Publications
Peer-reviewed academic papers (for download, click on the title)
Esfandi, S., Rahmdel, L., Nourian, F., & Sharifi, A., The role of urban spatial structure in energy resilience: An integrated assessment framework using a hybrid factor analysis and analytic network process model. Sustainable Cities and Society, 76, 103458, 2022.
Feizizadeh, B., Omarzadeh, D., Mohammadnejad, V., Khallaghi, H., Sharifi, A., & Karkarg, B. G., An integrated approach of artificial intelligence and geoinformation techniques applied to forest fire risk modeling in Gachsaran, Iran. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, ahead-of-print (available online), 2022.
He, B.-J., Zhao, D., Dong, X., Xiong, K., Feng, C., Qi, Q., Darko, A., Sharifi, A., & Pathak, M., Perception, physiological and psychological impacts, adaptive awareness and knowledge, and climate justice under urban heat: A study in extremely hot-humid Chongqing, China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 79, 103685, 2022.
Ladi, T., Mahmoudpour, A., & Sharifi, A., Assessing environmental impacts of transportation sector by integrating DPSIR framework and X-Matrix. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(1), 434-443, 2022.
Alizadeh, H., & Sharifi, A., Social Resilience Promotion Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Urmia, Iran. Urban Science, 6(1), 14, 2022.
Allam, Z., Sharifi, A., Giurco, D., & Sharpe, S. A., Green new deals could be the answer to COP26’s deep decarbonisation needs. Sustainable Horizons, 1, 100006, 2022.
Dawodu, A., Cheshmehzangi, A., Sharifi, A., & Oladejo, J., Neighborhood sustainability assessment tools: Research trends and forecast for the built environment. Sustainable Futures, 4, 100064, 2022.
Leal Filho, W., Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio, J., Dinis, M. A. P., Sharifi, A., Venkatesan, M., Donkor, F. K., Doni, F., Abubakar, I. R., Cichos, K., & Vargas-Hernández, J., Transient poverty in a sustainable development context. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, ahead-of-print (available online), 2022.
Mohaghegh Zahed, L., Abbaspour, M., Ghodoosi, J., & Sharifi, A., Determination and prioritization of criteria to design urban energy resilience conceptual model (Part 1). International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, ahead-of-print (available online), 2022.
Saraei, M.H., Sharifi, A., Adeli, M., Optimization of Spatial Distribution of Hospitals for Better Earthquake Recovery Using GIS and Imperialist Competition Algorithm (Case Study: Gorgan, Iran), International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, ahead-of-print (available online), 2022.
Long, Y., Jiang, Y., Chen, P., Yoshida, Y., Sharifi, A., Gasparatos, A., . . . Guan, D., Monthly direct and indirect greenhouse gases emissions from household consumption in the major Japanese cities. Scientific Data, 8(1), 301, 2021.
