examined the associations of different groups of variables such as household, mobility, percepti…
The Association between the Regular Use of ICT Based Mobility Services and the Bicycle Mode Choice in Tehran and Cairo
Regarding the sharp growth rate of ICT (information and communication technology) - based mobility services like ridesourcing, it is essential to investigate the impact of these new mobility services on the transport mode choices, particularly on active mobility modes like cycling. This impact is more important in the MENA context (the Middle East and North Africa), where cycling does not constitute the main mobility mode in the modal split of mo…
Urban Commute Travel Distances in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo
A very large part of the literature on urban commute travels is related to high-income countries. The determinants of urban commute trip distances are not clear in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA); thus, this study attempts to shed light on this topic in relation to Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo. The objective is to clarify which environmental and human factors are correlated with commuting distance in these cities. Using primary disaggregat…
The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities
The present paper attempts to fill a part of the gap in the studies on residential location choices and their relations to urban mobility, socio-economics, and the built environment by presenting the results of a study on Alexandria, Egypt, by analysing the results of a survey in eight neighbourhoods undertaken in 2015. Four questions were answered in this study: (i) “How are the main drivers behind residential location choices in Alexandria conn…
Relations of Public Transport Use and Car Ownership with Neighbourhood and City-Level Travel Purposes in Kerman, Iran
There are significant deviations in travel mode choice drivers between developed and developing countries. This study investigates the determinants of car ownership and public transit ridership in Iran. Using survey data from 800 respondents, the determinants of travel behaviour of Kerman residents were investigated, based on gender, age, household size, car ownership, frequency of public transport ridership, number of working days per week, numb…
Street connectivity and active mobility in emerging economies
Our knowledge of urban sprawl and its relationship with urban mode choices in the context of developing countries is limited. The present study aims to evaluate the influence of travel behaviour, socioeconomic features of residents in sprawling and compact areas as two different types of neighbourhoods Hamedan and Nowshahr, Iran. Also, this study analysed the relationship between street connectivity with the use of active mobility. Ordinary least…
Logit and Probit Models Explaining Mode Choice and Frequency of Public Transit Ridership among University Students in Krakow, Poland
The predictors of urban trip mode choice and one of its important components, public transit ridership, have still not been thoroughly investigated using case studies in Central Europe. Therefore, this study attempts to clarify the correlates of mode choices for commute travel and shopping, and entertainment travel to distant places, as well as the frequencies of public transit use of university students, using a wide range of explanatory variabl…
Biophilia in Polish spa towns from spatial planning perspective
We have analysed to what degree spatial planning is used as a tool for preserving and developing biophilia in Polish spa towns. In order to achieve the aim of the article, we analysed documents: studies of conditions and directions of spatial development and local spatial development plans. This was supplemented by spatial analyses of the share of green areas in the total area of each town, and the coverage of green areas and spa protection zone …
The Relationships Between Land Use Characteristics, Neighbourhood Perceptions, Socio-Economic Factors and Travel Behaviour in Compact and Sprawled Neighbourhoods in Windhoek
This study examines how Windhoek’s urban form, shaped by apartheid-era planning, continues to influence neighbourhood travel behaviour, socio-economic disparity, and residential perceptions. It addresses three key questions: (1) How do socio-economic characteristics, neighbourhood perceptions, and travel patterns differ between compact and sprawled areas? (2) Which socio-economic, perceptual, and spatial factors are associated with the likelihood…
Geography (14 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Business (8 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Socioeconomics (8 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Regional science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Civil engineering (6 works)