Nastaran Peimani
Biographic Data
| ID | 937974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nastaran Peimani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nastaran |
| FAMILY NAME | Peimani |
| SIGNATURE | PEIMANI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1945-2181 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The image of informal settlements
In the Global South, the visibility and image of informal settlements in urban design, planning, and policy discourse have gained increasing attention in recent years, particularly in relation to the politics of upgrading. Informal settlements are often characterised by small grain size and self-built constructions. While these settlements house millions of inhabitants, they are hardly recognised in long-term urban development. This paper explore…
Co-producing place narratives
This visual essay embarks on a reflective exploration of participatory, place-based storytelling through urban photography. Drawing on a curated collection of photos captured by young people from the Grangetown community in Cardiff during their place-based photo walks, we explore how urban places are constantly being made, unmade, and remade, with a particular focus on youth perspectives. The photographs provide a powerful lens through which we i…
Forms and spatiality of street vending in informal settlements
Street vending plays a critical role in the informal urban economy of cities in the Global South, serving as a key source of livelihood for the urban poor. However, limited understanding of how street vending works and its relationship with urban forms hinders the development of effective planning policies and design interventions by local authorities. This paper explores the complex dynamics of street vending in the informal settlements of Hanoi…
Morphogenesis of forgotten places
Sustainable integration of rural settlements into metropolises is one of the most challenging issues in the Global South. Due to rapid urbanisation, various villages, which often have underdeveloped infrastructure and amenities, have been incorporated into cities and have become Villages-in-the-City (ViCs). ViCs represent neighbourhoods that have not been designed by professionals, but they generally have strong social network and house millions …
On the ethics of researching informal urbanism
Forms of informal urbanism, ranging from informal settlement to street vending and informal transport, have become integral to how places work across different contexts and scales. In this article, we reflect on the ethics of researching forms of urban informality, with a focus on the capacities and challenges associated with exploring informal urbanism, particularly in the context of what is considered the global South. By drawing on our experie…
Learning and Teaching Urban Design through Design Studio Pedagogy
Studio-based pedagogy has been central to urban design programmes as it can enable future urban designers to more effectively acquire an understanding of how cities work and critically engage with the role of design intervention. This paper aims to explore the capacities and challenges of learning and teaching urban design through studio pedagogy by drawing on empirical research from a blended urban design studio experiment during the COVID-19 pa…
The Future of Design Studio Education
Urban design studio education aims to prepare future urban designers to more effectively understand how cities work and critically engage with the role of design intervention in the built environment. A design studio is an appropriate setting where this can take place. This paper details the design and delivery of a postgraduate urban design studio subject in the MA Urban Design programme at Cardiff University during the COVID-19 pandemic in the …
Assembling Transit Urban Design in the Global South
The imperative to address the challenge of transforming car-dependent cities and promoting sustainable mobilities requires that we engage with the relationships between urban morphology and forms of urbanity in public spaces surrounding transit nodes. While there has been a surge of interest in investigating the agency of urban planning and design in mitigating urban sprawl and its environmental impacts by creating mixed-use, dense, and walkable …
Online Education in the Post Covid-19 Era
Students’ learning experiences and perceptions are markedly influenced by the use of digital technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring students’ perception of blended online learning, amid the adaptations of the higher education sector in the wake of uncertainty, has become more critical than ever. This paper reflects on the experience of learning and teaching the Research Methods and Techniques subject in the postgraduate programme of M…
Online Education and the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a critical challenge for the higher education sector. Exploring the capacity of this sector to adapt in the state of uncertainty has become more significant than ever. In this paper, we critically reflect on our experience of teaching urban design research methods online during the early COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. This is an exploratory case study with a qualitative approach with an aim to inform resilient pract…
Informal urbanism in the state of uncertainty
Assemblage Thinking and the City
The last decade has seen an increasing interest in the application of assemblage thinking, in geography, sociology, and urban studies. Different interpretations of the Deleuzian concept of assemblage give rise to the multiple articulations of the term in urban studies so far. This paper aims to review the recently published research on assemblage theory and explore the implications of assemblage thinking in urban studies. The study thus provides …
On the ethics of researching informal urbanism
