Honorary Professor Ayyoob Sharifi
Honorary Professor
School of Architecture, Design and Planning

Publications
Journal Articles
Sharifi, Ayyoob, Sobhaninia, Saeideh, Esfandi, Saeed, Amirzadeh, Melika, Tayebi, Safiyeh and Cheshmehzangi, Ali (2026). Co-benefits and trade-offs of urban resilience for sustainable development goals (SDGs). Habitat International, 170 103735, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2026.103735
Ju, Jiaheng, Zuo, Shudi, Liang, Runqi, Xie, Linjun, Zhu, Jinhan, Deng, Wu, Ren, Yin and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). A review of multi-scale analytical approaches to assessing the impact of urban morphology on CO2 emissions. Earth Systems and Environment. doi: 10.1007/s41748-025-00987-3
Akangbe, Olayemi and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Nigeria's path to green energy transition: insights from business preferences for solar PV adoption. Renewable Energy, 253 123604. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.123604
Askarizad, Reza, Lamíquiz-Daudén, Patxi J., Dastoum, Mana, Khotbehsara, Elham Mehrinejad, Sharifi, Ayyoob and Garau, Chiara (2025). A cross-cultural study to identify social behaviours of pedestrians in urban public spaces: evidence from Iran, Spain, Italy, and Australia. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 31338, 1-20. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-16421-7
Jin, Yukai and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Machine learning for predicting urban greenhouse gas emissions: A systematic literature review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 215 115625, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2025.115625
Sharifi, Ayyoob, Jin, Yukai and Aboagye, Prince Dacosta (2025). Mapping and topic modeling of over 133,000 studies on climate change and cities: trends, geographical disparities, and future research needs. Urban Climate, 61 102448. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102448
Badakhshan, Babak, Sharifi, Ayyoob, Karami, Tajeddin and Bavarsad, Fatemeh Salehipour (2025). Urban heat in a very hot region: exploring spatial inequality in exposure to extreme heat hazard in Tehran, Iran. Urban Climate, 61 102480, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102480
Ilyas, Bilal and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). A systematic review of social media-based sentiment analysis in disaster risk management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 123 105487, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105487
Shah, Fahad and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Projection of precipitation and temperature in major cities of Pakistan using multi-model ensembles. Urban Climate, 61 102430. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102430
Sharifi, Ayyoob, Amirzadeh, Melika and Khavarian-Garmsir, Amir Reza (2025). The metaverse as a future form of smart cities: a systematic literature review of co-benefits and trade-offs for sustainable development goals. Cities, 161 105879, 105879. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.105879
Sepehri, Borhan and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). X-minute cities as a growing notion of sustainable urbanism: a literature review. Cities, 161 105902, 105902. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.105902
Aghaloo, Kamaleddin and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Balancing priorities for a sustainable future in cities: land use change and urban ecosystem service dynamics. Journal of Environmental Management, 382 125460, 125460. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125460
Valera, Kirverlin and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Index-based mapping and assessment of flood vulnerability for climate adaptation at the neighborhood level: A case study of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 120 105362, 105362-120. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105362
Badakhshan, Babak, Sharifi, Ayyoob and Karami, Tajeddin (2025). Is life green on the other half? Linking urban green infrastructure to socio-economic inequality and spatial segregation in Tehran, Iran. Applied Geography, 177 103562, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103562
Arvin, Mahmoud, Jalaei, Mehdi, Taheri, Jamal, Badakhshan, Babak, Ghane, Mahsa and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Examining the relationship between urban form and social inequality: A neighborhood-level analysis. Applied Geography, 176 103532, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103532
Shah, Fahad and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Climate models for predicting precipitation and temperature trends in cities: A systematic review. Sustainable Cities and Society, 120 106171, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106171
Almulhim, Abdulaziz I. and Sharifi, Ayyoob (2025). Sustainable urban planning for addressing the compounded challenges of rapid urbanization and climate change. Land Use Policy, 153 107544, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107544