Sharifi, A., & Allam, Z. (2021). On the taxonomy of smart city indicators and their alignment with sustainability and resilience. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083211058798
Leal Filho, W., Dinis, M. A. P., Sivapalan, S., Begum, H., Ng, T. F., Al-Amin, A. Q., Gazi, M.A., Sharifi, A., . . . Neiva, S. (2021). Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi:10.1108/IJSHE-06-2021-0244
Allam, Z., Sharifi, A., Giurco, D., & Sharpe, S. A. (2021). On the Theoretical Conceptualisations, Knowledge Structures and Trends of Green New Deals. Sustainability, 13(22), 12529. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12529
Zhao, Z., Sharifi, A., Dong, X., Shen, L., & He, B.-J. (2021). Spatial Variability and Temporal Heterogeneity of Surface Urban Heat Island Patterns and the Suitability of Local Climate Zones for Land Surface Temperature Characterization. Remote Sensing, 13(21), 4338. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/21/4338
Simangan, D., Sharifi, A., & Kaneko, S. (2021). Positive Peace Pillars and Sustainability Dimensions: An Analytical Framework. International Studies Review. doi:10.1093/isr/viab054
Alizadeh, H., & Sharifi, A. (2021). Analysis of the state of social resilience among different socio-demographic groups during the COVID- 19 pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 64, 102514. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102514
Dawodu, A., Sharifi, A., Cheshmehzangi, A., & Oladejo, J. (2021). The illusion of participation: Are participatory indicators truly effective in neigborhood sustainability assessment tools. Journal of Cleaner Production, 311, 127538. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127538
Ghasemzadeh, B., Zarabadi, Z. S. S., Majedi, H., Behzadfar, M., & Sharifi, A. (2021). A Framework for Urban Flood Resilience Assessment with Emphasis on Social, Economic and Institutional Dimensions: A Qualitative Study. Sustainability, 13(14), 7852. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/14/7852
Hassankhani, M., Alidadi, M., Sharifi, A., & Azhdari, A. (2021). Smart City and Crisis Management: Lessons for the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(15), 7736. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/7736
Javadpoor, M., Sharifi, A., & Roosta, M. (2021). An adaptation of the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC) for assessing resilience of Iranian provinces. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 66, 102609. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102609
Khavarian-Garmsir, A. R., Sharifi, A., & Hajian Hossein Abadi, M. (2021). The Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Ridesourcing Services: A Literature Review. Future Transportation, 1(2), 268-289. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7590/1/2/16
Lak, A., Hakimian, P., & Sharifi, A. (2021). An evaluative model for assessing pandemic resilience at the neighborhood level: The case of Tehran. Sustainable Cities and Society, 75, 103410. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103410
Lak, A., Sharifi, A., Khazaei, M., & Aghamolaei, R. (2021). Towards a framework for driving sustainable urban regeneration with ecosystem services. Land Use Policy, 105736. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105736
Leal Filho, W., Sima, M., Sharifi, A., Luetz, J. M., Salvia, A. L., Mifsud, M., . . . Lokupitiya, E. (2021). Handling climate change education at universities: an overview. Environmental Sciences Europe, 33(1), 109. doi:10.1186/s12302-021-00552-5
Parizi, S. M., Taleai, M., & Sharifi, A. (2021). Integrated methods to determine urban physical resilience characteristics and their interactions. Natural Hazards, 109(1), 725-754. doi:10.1007/s11069-021-04855-x
Sharifi, A., Khavarian-Garmsir, A. R., & Kummitha, R. K. R. (2021). Contributions of Smart City Solutions and Technologies to Resilience against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review. Sustainability, 13(14), 8018. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/14/8018
Sharifi, A., Pathak, M., Joshi, C., & He, B.-J. (2021). A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation. Sustainable Cities and Society, 74, 103190. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103190
Sharifi, A., & Simangan, D. (2021). Environmental Sustainability: The Missing Pillar of Positive Peace. In K. Standish, H. Devere, A. Suazo, & R. Rafferty (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace (pp. 1-19). Singapore: Springer Singapore.
