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Associate Professor Simone Zarpelon Leao

Associate Professor Simone Zarpelon Leao

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment

Dr Simone Z Leao is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in City Analytics at the City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of Built Environment. Interested in the interdependencies between built environment, society and technology, she works on developing knowledge and methodologies to assist urban planning to generate/regenerate urban areas and with awareness of contemporary challenges. Her research explores forms of using data and applying analytics in the domain of smart cities to promote sustainable and equitable development and improve quality of urban life. She teaches in the Master of city Analytics.
Phone
0293854828
E-mail
s.zarpelonleao@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    García-Álvarez D; Pettit CJ; Leao SZ; Van Delden H, 2022, 'Setting up a Land Use Cover Change model application for Greater Sydney. Lessons learnt and challenges ahead', in Mapping and Forecasting Land Use: The Present and Future of Planning, pp. 223 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90947-1.00012-0
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Hawken S; Leao SZ; Gudes O; Izadpanahi P; Viswanath K; Pettit C; Zarpelon Leao S, 2020, 'Safer Cities for Women: Global and Local Innovations with Open Data and Civic Technology', in Hawken S; Han H; Pettit C (ed.), Open Cities | Open Data: Collaborative Cities in the Information Era., Springer, Singapore, pp. 85 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6605-5_4
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Lock O; Pinnegar S; Zarpelon Leao S; Pettit C, 2020, 'The making of a mega-region: evaluating and proposing long-term transport planning strategies with open-source data and transport accessibility tools', in Geertman S; Stillwell J (ed.), Handbook of Planning Support Science, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788971089.00039
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Eslami Afrooz A; Lowe R; Zarpelon Leao S; Pettit C, 2018, '3D and Virtual Reality for Supporting Redevelopment Assessment', in Reed R; Pettit C (ed.), Real Estate and GIS The Application of Mapping Technologies, edn. 1st, Routledge, New York, pp. 162 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315642789
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Zarpelon Leao S; Gaudou B; Pettit C, 2018, 'An Agent-based Model for High-density Urban Redevelopment Under Varied Market and Planning Contexts', in Reed R; Pettit C (ed.), Real Estate and GIS: The Application of Mapping Technologies, edn. 1st, Routledge, New York, pp. 116 - 139
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Leao SZ; Pettit C, 2017, 'Mapping Bicycling Patterns with an Agent-Based Model, Census and Crowdsourced Data', in Namazi-Rad M-R; Padgham L; Perez P; Nagel K; Bazzan A (ed.), Agent Based Modelling of Urban Systems First International Workshop, ABMUS 2016, Held in Conjunction with AAMAS, Singapore, Singapore, May 10, 2016, Revised, Selected, and Invited Papers, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 112 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51957-9_7
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Pettit C; Zarpelon Leao S, 2017, 'Dashboard', in Schintler L; McNeely C (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Big Data, Springer, Cham, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32001-4_295-1
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Zarpelon Leao S; Huynh N; Taylor A; Pettit C; Perez P, 2017, 'Evolution of a Synthetic Population and Its Daily Mobility Patterns Under Spatial Strategies for Urban Growth', in Geertman S; Allan A; Pettit C; Stillwell J (ed.), Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures, Springer, Cham, pp. 399 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57819-4_22
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Ong KL; De Silva D; Boo YL; Lim EH; Bodi F; Alahakoon D; Zarpelon Leao S, 2016, 'Big Data Applications in Engineering and Science', in Yu S; Guo S (ed.), Big Data Concepts, Theories, and Applications, Springer International Publishing, pp. 315 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27763-9_9
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Pettit CJ; Leao SZ; Lock O; Ng M; Reades J; Zarpelon Leao S, 2022, 'Big Data: The Engine to Future Cities—A Reflective Case Study in Urban Transport', Sustainability (Switzerland), 14, pp. 1727, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031727
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lieske SN; Leao SZ; Conrow L; Pettit C, 2021, 'Assessing geographical representativeness of crowdsourced urban mobility data: An empirical investigation of Australian bicycling', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48, pp. 775 - 792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808319894334
