Return to the homepage
  • Library
  • UC Online
  • News
  • Events
  • Maps
  • Staff
  • Work at UC
  • 150 Years
  • Study
    • Study
      • Courses and qualifications
      • Subjects
      • Online learning
      • Arts
      • Business
      • Digital Screen
      • Education
      • Engineering
      • Health
      • Law
      • Science
      • All departments
      • Scholarships
      • Examinations
      • Graduation
      • Graduate School
      • Key dates
      • Publications
      • Study abroad and exchanges
      • Work-Integrated Learning
      • Academic support
      • Special consideration
      • Summer School
      • Transition Programmes
      • Quick Links
      • LEARN
      • Logins
      • Timetables
      • Library
      • Scholarships
      • Transcripts
      • Grading
  • Enrol
    • Enrol at UC
      • Enrolment process
      • Enrolment and Course Dates
      • Admission and University Entrance
      • Identity and citizenship verification
      • International student enrolment
      • PhD and doctoral degree applications
      • Manage your study
      • Fees and funding
      • Student Agreement
      • Change your enrolment
      • Update your contact details
      • Contact Student Services
      • Quick Links
      • Enrol now with myUC
      • Re-enrol now with myUC
      • Qualifications and courses
      • Scholarships
      • Academic Support
      • Transcripts
  • Research
    • Research
      • Become a research student
      • Find a supervisor
      • Support for Researchers
      • Māori Research Partnerships
      • Research Impact
      • Research Institutes and Centres
      • Research specialties
      • Facilities and equipment
      • IP Commercialisation
      • Innovation Jumpstart
      • Ethics Approval
      • UC Research Awards
      • Contact us
      • Quick Links
      • Find an expert
      • Find a supervisor
      • Jobs at UC
      • Ethics Approval
      • Postgraduate forms
      • Library (research)
  • Life
    • Life
      • The campus
      • Facilities
      • Getting around
      • Student life
      • Accommodation
      • Support services
      • Know The Code
      • Sustainability Office
      • UC Students' Association (UCSA)
      • CCR
      • Golden Key
      • Health, safety and wellbeing
      • Life in CHCH
      • Life in NZ
      • Get active
      • Canterbury Card
      • Quick Links
      • UCGo
      • Maps
      • Parking
      • Health Centre
      • UC RecCentre
      • Student events
      • Clubs and societies
  • Support services
    • Support services
      • Finding support
      • Need to talk?
      • Health Services
      • Academic support
      • Assistive technology
      • Accessibility
      • Financial assistance
      • Academic grievances
      • Equity and diversity
      • Parents and whānau
      • Job and careers advice
      • New student support
      • Current student support
      • Postgraduate student support
      • High school student support
      • Adult student support
      • International student support
      • LGBTQI student support
      • Māori student support
      • Pasifika student support
      • Onsite services
      • Quick Links
      • In an emergency
      • Security
      • Raise a concern
      • IT Services
      • Academic Skills Centre
      • Library (support)
      • Contacts
      • Wellbeing Hub
  • Engage
    • Engage
      • Alumni
      • Business and industry
      • Canterbury University Press
      • Communications and Engagement
      • Community partnerships
      • External exam invigilation
      • Find an expert or consultant
      • Giving to UC
      • International partnerships
      • Knowledge Commons
      • News
      • School resources
      • Work at UC
      • Work placements
      • Quick Links
      • Donate to UC
      • Contact UC
      • Current vacancies
      • Erskine Fellowship
      • News
      • Public events
      • Liaison Office
  • About
    • About
      • What is special about UC
      • UC7
      • Ako - Learning & Teaching
      • Governance
      • Leadership
      • Health and Safety
      • Sustainability Hub
      • People and Culture
      • Asset Planning and Delivery
      • History
      • Information and Records Management
      • Ngā Uara | Our Values
      • Contacts
  • Logins
    • Logins
      • LEARN
      • Zoom
      • Student email
      • Staff email
      • myUC
      • My Timetable
      • Canterbury Card Account
      • My Library Account
      • OneDrive
      • UC CareerHub
      • UC Services Portal
      • Password Reset
      • UCGO
      • ourUC
      • Staff logins
      • More logins
Skip to main content
uc-research-profile

Use the Tab and Up, Down arrow keys to select menu items.

  • UC Research Profile
  • Search
  • Browse
    • Subject areas and disciplines
    • Colleges and departments
  • Administration
    • Email UC Research Profile Administrator
    • Update your UC Research Profile page in Profiler (Staff Only)
  • Quick Links
    • Research at UC

Vanessa da Silva Brum Bastos

Contact

Department: School of Earth and Environment

Email: vanessa.bastos@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3691028

Office:

Languages: English, Portuguese

I am a geographer using spatial data science to solve real-world problems, improve our cities, transportation systems and teach the new generation.
About
Research / Creative works
Projects
Methods & Equipment

Fields of Research

  • Spatial Data Science
  • Movement Analytics
  • Human Mobility
  • Context-Aware Movement Analysis
  • Spatial Analysis