Sharifi, A., Simangan, D., Kaneko, S., & Virji, H. (2021). The sustainability–peace nexus: why is it important? Sustainability Science, 16(4), 1073-1077. doi:10.1007/s11625-021-00986-z
Sharifi, A., Simangan, D., Lee, C. Y., Reyes, S. R., Katramiz, T., Josol, J. C., . . . Islam, M. (2021). Climate-induced stressors to peace: a review of recent literature. Environmental Research Letters, 16(7), 073006. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abfc08
Simangan, D., Virji, H., Hendrix, C., Islam, M., Kaneko, S., Ma, Y.-s., . . . Shams, S. H. (2021). A co-designed heuristic guide for investigating the peace-sustainability nexus in the context of global change. Sustainability Science, 16(4), 1097-1109. doi:10.1007/s11625-021-00970-7
Sharifi, A., Allam, Z., Feizizadeh, B., & Ghamari, H. (2021). Three Decades of Research on Smart Cities: Mapping Knowledge Structure and Trends. Sustainability, 13(13), 7140. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7140
Feizizadeh, B., Omarzadeh, D., Ronagh, Z., Sharifi, A., Blaschke, T., & Lakes, T. (2021). A scenario-based approach for urban water management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and a case study for the Tabriz metropolitan area, Iran. Sci Total Environ, 790, 148272. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148272
Ghamari, H., & Sharifi, A. (2021). Mapping the Evolutions and Trends of Literature on Wayfinding in Indoor Environments. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 11(2), 585-606. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/11/2/42
Ladi, T., Mahmoudpour, A., & Sharifi, A. (2021). Assessing impacts of the water poverty index components on the human development index in Iran. Habitat International, 113, 102375. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2021.102375
Lak, A., Sharifi, A., Badr, S., Zali, A., Maher, A., Mostafavi, E., & Khalili, D. (2021). Spatio-temporal patterns of the COVID-19 pandemic, and place-based influential factors at the neighborhood scale in Tehran. Sustainable Cities and Society, 72, 103034. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2021.103034
Masrur, H., Sharifi, A., Islam, M. R., Hossain, M. A., & Senjyu, T. (2021). Optimal and economic operation of microgrids to leverage resilience benefits during grid outages. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 132, 107137. doi:10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107137
Omarzadeh, D., Pourmoradian, S., Feizizadeh, B., Khallaghi, H., Sharifi, A., & Kamran, K. V. (2021). A GIS-based multiple ecotourism sustainability assessment of West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-24. doi:10.1080/09640568.2021.1887827
Ghasemzadeh, B., & Sharifi, A. (2020). Modeling and Analysis of Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Tehran. Climate, 8(10), 104. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/8/10/104
Khavarian-Garmsir, A. R., Sharifi, A., & Moradpour, N. (2021). Are High-Density Districts More Vulnerable to the COVID-19 Pandemic? Sustainable Cities and Society, 102911. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102911
Leal Filho, W., Will, M., Shiel, C., Paço, A., Farinha, C. S., Orlovic Lovren, V., . . . Skouloudis, A. (2021). Towards a common future: revising the evolution of university-based sustainability research literature. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 1-15. doi:10.1080/13504509.2021.1881651
Mohamadzadeh, P., Pourmoradian, S., Feizizadeh, B., Sharifi, A., & Vogdrup-Schmidt, M. (2020). A GIS-Based Approach for Spatially-Explicit Sustainable Development Assessments in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Sustainability, 12(24), 10413. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/24/10413
Pourmoradian, S., Vand Shoari, A., Omarzadeh, D., Sharifi, A., Sanobuar, N., & Samad Hosseini, S. (2021). An Integrated Approach to Assess Potential and Sustainability of Handmade Carpet Production in Different Areas of the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Sustainability, 13(4), 2251. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/4/2251
Shafiei Dastjerdi, M., Lak, A., Ghaffari, A., & Sharifi, A. (2021). A conceptual framework for resilient place assessment based on spatial resilience approach: An integrative review. Urban Climate, 36, 100794. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100794
Sharifi, A., Roosta, M., & Javadpoor, M. (2021). Urban Form Resilience: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional, Semi-Planned, and Planned Neighborhoods in Shiraz, Iran. Urban Science, 5(1), 18. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/5/1/18
Sharifi, A. (2021). Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review. Science of The Total Environment, 750, 141642. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141642
Sharifi, A. (2021). Urban sustainability assessment: An overview and bibliometric analysis. Ecological Indicators, 121, 107102. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107102.
Sharifi, A., Dawodu, A., & Cheshmehzangi, A. (2021). Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Tools: A Review of Success Factors. Journal of Cleaner Production, 125912. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125912.
Sharifi, A., Dawodu, A., & Cheshmehzangi, A. (2021). Limitations in Assessment Methodologies of Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Tools: A Literature Review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 125912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102739 (accepted for publication).
