Scholarly works

My research interest includes Geographic Information Science (GIS), Urban Growth Modeling, Land Change Modeling, Urban Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Analysis of Urban mobility, and Land Cover Changes. At present, I am working with Dr. Burak Guneralp on identifying urban expansion and what is the impact of this expansion on global biodiversity. I have a very deep interest in transportation planning and modeling as well.





Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal
  1. Ahasan, R., Alam, M. S., Chakraborty, T., Ali, S. M. A., Alam, T. B., Islam, T., & Hossain, M. M.(2022). Applications of geospatial analyses in health research among homeless people: A systematic scoping review of available evidence. Health Policy and Technology. [Revision submitted]
  2. Islam, M. D., Li, B., Islam, K. S., Ahasan, R., Mia, M. R., Haque, M. E. (2022). Airbnb rental price modeling based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation and MESF-XGBoost composite model. Machine Learning with Applications, 7, 100208.
  3. Islam, M. D., Islam, K. S., Ahasan, R., Mia, M. R., & Haque, M. E. (2021). A data-driven machine-learning-based approach for urban land cover change modeling: A case of Khulna City Corporation area. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 24, 100634.
  4. Ahasan, R., Hossain, M.M., (2021). Leveraging GIS and spatial analysis for informed decision-making in COVID-19 pandemic., Health Policy and Technology. 10 (1).
  5. Ahasan, R., Kabir, A., (2021). Performance Evaluation of Public Transport System: The Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh., Planning Forum, 18 (1).
  6. Ahasan, R., Hoda, M. N., Alam, M. S., Nirzhar, Y. R., & Kabir, A. (2021). Changing institutional landscape and transportation development in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Heliyon. [Under Review]
  7. Ahasan, R., Hoda, M. N., (2021). Analyzing the relationship between planning theories and affordable housing provision practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Engineering and Applied Science. 5 (1).
  8. Ahasan, R., Alam, S., Chakraborty, T., & Hossain, M.M., (2020). Applications of GIS and Geospatial analyses in COVID-19 research: A systematic review., F1000 Research, 9 (1379).

Conference Papers
  1. Ahasan, R., Rahman, Y., 2020. Forecasting the impact of metro rail implementation on mobility and accessibility: Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh., 60th Annual ACSP Conference 2020, Toronto. (p1007-1008). Online pdf link to the book of abstracts
  2. Ahasan, R., 2019. Transportation Accessibility, Housing Investment, and Housing Prices: An Application of Hedonic Price Model in the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 59th Annual ACSP Conference 2019, South Carolina. Online PDF Link
  3. Ahasan, R., Mudasser, M., 2018. Influence of Land Use on Mode Choice of the Citizens of Khulna City, 4th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE 2018), CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Online PDF Link
  4. Ahasan, R., 2018. Pedestrian Insecurities: Proposals to Improve the Situation in Dhaka City, International Conference on Research and Innovation in Civil Engineering (ICRICE 2018), Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  5. Ahasan, R., Alam, S., 2016. Developing a Web-Based Decision Support System for Disaster Management on Aila Affected Area of Koyra Upazila, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE 2016), CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Online PDF Link
  6. Ahasan, R., Alam, S., 2016. Effects of Solar Energy use on Rural Community: Study of Boyarjapha Village in Paikgacha Upazila, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE 2016), CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Online PDF Link
  7. Ahasan, R., 2016. Community-Based Approach for Solid Waste Management in Khulna City, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE 2016), CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Online PDF Link


Academic Research works (Thesis)

Master of Community and Regional Planning (MCRP) and Master of Science in Transportation (MS Trans) Thesis-
Transit proximity and affordable housing investments: Application of Hedonic Model in Des Moines, Iowa
Committee Members: Dr. Monica Haddad (Co-Major Professor), Dr. Jing Dong (Co-Major Professor), Dr. Otávio Bartalotti.
You can find the work from ProQuest- ProQuest Link. If you do not have access to ProQuest or cannot download the file from there, it is freely available from Iowa State University Library

Master of Urban and Rural Planning (MURP) Thesis
An Assessment of Potential change in Mobility and Accessibility of Dhaka Dwellers by the Implementation of Metro Rail (MRT-6).
Advisor: Dr. Ahsanul Kabir
Please find the abstract here.

Bachelor of Urban and Rural Planning (BURP) Thesis
Performance Evaluation of the Public Transport System: Analyzing the Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Advisor: Dr. Ahsanul Kabir

Please find the abstract here. The preprint of the paper from this research is available here.




For updates on my current and past works, you can check any of the following links.

ORCID     ResearchGate

I also did some web GIS work over the years. The most significant one of those were part of the course I took at Iowa State back in Spring 2019. The output has shown here. The repository is also linked here.
Web view- Mapping Housing Ownership Type and Demographic Profile of the U.S.
Repository- GitHub Repository