By Dr Ali Soltani

Book Chapters

Najafi P; Soltani A; Ahmad Khan A; Chizfahm M; Sepasgozar SME; Gu N, 2024, 'Digital twin for urban decision support systems: Scientometric and thematic analysis', in Digital Twin Adoption and BIM-GIS Implementation, Routledge, pp. 110 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003507000-6

Sivam A; Karuppannan S; Soltani A, 2023, 'Ageing in Place and Built Environment Amenities at Neighbourhood Scale: The Case of South Australia', in Sustainable Neighbourhoods for Ageing in Place, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 113 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41594-4_7

Bassiri Abyaneh A; Allan A; Pieters J; Somenahalli S; Soltani A, 2023, 'Applying the AURIN Walkability Index at the Metropolitan and Local Levels by Sex and Age in Australia', in The Urban Book Series, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 283 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31746-0_15

Soltani A; Allan A; Heydari M, 2019, 'A Two-Stage Process for Emergency Evacuation Planning: Shelter Assignment and Routing', in Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer International Publishing, pp. 443 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19424-6_24

Soltani A; Allan A; Nguyen HA, 2019, 'Developing a Behavioural Model for Modal Shift in Commuting', in Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer International Publishing, pp. 347 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19424-6_19

Soltani A; Mátrai T; Camporeale R; Allan A, 2019, 'Exploring Shared-Bike Travel Patterns Using Big Data: Evidence in Chicago and Budapest', in Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer International Publishing, pp. 53 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19424-6_4

Soltani A, 2017, 'Iran', in The Urban Book Series, Springer International Publishing, pp. 127 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43851-1_7

Journal articles

Soltani A; Lee CL; Mirzaie R; Qadikolaei MR, 2026, 'Environmental drivers of housing prices and thermal inequality using satellite imagery: A submarket approach', Habitat International, 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103628

Amiri S; Mohammadpour S; Soltani A, 2025, 'The road ahead for autonomous vehicles in developing countries; A study of willingness to use and pay', Sustainable Futures, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101376

Soltani A; Jaber A; Kashkooli HN; Bencekri M, 2025, 'Unveiling the Severity of Pedestrian Traffic Crashes in South Australia: Age-based Insights and Safety Implications', Injury, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2025.112716

Zaroujtaghi A; Mansourihanis O; Tayarani M; Mansouri F; Hemmati M; Soltani A, 2025, 'A Systematic Review of GIS Evolution in Transportation Planning: Towards AI Integration', Future Transportation, 5, pp. 97 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/futuretransp5030097

Sheykhfard A; Haghighi F; Aziz Zadeh A; Das S; Oshanreh MM; Shaaban K; Soltani A, 2025, 'Evaluating U-left turn and direct left turn movements at signalized intersections using traffic conflict indices', Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering English Edition, 12, pp. 812 - 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2024.01.004

Soltani A; Dehghani A; Azizi P, 2025, 'Volumetric insights into urban growth analysis: Investigating vertical and horizontal patterns', Sustainable Cities and Society, 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106589

Soltani A; RoohaniQadikolaei M; Sobhani A, 2025, 'Shifting Landscapes, Escalating Risks: How Land Use Conversion Shapes Long-Term Road Crash Outcomes in Melbourne', Future Transportation, 5, pp. 75 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/futuretransp5020075

Kashkooli HN; Soltani A; Javidi F, 2025, 'The impact of public transportation accessibility on apartment prices in Shiraz: A comparative study in a developing urban context', Eco Cities, pp. 3406 - 3406, http://dx.doi.org/10.54517/ec3406

Soltani A; Azizi P; Javadpoor M; Allan A; Bagheri B, 2025, 'Determining and Quantifying Urban Sprawl Drivers: A Delphi-DANP Approach', Land, 14, pp. 311 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land14020311

Dehghani A; Soltani A; Nateghi K, 2025, 'Balancing urban growth and environmental change: Land use patterns in Tehran and Sydney', Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 26, pp. 100691 - 100691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2025.100691

RoohaniQadikolaei M; RoohaniQadikolaei F; Soltani A; Misaghi M; Zali N, 2025, 'Distance matters: Quantifying the influence of urban land use change and development proximity on land surface temperature in Sari, Iran', Ecological Indicators, 174, pp. 113386 - 113386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113386

Soltani A; Afshari S; Amiri MA, 2025, 'Human cost, machine insight: A data-driven analysis of Australian road crashes', Case Studies on Transport Policy, 20, pp. 101440 - 101440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101440

Amiri MA; Afshari S; Soltani A, 2025, 'Machine learning approaches to traffic accident severity prediction: Addressing class imbalance', MACHINE LEARNING WITH APPLICATIONS, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mlwa.2025.100792

Rezaei M; Soltani A; Kashkooli HN, 2025, 'Predicting active travel durations in Tehran: A multilayer perceptron approach', Journal of Urban Mobility, 7, pp. 100126 - 100126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100126

Soltani A; Afshari S; Amiri MA, 2025, 'Time-series projecting road traffic fatalities in Australia: Insights for targeted safety interventions.', Injury, 56, pp. 112166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2025.112166

Ramyar A; Soltani A; Ramyar M; Najafi Kashkooli H, 2025, 'Urban land use allocation with hybrid linear programming – multi-objective ant colony algorithm', Earth Science Informatics, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12145-025-01904-y

Soltani A; Azizi P; Rahimioun A; Sedaghatfard M, 2025, 'Volumetric urban sprawl: Horizontal and vertical growth in two metropolitans', Journal of Urban Management, 14, pp. 1004 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.006