    Journal articles | 2019
    Leao SZ; Lieske SN; Pettit CJ, 2019, 'Validating crowdsourced bicycling mobility data for supporting city planning', Transportation Letters, 11, pp. 486 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2017.1401198
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lock O; Bednarz T; Leao SZ; Pettit C, 2019, 'A review and reframing of participatory urban dashboards', City, Culture and Society, pp. 100294 - 100294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2019.100294
    Journal articles | 2018
    Zarpelon Leao S; Troy L; Lieske S; Randolph B; Pettit C, 2018, 'A GIS based planning support system for assessing financial feasibility of urban redevelopment', GeoJournal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-017-9843-2
    Journal articles | 2017
    Leao SZ; Lieske SN; Conrow L; Doig J; Mann V; Pettit CJ; Zarpelon Leao S, 2017, 'Building a National-Longitudinal Geospatial Bicycling Data Collection from Crowdsourcing', Urban Science, 1, pp. 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci1030023
    Journal articles | 2016
    Leao S; Izadpahani P, 2016, 'Factors Motivating Citizen Engagement in Mobile Sensing: Insights from a Survey of Non-Participants', Journal of Urban Technology, 23, pp. 85 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2016.1175824
    Journal articles | 2016
    Leao SZ, 2016, 'Assessing the trade-off between data quality and spatial resolution for the Thornthwaite Moisture Index mapping', Journal of Spatial Science, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14498596.2016.1220871
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ong KL; Zarpelon Leao S; Krezel A, 2014, 'Participatory sensing and education: Helping the community mitigate sleep disturbance from traffic noise', International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, 10, pp. 419 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-04-2014-0030
    Journal articles | 2014
    Zarpelon Leao S; Ong KL; Krezel A, 2014, '2Loud?: Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186, pp. 6193 - 6206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3848-9
    Journal articles | 2014
    Zarpelon Leao S; Zhou W, 2014, 'Monitoring Exposure to Traffic Noise with Mobile Phones in China: A Review of Context', International Journal of Information and Computer Science, 3, pp. 52 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.14355/ijics.2014.03.008
    Journal articles | 2014
    Zarpelon Leao S, 2014, 'Mapping 100 Years of Thornthwaite Moisture Index: Impact of Climate Change in Victoria, Australia', Geographical Research, 52, pp. 309 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12072
    Journal articles | 2014
    Zarpelon Leao S, 2014, 'Mapping Potential Risk for Housing Damage from Ground Movement Due to Climate Change', International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, 5, pp. 387 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.515
    Journal articles | 2012
    Zarpelon Leao S; Elkadi H, 2012, 'The Use of Public Transport in Coastal Australia: Modes of Travel to Work and Greenhouse Emissions', Advanced Materials Research, 347-353, pp. 4034 - 4044, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.347-353.4034
    Journal articles | 2004
    Zarpelon Leao S; Bishop I; Evans D, 2004, 'Simulating Urban Growth in a Developing Nation’s Region Using a Cellular Automata-Based Model', Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 130, pp. 145 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2004)130:3(145)
    Journal articles | 2004
    Zarpelon Leao S; Bishop I; Evans D, 2004, 'Spatial–temporal model for demand and allocation of waste landfills in growing urban regions', Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 28, pp. 353 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0198-9715(03)00043-7
    Journal articles | 2001
    Zarpelon Leao S; Bishop I; Evans D, 2001, 'Assessing the demand of solid waste disposal in urban region by urban dynamics modelling in a GIS environment', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 33, pp. 289 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-3449(01)00090-8
  • Conference Papers | 2017
    Izadpanahi P; Zarpelon Leao S; Lieske S; Pettit C, 2017, 'Factors motivating bicycling in Sydney: Analysing crowd-sourced data', in Brotas L; Roaf S; Nicol F (eds.), PLEA 2017 - Passive Low Energy Architecture, NCEUB, Edimburgh, Scotland, pp. 1355 - 1362, presented at PLEA 2017 - Passive Low Energy Architecture, Edimburgh, Scotland, 02 July 2017 - 05 July 2017, https://plea2017.net/
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Tanton R; Perez P; Pettit C; Vidyattama Y; Li J; Zarpelon Leao S, 2017, 'Small area coupling of synthetic census and spatial micro-simulation applied to mortgage taxation in Australia', in Proceedings - 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2017, pp. 29 - 35