Researcher Summary

The core focus of my research is on spatial data science and the development of new spatiotemporal modelling techniques to address problems of a geographical nature using big data (e.g., location-based services, transactional records, social media, and GPS tracking). These datasets can be used to study patterns of individual behaviour, which when combined with other sources of data (i.e., data fusion), can lead to a fuller understanding of the dynamics of human activity at the population level, particularly in urban areas. Most interestingly, investigating the dynamics of human activities also allows deepening the comprehension of modern global concerns, such as climate changes, pandemics, traffic intensity, human mobility and accessibility to services, natural hazards and migration, and spatial inequalities.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Human Geography: GIS

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Brum-Bastos V., Łoś M., Long JA., Nelson T. and Demšar U. (2022) Context-aware movement analysis in ecology: a systematic review. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 36(2): 405-427. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2021.1962528.
  • Sanders RL., da Silva Brum-Bastos V. and Nelson TA. (2022) Insights from a pilot investigating the impacts of shared E-scooter use on physical activity using a single-case design methodology. Journal of Transport and Health 25 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101379.
  • Benitez-Paez F., Brum-Bastos VDS., Beggan CD., Long JA. and Demšar U. (2021) Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration. Movement Ecology 9(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00268-4.
  • Demšar U., Long JA., Benitez-Paez F., Brum Bastos V., Marion S., Martin G., Sekulić S., Smolak K., Zein B. and Siła-Nowicka K. (2021) Establishing the integrated science of movement: bringing together concepts and methods from animal and human movement analysis. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 35(7): 1273-1308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2021.1880589.
  • Lucena A., Herbst I., Bastos V. and Miranda V. (2021) Utilização do Índice de Área Construída (IBI) para análise da evolução espaço-temporal da Temperatura da Superfície Continental (TSC) na Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro (RMRJ). Revista Entre-Lugar 12(24): 269-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.30612/rel.v12i24.15125.
  • Nelson T., Roy A., Ferster C., Fischer J., Brum-Bastos V., Laberee K., Yu H. and Winters M. (2021) Generalized model for mapping bicycle ridership with crowdsourced data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2021.102981.
  • Brum-Bastos V., Long J., Church K., Robson G., de Paula R. and Demšar U. (2020) Multi-source data fusion of optical satellite imagery to characterize habitat selection from wildlife tracking data. Ecological Informatics 60 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101149.
  • Brum-Bastos V., Ferster CJ., Nelson T. and Winters M. (2019) Where to put bike counters? Stratifying bicycling patterns in the city using crowdsourced data. Transport Findings http://dx.doi.org/10.32866/10828.
  • Brum-Bastos VS., Long JA. and Demšar U. (2018) Weather effects on human mobility: a study using multi-channel sequence analysis. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 71: 131-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.05.004.
  • Ogashawara I. and Bastos V. (2012) A Quantitative Approach for Analyzing the Relationship between Urban Heat Islands and Land Cover. Remote Sensing 4(11): 3596-3618. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs4113596.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Brum-Bastos VS., Ribeiro BMG., Pinho CMD., Korting TS. and Fonseca LMG. (2016) Improvement evaluation on ceramic roof extraction using WorldView-2 imagery and geographic data mining approach. In International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives 41: 883-889. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B7-883-2016.

Research Groups

  • Transport Research Hub

Future Research

  • Human Mobility
  • Movement Analytics
  • Active Transportation
  • Spatial inequalities and socio-economic mobility
  • Wildlife movement

Key Methodologies

  • movement analytics
  • spatial analysis
  • statistics
  • remote sensing
UC Library
Research & Innovation
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Research & Innovation Admin
Phone +64 3 369 5858
admin@research.canterbury.ac.nz
Research Profile Administrator
pbrfprofileradmin@canterbury.ac.nz
Back to top
  • GENERAL ENQUIRIES
  • +64 3 369 3999
  • info@canterbury.ac.nz
  • ENROLMENT ENQUIRIES
  • 0800 VARSITY (0800 827 748)
  • enrol@canterbury.ac.nz
  • INTERNATIONAL ENQUIRIES
  • +64 3 364 3443
  • (Aus) 1-800-431595
  • Ask a question
  • CONTACTS & DIRECTORIES
  • University contacts
  • Student contacts
  • Students' Association
  • Find a researcher (Research Profile)
  • Accommodation
  • Maps
  • Donate online
  • UC on Facebook
  • UC on Twitter
  • UC on youTube
  • UC on Instagram
  • UC on Snapchat
  • UC on LinkedIn
  • UC on WeChat
  • DEPARTMENTS
  • All departments
  • Arts
  • Business
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Health
  • Law
  • Science
  • Service areas
  • LATEST
  • News
  • Events
  • Publications
  • Work at UC
  • Info for media
  • Style Guide
  • TOOLS
  • LEARN
  • UC Policy Library
  • Library
  • myUC
  • IT account
  • Student email
  • OneDrive
  • Timetable
  • Staff email
  • Intranet (Staff)
  • Copyright Feedback Privacy Cookies Declaration Payment Data
  • Emergency Information
  • © University of Canterbury - A Fair Trade University