Books
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, You, Nicholas, Allam, Zaheer and He, Bao-Jie (2025). People-Centered Innovation : Local Actions for Sustainable Cities and Communities. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-5230-3
Allam, Zaheer and Cheshmehzangi, Ali (2024). Sustainable futures and green new deals. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-63642-4
Book Chapters
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Sharifi, Ayyoob, Azhdari, Abolghasem, He, Bao-jie, Allam, Zaheer, Nisha, Jyotir and Rad Yousefnia, Ali (2026). Climate-responsive coastal design: mangrove-based urban resilience in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Nature-based and climate responsive design for urban systems. (pp. 157-177) edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Jian Zuo, Ayyoob Sharifi, Rongpeng Zhang, Abbas Ziafati Bafarasat and Jie Zhao. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-92-2070-0_9
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Allam, Zaheer, Wang, Xin and Su, Zhaohui (2025). Integrating Blue Zone principles into healthy city design. Designing healthy cities: integrating climate-resilient urbanism for sustainable living. (pp. 75-88) edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Jian Zuo, Ayyoob Sharifi, Rongpeng Zhang and Abbas Ziafati Bafarasat. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-5538-0_5
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Allam, Zaheer and Siew, Gaetan (2024). Diversity in cities and addressing urban sustainability. Diversity as catalyst: Economic growth and urban resilience in global cityscapes. (pp. 1-9) edited by Gaetan Siew, Zaheer Allam and Ali Cheshmehzangi. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-8776-0_1
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Allam, Zaheer and Siew, Gaetan (2024). Diversity as catalyst: A future built on resilience thinking. Diversity as catalyst: Economic growth and urban resilience in global cityscapes. (pp. 181-192) edited by Gaetan Siew, Zaheer Allam and Ali Cheshmehzangi. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-8776-0_10
Journal Articles
Allam, Zaheer, Badaloo, Rushaa, Jones, David S, Cheshmehzangi, Ali and Allam, Zarrin (2026). How the Strait of Hormuz is restructuring nutrition in small island developing states. The Lancet Planetary Health, 10 (7) 101500. doi: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101500
Allam, Zaheer and Badaloo, Rushaa (2026). Volatile urbanism and the fiscal federalism failure: Why intergovernmental transfer systems are calibrated for a world that no longer exists. Local Economy, 40 (4), 517-523. doi: 10.1177/02690942261459682
Allam, Zaheer, Badaloo, Rushaa, Jones, David S. and Cheshmehzangi, Ali (2026). When the Strait of Hormuz closes, cities pay. Nature Cities, 3 (5), 388-390. doi: 10.1038/s44284-026-00434-y
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Allam, Zaheer, He, Bao-Jie and Su, Zhaohui (2026). Hyperlocal governance and decentralized experimentation to enable social innovation in sustainable development. Discover Sustainability, 7 (1) 526, 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s43621-025-01477-2
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Allam, Zaheer, He, Bao-Jie and Su, Zhaohui (2025). Climate change efforts vs. the growing popularity of larger private vehicles: a contradiction in motion. Human Settlements and Sustainability, 1 (3), 180-187. doi: 10.1016/j.hssust.2025.07.002
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Allam, Zaheer, He, Baojie and Su, Zhaohui (2025). Corrigendum to “Climate change efforts vs. the growing popularity of larger private vehicles: A contradiction in motion” [Human Settl. Sustain. 1 (2025) 180–187]. Human Settlements and Sustainability, 1 (3), 248-248. doi: 10.1016/j.hssust.2025.09.001
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Su, Zhaohui, Zou, Tong, Allam, Zaheer and Tang, Tian (2025). Lessons from China's 48-h COVID-19 testing regime during the dynamic zero COVID policy period. Discover Public Health, 22 (1) 38. doi: 10.1186/s12982-025-00425-9