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Pettit CJ; Lieske SN; Leao SZ, 2016, 'Big bicycle data processing: from personal data to urban applications', in ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 173 - 179, presented at XXIII ISPRS Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 12 July 2016 - 19 July 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-III-2-173-2016
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Alsalmi H; Elkadi H; Zarpelon Leao S, 2013, 'Urban growth in arid environments : Developing water sustainability indicators for Abu Dhabi (UAE)', in Liveable Cities 2013 : Making cities liveable - designing health cities and sustaibable communities : Proceedings of the 6th Making Cities Liveable Conference, AST Management, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 5 - 25, presented at 6th Making Cities Liveable Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, 16 June 2013 - 19 June 2013
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Zarpelon Leao S; Osman-Schlegel NY, 2013, 'TMI for urban resilience: Measuring and mapping long-term climate change effects on soil moisture', in Rowley S; Ong R; Markkanen S (eds.), TMI for urban resilience: Measuring and mapping long-term climate change effects on soil moisture, Curtin University, Fremantle, Western Australia, pp. 1 - 15, presented at 7th Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia, 06 February 2013 - 08 February 2013, http://ceebi.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/ahrc13/TMI-for-urban-resilience.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Zarpelon Leao S, 2013, 'Mapping CO2 emission from commuting in regional Australia: Greater Geelong case study', in SOAC 2013 Conference Proceedings, State of Australian Cities, SOAC 2013, Sydney, Australia, presented at State of Australian Cities, SOAC 2013, Sydney, Australia, 26 November 2013 - 29 November 2013, http://www.soacconference.com.au/2013-conference/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Leao-Environment.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Zarpelon Leao S; Peerson A; Elkadi H, 2012, 'Effects of exposure to traffic noise on health', in Working together to achieve liveable cities : Proceedings of the 5th Liveable Cities Conference 2012, AST Management Pty Ltd, Geelong, Victoria, pp. 125 - 144, presented at Liveable Cities. Conference (5th : 2012 : Geelong, Vic.), Geelong, Victoria, 06 June 2012 - 08 June 2012, http://healthycities.com.au/BOP/PR.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Zarpelon Leao S; Xu L; Elkadi H, 2011, 'Mapping landscape features & values in coastal Australia', in Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, 2011 International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Geelong, Australia, pp. 110 - 119, presented at 2011 International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, Geelong, Australia, 18 September 2011 - 21 September 2011, http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30039169/couldon-aasa-2011.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Faria APN; Zelinschi APP; Zarpelon Leao S, 2007, 'Representação espacial na cognição ambiental urbana : aspectos de uso do solo e presença social', in Banon LC; Ribeiro ML; Gomes dos Santos T; Seki DM; M IMP (eds.), SBSR : Anais XIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto, INPE, Florianopolis, Brazil, pp. 5207 - 5214, presented at Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto (XIIIth. 2007 : Florianopolis, Brazil), Florianopolis, Brazil, 21 April 2007 - 26 April 2007, http://marte.sid.inpe.br/col/dpi.inpe.br/sbsr@80/2006/11.15.17.58/doc/5207-5214.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Zarpelon Leao S; Leao DZ, 2007, 'Sistemas de Informações Geográficas no estudo da lógica locacional de assentamentos irregulares: O caso de Gravataí – RS', in Banon LC; Ribeiro ML; Gomes dos Santos T; Seki DM; Machado IMP (eds.), SBSR : Anais XIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto, INPE, Florianopolis, Brazil, pp. 5341 - 5348, presented at Sistemas de Informações Geográficas no estudo da lógica locacional de assentamentos irregulares: O caso de Gravataí – RS, Florianopolis, Brazil, 21 April 2007 - 26 April 2007, http://marte.sid.inpe.br/col/dpi.inpe.br/sbsr@80/2006/11.15.22.10/doc/5341-5348.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Ribeiro RA; Aymone JLF; Zarpelon Leao S, 2006, 'Aplicacao do geoprocessamento no estudo da impermeabilidade urbana', in Aplicacao do geoprocessamento no estudo da impermeabilidade urbana, IX Encontro de Modelagem Computational, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, presented at IX Encontro de Modelagem Computational, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 15 November 2006 - 17 November 2006, https://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/handle/10183/34958/000630951.pdf?sequence=1