Soltani A; Qadikolaei MR; Pojani D; Moeini M; Abdekhoda K, 2025, 'Women’s perceived safety in public transport: Insights from the Middle East', Journal of Transport Geography, 129, pp. 104413 - 104413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104413

Zali N; Soltani A; Najafi P; Qajari SE; Mehrju M, 2024, 'Digital Twins for Smarter Iranian Cities: A Future Studies Perspective', Computational Urban Science, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43762-024-00155-9

Roohani Qadikolaei M; Hatami Y; Nikmard Namin S; Soltani A, 2024, 'Spatial heterogeneity in housing price-transaction ratios: a historical analysis of Tehran', International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-08-2024-0118

Ali Soltani ; Goodarzi M; Soltani Z; Fahime Fadaei Jazi , 2024, 'The future of Iranian social housing: a regional governance challenge', Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, pp. 7 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/bgss-2024-0030

Dehghani A; Soltani A, 2024, 'Comparing FAHP and FANP Methods in Locating Multi-storey Parking Sites Shiraz’s CBD', Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 8, pp. 141 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2024.v8n1-8

Soltani A; Azmoodeh M; Doostvandi M; Sheikh Ahmadi A; Rahimi M, 2024, 'Post-COVID-19 campus commuting patterns and influential factors: evidence from a developing country', Transportation Planning and Technology, 47, pp. 566 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2023.2300800

Soltani A; Lee CL, 2024, 'The non-linear dynamics of South Australian regional housing markets: A machine learning approach', Applied Geography, 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103248

Soltani A; Edward Harrison J; Ryder C; Flavel J; Watson A, 2024, 'Police and hospital data linkage for traffic injury surveillance: A systematic review', Accident Analysis and Prevention, 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2023.107426

Tanoori G; Soltani A; Modiri A, 2024, 'Machine Learning for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Analysis: Predicting Land Surface Temperature (LST) in Urban Environments', Urban Climate, 55, pp. 101962 - 101962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101962

Soltani A; Azmoodeh M; Qadikolaei MR, 2024, 'Post COVID-19 Transformation in the Frequency and Location of Traffic Crashes Involving Older Adults', Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2678, pp. 493 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03611981231163866

Tanoori G; Soltani A; Modiri A, 2024, 'Predicting Urban Land Use and Mitigating Land Surface Temperature: Exploring the Role of Urban Configuration with Convolutional Neural Networks', Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/jupddm.upeng-5010

Bagheri F; Soltani A; Hamidi S; Azizi P, 2024, 'Ride-Hailing vs. Fixed-Route: Preferences of the Transit-Dependent Populations in U.S. Urbanized Areas', Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 27, pp. 101237 - 101237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101237

Dehghani A; Soltani A, 2024, 'Site Selection of Car Parking with the GIS-Based Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making', International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 23, pp. 715 - 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219622023500293

Soltani A; Roohani Qadikolaei M, 2024, 'Space-time analysis of accident frequency and the role of built environment in mitigation', Transport Policy, 150, pp. 189 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.02.006

Kashkooli HN; Hajipoor K; Arasteh M; Soltani A, 2024, 'The Impact of Subway Station Proximity on Apartment Prices in Shiraz', Transportation in Developing Economies, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40890-024-00198-x

Soltani A; Zali N; Aghajani H; Hashemzadeh F; Rahimi A; Heydari M, 2024, 'The nexus between transportation infrastructure and housing prices in metropolitan regions', Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 39, pp. 787 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-023-10085-3

Soltani A; Mansourihanis O; RoohaniQadikolaei M; Zaroujtaghi A, 2024, 'Two Decades of Geospatial Evolution: Tracing the Analytical Journey towards Data-Driven Road Crash Prevention', Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 17, pp. 1301 - 1334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12061-024-09587-6

Chenary K; Soltani A; Sharifi A, 2023, 'Street network patterns for mitigating urban heat islands in arid climates', International Journal of Digital Earth, 16, pp. 3145 - 3161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2023.2243901

Fakhrahmad SM; Fakhrahmad SM; Soltani A; Hajipour K, 2023, 'Perceived environment and neighbourhood satisfaction: introducing a fuzzy modeling approach', Cities & Health, 7, pp. 808 - 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2207924

Ghabouli E; Soltani A; Ranjbar E, 2023, 'Heritage and the Regeneration of Urban Brownfields: Insights on Public Perception in Tehran, Iran', Heritage, 6, pp. 4451 - 4471, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6050235

Bagheri B; Azadi H; Soltani A; Witlox F, 2023, 'Global city data analysis using SciMAT: a bibliometric review.', Environ Dev Sustain, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03255-4

Dehghani A; Alidadi M; Soltani A, 2023, 'Density and Urban Resilience, Cross-Section Analysis in an Iranian Metropolis Context', Urban Science, 7, pp. 23 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci7010023

Javadpoor M; Soltani A; Fatehnia L; Soltani N, 2023, 'How the Built Environment Moderates Gender Gap in Active Commuting to Schools.', Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021131

Ghanbari R; Heidarimozaffar M; Soltani A; Arefi H, 2023, 'Land surface temperature analysis in densely populated zones from the perspective of spectral indices and urban morphology', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 20, pp. 2883 - 2902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04725-4

Soltani A; Zali N; Mirzaei R; Heydari M; Rahimi A; Hamidi A, 2023, 'Multilevel Impacts of Urban Amenities on Housing Price in Tehran, Iran', Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/jupddm.upeng-4434

Soltani A; Azmoodeh M; Roohani Qadikolaei M, 2023, 'Road crashes in Adelaide metropolitan region, the consequences of COVID-19.', J Transp Health, 30, pp. 101581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101581

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