Sharifi, A., & Khavarian-Garmsir, A. R. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management. Science of The Total Environment, 749, 142391. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142391
Dawodu, A., Cheshmehzangi, A., & Sharifi, A. (2020). A multi-dimensional energy-based analysis of neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools: are institutional indicators really missing? Building Research & Information, 1-19. doi:10.1080/09613218.2020.1806701
Erdem, U., Cubukcu, K. M., & Sharifi, A. (2020). An analysis of urban form factors driving Urban Heat Island: the case of Izmir. Environment, Development and Sustainability. doi:10.1007/s10668-020-00950-4
Sharifi, A. (2020). Trade-offs and conflicts between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 276, 122813. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122813
Sharifi, A. (2020). Urban Resilience Assessment: Mapping Knowledge Structure and Trends. Sustainability, 12(15), 5918. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/15/5918
Sharifi, A., Simangan, D., & Kaneko, S. (2020). Three decades of research on climate change and peace: a bibliometrics analysis. Sustainability Science. doi:10.1007/s11625-020-00853-3
Alizadeh, H., Sharifi, A., (2020). Assessing Resilience of Urban Critical Infrastructure Networks: A Case Study of Ahvaz, Iran. Sustainability 12 (9), 3691.
Sharifi, A., (2020). A global dataset on tools, frameworks, and indicator sets for smart city assessment. Data in Brief 29, 105364.
Lee, C. Y., Kaneko, S., & Sharifi, A. (2020). Effects of building types and materials on household electricity consumption in Indonesia. Sustainable Cities and Society, 54, 101999. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101999
Murakami, K., Kaneko, S., Dhakal, S., & Sharifi, A. (2020). Changes in per capita CO2 emissions of six large Japanese cities between 1980 and 2000: An analysis using “The Four System Boundaries” approach. Sustainable Cities and Society, 52, 101784. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101784
Sharifi, A. (2020). A typology of smart city assessment tools and indicator sets. Sustainable Cities and Society, 53, 101936. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101936
Ko, Y., Barrett, B. F. D., Copping, A. E., Sharifi, A., Yarime, M., & Wang, X. (2019). Energy Transitions Towards Low Carbon Resilience: Evaluation of Disaster-Triggered Local and Regional Cases. Sustainability, 11(23), 6801. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/23/6801
Sharifi, A., (2019). A critical review of selected smart city assessment tools and indicator sets. Journal of Cleaner Production 233, 1269-1283.
Sharifi, A., (2019). Resilient urban forms: A macro-scale analysis. Cities 85, 1-14.
Sharifi, A., (2019). Urban form resilience: A meso-scale analysis. Cities 93, 238-252.
Sharifi, A. (2019). Resilient urban forms: A review of literature on streets and street networks. Building and Environment, 147, 171-187.
Sharifi, A., Wu, Y., Khamchiangta, D., Yoshida, T., & Yamagata, Y. (2018). Urban carbon mapping: Towards a standardized framework. Energy Procedia, 152, 799-808.
Wu, Y., Sharifi, A., Yang, P., Borjigin, H., Murakami, D., & Yamagata, Y. (2018). Mapping building carbon emissions within local climate zones in Shanghai. Energy Procedia, 152, 815-822.
Ebrahimian Ghajari, Y., Alesheikh, A. A., Modiri, M., Hosnavi, R., Abbasi, M., & Sharifi, A. (2018). Urban vulnerability under various blast loading scenarios: Analysis using GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis techniques. Cities, 72, 102-114.
Sharifi, A., Chelleri, L., Fox-Lent, C., Grafakos, S., Pathak, M., Olazabal, M., . . . Yamagata, Y. (2017). Conceptualizing Dimensions and Characteristics of Urban Resilience: Insights from a Co-Design Process. Sustainability, 9(6), 1032.
Sharifi, A. (2016). A critical review of selected tools for assessing community resilience. Ecological Indicators, 69, 629-647.
Creutzig, F., Agoston, P., Minx, J. C., Canadell, J. G., Andrew, R. M., Quere, C. L., Peters, G.P, Sharifi, A., . . . Dhakal, S. (2016). Urban infrastructure choices structure climate solutions. Nature Clim. Change, 6(12), 1054-1056. doi:10.1038/nclimate3169
Sharifi, A., & Yamagata, Y. (2016). On the suitability of assessment tools for guiding communities towards disaster resilience. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 18, 115-124.
