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Abbas Rajabifard is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, focusing on research within engineering and environmental science. Their work extensively covers specialized subfields including building and construction, geochemistry and petrology, global and planetary change, geography, planning and development, and geology.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, notably:

  • 3D modeling in geospatial applications
  • Geological modeling and analysis
  • Geographic information systems studies
  • 3D surveying and cultural heritage
  • BIM and construction integration
  • Remote sensing and LiDAR applications
  • Land use and ecosystem services

Recent publications by Abbas Rajabifard include:

  • Enhancing Healthcare through Sensor-Enabled Digital Twins in Smart Environments: A Comprehensive Analysis, 2024, Sensors
  • The wisdom of crowds for improved disaster resilience: a near-real-time analysis of crowdsourced social media data on the 2021 flood in Germany, 2023, GeoJournal
  • Potential and limitations of digital twins to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • A collaborative approach for urban underground space development toward sustainable development goals: Critical dimensions and future directions, 2021, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
  • Systematic prioritisation of SDGs: Machine learning approach, 2020, World Development

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mohsen Kalantari
  • Behnam Atazadeh
  • Davood Shojaei
  • Soheil Sabri
  • Yiqun Chen

Their scholarly articles are often published in journals such as:

  • Land Use Policy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
  • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
  • Land

Abbas Rajabifard has contributed to academic books published by university presses including:

  • Covid-19 Pandemic Geospatial Information and Community Resilience, University of Melbourne, 2021
  • The Science behind the COVID Pandemic and Healthcare Technology Solutions, Springer International Publishing, 2022

Best Publications

  • Using SDI and web-based system to facilitate disaster management

    A. Mansourian;A. Rajabifard;M. J. Valadan Zoej;I. Williamson

  • Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures: From Concept to Reality

    Ian Williamson;Mary-Ellen Feeney;Abbas Rajabifard

  • Spatial Data Infrastructures: Concept, SDI Hierarchy and Future Directions.

    A. Rajabifard;I. P. Williamson

  • Urban drought challenge to 2030 sustainable development goals

    Xiang Zhang;Nengcheng Chen;Hao Sheng;Chris Ip

  • The role of sub‐national government and the private sector in future spatial data infrastructures

    Abbas Rajabifard;Andrew Binns;Ian Masser;Ian P. Williamson

  • Evaluation of land administration systems

    Daniel Steudler;Abbas Rajabifard;Ian P. Williamson

  • Transport sustainability index: Melbourne case study

    Marzieh Reisi;Lu Aye;Abbas Rajabifard;Tuan Ngo

  • A new 3D indoor/outdoor spatial model for indoor emergency response facilitation

    Hosna Tashakkori;Abbas Rajabifard;Mohsen Kalantari

  • Sustainable development and geospatial information: a strategic framework for integrating a global policy agenda into national geospatial capabilities

    Greg Scott;Abbas Rajabifard

  • A framework for a microscale flood damage assessment and visualization for a building using BIM–GIS integration

    Sam Amirebrahimi;Abbas Rajabifard;Priyan Mendis;Tuan Ngo

  • An initial formal model for spatial data infrastructures

    Jan Hjelmager;Harold Moellering;Antony Cooper;Tatiana Delgado

  • Spatial Data Infrastructures: Concept, Nature and SDI Hierarchy

    A Rajabifard;M Feeney;Ip Williamson

  • Visualization requirements for 3D cadastral systems

    Davood Shojaei;Mohsen Kalantari;Ian D. Bishop;Abbas Rajabifard

  • A collaborative approach for urban underground space development toward sustainable development goals: Critical dimensions and future directions

    Fang-Le Peng;Yong-Kang Qiao;Yong-Kang Qiao;Soheil Sabri;Behnam Atazadeh

  • A BIM-GIS integration method in support of the assessment and 3D visualisation of flood damage to a building

    Sam Amirebrahimi;Abbas Rajabifard;Priyan Mendis;Tuan Ngo

  • The dynamic nature of spatial data infrastructures: a method of descriptive classification

    Tai On Chan;Mary-Ellen Feeney;Abbas Rajabifard;Ian P. Williamson

  • Systematic prioritisation of SDGs: Machine learning approach

    Atie Asadikia;Abbas Rajabifard;Mohsen Kalantari

  • Building Information Modelling for High-rise Land Administration

    Behnam Atazadeh;Mohsen Kalantari;Abbas Rajabifard;Serene Ho

  • Methods for assessing the credibility of volunteered geographic information in flood response: A case study in Brisbane, Australia

    Kuo-Chih Hung;Mohsen Kalantari;Abbas Rajabifard

  • Towards integration of 3D legal and physical objects in cadastral data models

    Ali Aien;Mohsen Kalantari;Abbas Rajabifard;Ian P. Williamson

  • A Mixed User-Equilibrium and System-Optimal Traffic Flow for Connected Vehicles Stated as a Complementarity Problem

    Saeed Asadi Bagloee;Majid Sarvi;Michael Patriksson;Abbas Rajabifard

  • Extending a BIM-based data model to support 3D digital management of complex ownership spaces

    Behnam Atazadeh;Mohsen Kalantari;Abbas Rajabifard;Serene Ho

  • A geometric and semantic evaluation of 3D data sourcing methods for land and property information

    Ida Jazayeri;Abbas Rajabifard;Mohsen Kalantari

  • Spatially referenced legal property objects

    M. Kalantari;A. Rajabifard;J. Wallace;I. Williamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian D. Bishop
Ian D. Bishop University of Melbourne
Majid Sarvi
Majid Sarvi University of Melbourne
Russell G. Thompson
Russell G. Thompson University of Melbourne
Richard Tay
Richard Tay RMIT University
Tuan Ngo
Tuan Ngo University of Melbourne
Priyan Mendis
Priyan Mendis University of Melbourne
Arnold K. Bregt
Arnold K. Bregt Wageningen University & Research
Qunxiong Zhu
Qunxiong Zhu Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Nengcheng Chen
Nengcheng Chen Wuhan University
Emad Gad
Emad Gad Swinburne University of Technology

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