Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri

Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri

First Name: 
Elnaz
Last Name: 
Yousefzadeh Barri
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PhD Student, (she/her)
Biography : 

Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri is a graduate visiting researcher at the Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems (SAUSY) lab, Department of Geography and Planning. She received her Bachelor's degree in Architecture and her Master's degree in Urban Design in Iran. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Regional Planning at the Istanbul Technical University.

Her research explores the travel behavior and activity patterns of residents in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) using spatial data science and Machine Learning (ML) models. Further, she investigates how transit investments may disproportionately impact various population segments and how planners may alleviate transit equity among low-income communities.

Education: 
Ph.D. student, Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University
Visiting Researcher, University of Toronto
Personal Website: 
http://elnazyousefzadeh.com/

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Urban Planning, Geography, Transportation; Equity; Spatial Analysis; ML & Spatial Data Science

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Dissertation Title: 
Evaluating Travel Mode Decisions and Transport Models in Understanding Transit Equity: The Case of Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
Dissertation Supervisors: 
Steven Farber
Eda Beyazit

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Elnaz Yousefzadeh Barri