Rate My Professor Andrew Allan

Dr. Andrew Allan serves as Senior Lecturer in Transport, Urban and Regional Planning in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities at Adelaide University. He holds a PhD, Bachelor of Town Planning (Honours), and is a Member of the Planning Institute of Australia (MPIA). With more than 25 years of academic experience in transport, urban, and regional planning in the United Kingdom and Australia, Allan previously held the position of Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia, where he contributed to research in urban planning and was involved in initiatives such as the iMOVE CRC. Eligible to supervise Master's and PhD students, he teaches courses including Planning Research Project A, Integrated Transport and Infrastructure Planning, Planning Governance, Stakeholders, Politics and Policy, and Research Project in Planning.

Allan's research focuses on transport policy and planning, infrastructure planning, transit-oriented developments, active transport, smart cities, and regional studies. His publications demonstrate significant impact in the field. Key works include 'Driving forces behind land use and land cover change: A systematic and bibliometric review' (Land, 2022, co-authored with A. Soltani et al.), 'The impact of polycentric urban development on commuting behaviour in urban China: Evidence from four sub-centres of Beijing' (Habitat International, 2015, with D. Lin and J. Cui), 'The impacts of urban spatial structure and socio-economic factors on patterns of commuting: a review' (International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2015, with D. Lin and J. Cui), 'Analyzing the impacts of microscale urban attributes on travel: Evidence from suburban Adelaide, Australia' (Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 2006, with A. Soltani), and 'Walking as a local transport modal choice in Adelaide' (Road & Transport Research, 2001). Additional contributions encompass 'SWOT analysis and development strategies for underground pedestrian systems' (Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2019), 'Ridesharing in Adelaide: Segmentation of users' (Journal of Transport Geography, 2021), and editorship of 'Computational Urban Planning and Management for Smart Cities' (2019, with S. Geertman et al.). His research addresses commuting patterns, modal shifts, bikesharing, urban heat mitigation, and public transport responses to events like COVID-19.