Dr Abbas Ziafati Bafarasat

PhD

Senior Lecturer in Town Planning

School of the Built Environment

Role

PhD supervision, Research, Student support, Teaching

Publications

Ziafati Bafarasat A, Education for Problems of Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development [online first] (2026) ISSN: 0968-0802 eISSN: 1099-1719 Education for Problems of Sustainable Development Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Baker M, Cheshmehzangi A, Goodspeed R, Scott M, Sharifi A, Shirazi MR, Valler D, Van Assche K, Butt A, Gkartzios M, Román-López E, Stangl P, Vitale Brovarone E, Pull E, Van den Broeck P, Córdoba-Hernández R, Akbari P, Cotella G, Curry K, Davern M, Velibeyoglu K, Nordström P, Cruickshank J, Paidakaki A, Assaf C, Katsigianni X, Planning competencies and transformative pedagogy for sustainable development
Progress in Planning 200 (2025) ISSN: 0305-9006 eISSN: 1873-4510 Planning competencies and transformative pedagogy for sustainable development Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Defining their real problems, getting public and policy attention: Global struggles of deprived communities for sustainable development
Sustainable Development 32 (6) (2024) pp.7215-7225 ISSN: 0968-0802 eISSN: 1099-1719 Defining their real problems, getting public and policy attention: Global struggles of deprived communities for sustainable development Open Access version on RADAR
Akbari P, Ziafati Bafarasat A, Exploring Energy Efficiency in Historical Urban Fabrics for Energy-Conscious Planning of New Urban Developments
Journal of Urban Planning and Development 150 (2) (2024) ISSN: 0733-9488 eISSN: 1943-5444 Exploring Energy Efficiency in Historical Urban Fabrics for Energy-Conscious Planning of New Urban Developments Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Sharifi A, How to Achieve a Healthy City: a Scoping Review with Ten City Examples
Journal of Urban Health 101 (2023) pp.120-140 ISSN: 1099-3460 eISSN: 1468-2869 How to Achieve a Healthy City: a Scoping Review with Ten City Examples Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Oliveira E, Social sustainability: Do-it-yourself urbanism, start-it-yourself urbanism
Geoforum 141 (2023) ISSN: 0016-7185 eISSN: 1872-9398 Social sustainability: Do-it-yourself urbanism, start-it-yourself urbanism Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Cheshmehzangi A, Ankowska A, A set of 99 healthy city indicators for application in urban planning and design
Sustainable Development 31 (3) (2023) pp.1978-1989 ISSN: 0968-0802 eISSN: 1099-1719 A set of 99 healthy city indicators for application in urban planning and design Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Strategic urban design for sustainable development: A framework for studio and practice
Sustainable Development 31 (3) (2023) pp.1861-1872 ISSN: 0968-0802 eISSN: 1099-1719 Strategic urban design for sustainable development: A framework for studio and practice Open Access version on RADAR
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Oliveira E, Robinson GM, Re-introducing statutory regional spatial planning strategies in England: Reflections through the lenses of policy integration
Planning Practice and Research 38 (1) (2022) pp.6-25 ISSN: 0269-7459 eISSN: 1360-0583
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Baker M, Growe A, The integrating role of regional spatial planning: five mechanisms of policy integration
Town Planning Review 93 (4) (2022) pp.423-450 ISSN: 0041-0020 eISSN: 1478-341X
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Baker M, A centennial review of the English regional question: Whose policy space is it?
Regional & Federal Studies 32 (2) (2022) pp.207-229 ISSN: 1359-7566 eISSN: 1743-9434
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Meta-synthesis of COVID-19 lessons: charting sustainable management of future pandemics
International Journal of Urban Sciences 25 (3) (2021) pp.299-322 ISSN: 1226-5934 eISSN: 2161-6779
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Oliveira E, Baker M, From concrete to abstract regional planning strategies in North West England: building and legitimizing discourses and mobilizing actors for spatial transformation?
Space and Polity 25 (3) (2021) pp.283-305 ISSN: 1356-2576 eISSN: 1470-1235
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Oliveira E, Prospects of a transition to the knowledge economy in Saudi Arabia and Qatar: A critical reflection through the lens of spatial embeddedness and evolutionary governance theory
Futures: for the interdisciplinary study of futures, visioning, anticipation and foresight 129 (2021) ISSN: 0016-3287 eISSN: 1873-6378
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Oliveira E , Disentangling three decades of strategic spatial planning in England through participation, project promotion and policy integration
European Planning Studies 29 (8) (2021) pp.1375-1392 ISSN: 0965-4313 eISSN: 1469-5944
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Is our urban water system still sustainable? A simple statistical test with complexity science insight
Journal of Environmental Management 280 (2021) ISSN: 0301-4797 eISSN: 1095-8630
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Pugalis L, In search of cohesive metropolitan governance: enticements and obligations
European Planning Studies 28 (8) (2020) pp.1474-1492 ISSN: 0965-4313 eISSN: 1469-5944
Ziafati Bafarasat A, “Theorizing” regime theory: A city-regional perspective
Journal of Urban Affairs 40 (3) (2018) pp.412-425 ISSN: 0735-2166 eISSN: 1467-9906
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Invisible Travels in the Compact City: Is Density the Way Forward?
Journal of Urban Planning and Development 143 (3) (2017)
Ziafati Bafarasat A, In pursuit of productive conflict in strategic planning: project identification
European Planning Studies 24 (11) (2016) pp.2057-2075 ISSN: 0965-4313 eISSN: 1469-5944
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Meta-governance and soft projects: A hypothetical model for regional policy integration
Land Use Policy 59 (2016) pp.251-259 ISSN: 0264-8377
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Baker M, Building consensus for network power? Some reflections on strategic spatial planning in the North West region of England
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 34 (5) (2016) pp.900-926 ISSN: 2399-6544 eISSN: 2399-6552
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Baker M, Strategic spatial planning under regime governance and localism: experiences from the North West of England
Town Planning Review 87 (6) (2016) ISSN: 0041-0020 eISSN: 1478-341X
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Exploring new systems of regionalism: An English case study
Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 50 (2016) pp.119-128 ISSN: 0264-2751 eISSN: 1873-6084
Ziafati Bafarasat A, Reflections on the three schools of thought on strategic spatial planning
Journal of Planning Literature 30 (2) (2015) pp.132-148

Cheshmehzangi A, Zuo J, Sharifi A, Zhang R, Ziafati Bafarasat A, Zhao J, (ed.), Designing Healthy Cities : Integrating Climate-Resilient Urbanism for Sustainable Living ,
Springer Nature (2025) ISBN: 9789819655373 eISBN: 9789819655380
Cheshmehzangi A, Zuo J, Sharifi A, Zhang R, Ziafati Bafarasat A, Zhao J, (ed.), Designing Healthy Buildings and Communities : Shaping a Climate-Resilient Future ,
Springer Nature (2025) ISBN: 9789819630561 eISBN: 9789819630578

Wong C, Ziafati Bafarasat A, Baker M, Strategic planning
in Gavin Parker , Emma Street (ed.), Contemporary Planning Practice: Skills, Specialisms and Knowledge, Macmillan International Higher Education (part of Springer Nature) (2021) ISBN: 9781352011920

Dr Abbas Ziafati Bafarasat

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