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Qian Chayn Sun

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)

124 La Trobe Street

Melbourne, 3000

Australia

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (9)

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1.

Advancing Flood Resilience: A Responsive Digital Twin Framework for Real-Time City-Scale Flood Modelling and Disaster Event Monitoring

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Nov 2023
Ryan Turner and Qian Chayn Sun
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
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Responsive Digital Twin (RDT), Real-Time Flood Modelling, IoT Sensor Connectivity, Integrated Back-End Database, Holistic Front-End Interface, Open-Source Software

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Development and Validation of the Global Urban Heat Vulnerability Index (Guhvi)

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 May 2025
Ryan Turner, Carl Higgs, Qian Chayn Sun, Eugen Resendiz, Ke Peng, Xiaoyu Cheng, Ruth Hunter, Geoff Boeing, Daria Pugacheva, Ruoyu Chen, Deepti Adlakha, Vedankur Kedar, Giovani Longo Rosa, Adewale Oyeyemi, Rossano Schifanella, Pau Serra del Pozo, Gonzalo Peraza-Mues, Joanna Sara Valson, Ester Cerin, Anna Puig-Ribera, Erica Hinckson and Melanie Lowe
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Tecnológico de Monterrey, HNU-DUP, Hunan University, Queen's University Belfast, University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Peking University - Shenzhen Graduate School, Delft University of Technology, Delft University of Technology - Department of Transport & Planning, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning (PROPUR UFRGS), affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Turin, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Queen's University Belfast, Australian Catholic University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Auckland University of Technology and RMIT University
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urban heat vulnerability, spatial indicators, healthy cities, Climate Resilience, sustainable cities, Open data

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Using Machine Learning to Identify Urban Forest Crown Bounding Boxes (Cbb): A Fit for Purpose Test of Future Urban Sustainability?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Jun 2022
Marco Amati, Johann Tiede, Qian Chayn Sun, Kaveh Deilami, Joe Hurley, Andrew Fox and Julie Dickson
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Global, Urban and Social Studies, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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crown measurement, Urban Forestry, Machine Learning, sustainable urban forestry

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Australian Nationwide Indices of Vulnerability in 2001-2021: Revealing its Relationship with the Built Environment Via Explainable Machine Learning (Xml) Methods

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Feb 2025
Siqin Wang, Haiyan Liu, Wenhui Cai, Xiao Huang and Qian Chayn Sun
University of Southern California, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory - Zhuhai, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
Downloads 58 (1,000,027)

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Social vulnerability, spatial pattern, inequity, urban-rural disparity, built environment, Australia

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Drought in the South-West Pacific: Monitoring, Prediction and Future Changes

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Aug 2025
Jessica Bhardwaj, Yuriy Kuleshov, Suelynn Choy and Qian Chayn Sun
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
Downloads 53 (1,074,648)

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Drought Early Warning System, Precipitation, Soil moisture, Evapotranspiration, Seasonal Forecasts, CMIP6 Drought Projections

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Spatial Digital Twin Framework for Overheight Vehicle Warning and Re-Routing System

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Dec 2023
Oliver Trembearth, Qian Chayn Sun, Siqin Wang and Matt Duckham
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), University of Southern California and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
Downloads 52 (1,041,696)

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Spatial digital twin, Internet-of-Things, Routing, 3D GIS, risk management, intelligent transport systems

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Global Warming Will Exacerbate Social Inequality Among Heat-Exposed Populations in the Continental Us by 2050

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Mar 2024
Siqin Wang, Xiao Huang, Yaguang Tao, Wei Kang and Qian Chayn Sun
University of Southern California, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of North Texas and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
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Global warming, heat-affected population, prediction, social inequality, heat exposure.

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Moving Leisure Travellers to Low-Carbon Transportation: A Mode-Choice Analysis in Western Australia

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Oct 2022
Heng Zhou, Keone Kelobonye, Qian Chayn Sun, Xiaoting Chi and Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia
Qingdao University, University of Botswana, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Qingdao University and Curtin University - School of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS)
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Tourism transportation, Mode choice, Environmental sustainability, Public transport, Mixed logit model, Latent class model

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Neighbourhood Rooftop PV Adoption and Solar Potential: A Spatial-Adaptive Analysis of Uptake Drivers ​

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Neighbourhood Rooftop PV Adoption and Solar Potential: A Spatial-Adaptive Analysis of Uptake Drivers ​

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jun 2026
Athenee Ballesteros Teofilo, Qian Chayn Sun and Marco Amati
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
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residential solar energy, spatial planning, PV installation diffusion, spatial regression, decarbonisation

Neighbourhood Rooftop PV Adoption and Solar Potential: A Spatial-Adaptive Analysis of Uptake Drivers ​

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jun 2026
Athenee Ballesteros Teofilo, Qian Chayn Sun and Marco Amati
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
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residential solar energy, spatial planning, PV installation diffusion, spatial regression, decarbonisation