Sharifi, A., & Yamagata, Y. (2016). Principles and criteria for assessing urban energy resilience: A literature review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 60, 1654-1677.
Sharifi, A. (2016). From Garden City to Eco-urbanism: The quest for sustainable neighborhood development. Sustainable Cities and Society, 20, 1-16.
Fuss, S., Jones, C. D., Kraxner, F., Peters, G. P., Smith, P., Tavoni, M., . . . Yamagata, Y. (2016). Research priorities for negative emissions. Environmental Research Letters, 11(11), 115007. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/115007
Smith, P. et al. (2016). Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change, 6(1), 42-50.
Sharifi, A., & Yamagata, Y. (2015). Roof ponds as passive heating and cooling systems: A systematic review. Applied Energy, 160, 336-357.
Sharifi, A., & Murayama, A. (2015). Viability of using global standards for neighbourhood sustainability assessment: insights from a comparative case study. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(1), 1-23.
Sharifi, A., & Yamagata, Y. (2015). A Conceptual Framework for Assessment of Urban Energy Resilience. Energy Procedia, 75, 2904–2909.
Sharifi, A., Chiba, Y., Okamoto, K., Yokoyama, S., & Murayama, A. (2014). Can master planning control and regulate urban growth in Vientiane, Laos?. Landscape and Urban Planning, 131, 1-13.
Sharifi, A., & Yamagata, Y. (2014). Resilient Urban Planning: Major Principles and Criteria. Energy Procedia, 61, 1491-1495.
Fuss, S. et al. (2014). Betting on negative emissions. Nature Climate Change, 4(10), 850-853.
Sharifi, A., & Murayama, A. (2014). Neighborhood sustainability assessment in action: Cross-evaluation of three assessment systems and their cases from the US, the UK, and Japan. Building and Environment, 72, 243-258.
Sharifi, A., & Murayama, A. (2013). A critical review of seven selected neighborhood sustainability assessment tools. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 38, 73-87.
Sharifi, A., & Murayama, A. (2013). Changes in the traditional urban form and the social sustainability of contemporary cities: A case study of Iranian cities. Habitat International, 38, 126-134.
Sarkheyli, E., Sharifi, A., Rafieian, M., Bemanian, M., & Murayama, A. (2012). An investigation of the reasons for non-compliance with FAR regulations in Tehran. Cities, 29(4), 223-233.
Sharifi, A., Murayama, A., Nagata, I., The potential of “CASBEE for urban development” for delivering sustainable communities: A case study from the “Koshigaya Lake Town” planning experience, Journal of International City Planning (2012), PP. 703-713.
Books/book chapters
Sharifi, A., Kawakubo, S., & Milovidova, A. (2020). Urban sustainability assessment tools: toward integrating smart city indicators. In Y. Yamagata & P. P. J. Yang (Eds.), Urban Systems Design (Vol. 1): Elsevier.
Yamagata, Y., Sharifi, A. (2018). Resilience-Oriented Urban Planning: Theoretical and Empirical Insights. Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland.
Raven, J. et al. (2016). Urban Planning and Design. In C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, & S. Dhakal, The Second Assessment Report for Climate Change in Cities (ARC3-2).Cambridge University Press (forthcoming, September 2016).
Sharifi, A., & Yamagata, Y. (2016). Urban Resilience Assessment: Multiple Dimensions, Criteria, and Indicators. In Y. Yamagata & H. Maruyama (Eds.), Urban Resilience. Tokyo: Springer.
Okamoto, K., Sharifi, A., & Chiba, Y. (2014). The impact of urbanization on land use and the changing role of forests in Vientiane. In S. Yokoyama, K. Okamoto, C. Takenaka, & I. Hirota (Eds.), Integrated Studies of Social and Natural Environmental Transition in Laos (pp. 29-38). Tokyo: Springer.
Recent conference presentations/speeches
Sharifi, A., (2020). Urban Energy Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Keynote Speech at the 2020 International Conference on Energy Science and Safety Engineering.