Forms of informal urbanism, ranging from informal settlement to street vending and informal transport, have become integral to how places work across different contexts and scales. In this article, we reflect on the ethics of researching forms of urban informality, with a focus on the capacities and challenges associated with exploring informal urbanism, particularly in the context of what is considered the global South. By drawing on our experie…
Forms and spatiality of street vending in informal settlements
Street vending plays a critical role in the informal urban economy of cities in the Global South, serving as a key source of livelihood for the urban poor. However, limited understanding of how street vending works and its relationship with urban forms hinders the development of effective planning policies and design interventions by local authorities. This paper explores the complex dynamics of street vending in the informal settlements of Hanoi…
Morphogenesis of forgotten places
Sustainable integration of rural settlements into metropolises is one of the most challenging issues in the Global South. Due to rapid urbanisation, various villages, which often have underdeveloped infrastructure and amenities, have been incorporated into cities and have become Villages-in-the-City (ViCs). ViCs represent neighbourhoods that have not been designed by professionals, but they generally have strong social network and house millions …
Assemblage Thinking and the City
The last decade has seen an increasing interest in the application of assemblage thinking, in geography, sociology, and urban studies. Different interpretations of the Deleuzian concept of assemblage give rise to the multiple articulations of the term in urban studies so far. This paper aims to review the recently published research on assemblage theory and explore the implications of assemblage thinking in urban studies. The study thus provides …
Online Education in the Post Covid-19 Era
Students’ learning experiences and perceptions are markedly influenced by the use of digital technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring students’ perception of blended online learning, amid the adaptations of the higher education sector in the wake of uncertainty, has become more critical than ever. This paper reflects on the experience of learning and teaching the Research Methods and Techniques subject in the postgraduate programme of M…
Online Education and the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a critical challenge for the higher education sector. Exploring the capacity of this sector to adapt in the state of uncertainty has become more significant than ever. In this paper, we critically reflect on our experience of teaching urban design research methods online during the early COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. This is an exploratory case study with a qualitative approach with an aim to inform resilient pract…
Informal urbanism in the state of uncertainty
Learning and Teaching Urban Design through Design Studio Pedagogy
Studio-based pedagogy has been central to urban design programmes as it can enable future urban designers to more effectively acquire an understanding of how cities work and critically engage with the role of design intervention. This paper aims to explore the capacities and challenges of learning and teaching urban design through studio pedagogy by drawing on empirical research from a blended urban design studio experiment during the COVID-19 pa…
The Future of Design Studio Education
Urban design studio education aims to prepare future urban designers to more effectively understand how cities work and critically engage with the role of design intervention in the built environment. A design studio is an appropriate setting where this can take place. This paper details the design and delivery of a postgraduate urban design studio subject in the MA Urban Design programme at Cardiff University during the COVID-19 pandemic in the …
Assembling Transit Urban Design in the Global South
The imperative to address the challenge of transforming car-dependent cities and promoting sustainable mobilities requires that we engage with the relationships between urban morphology and forms of urbanity in public spaces surrounding transit nodes. While there has been a surge of interest in investigating the agency of urban planning and design in mitigating urban sprawl and its environmental impacts by creating mixed-use, dense, and walkable …
On the ethics of researching informal urbanism
Forms of informal urbanism, ranging from informal settlement to street vending and informal transport, have become integral to how places work across different contexts and scales. In this article, we reflect on the ethics of researching forms of urban informality, with a focus on the capacities and challenges associated with exploring informal urbanism, particularly in the context of what is considered the global South. By drawing on our experie…
Morphogenesis of forgotten places
Sustainable integration of rural settlements into metropolises is one of the most challenging issues in the Global South. Due to rapid urbanisation, various villages, which often have underdeveloped infrastructure and amenities, have been incorporated into cities and have become Villages-in-the-City (ViCs). ViCs represent neighbourhoods that have not been designed by professionals, but they generally have strong social network and house millions …
Co-producing place narratives
This visual essay embarks on a reflective exploration of participatory, place-based storytelling through urban photography. Drawing on a curated collection of photos captured by young people from the Grangetown community in Cardiff during their place-based photo walks, we explore how urban places are constantly being made, unmade, and remade, with a particular focus on youth perspectives. The photographs provide a powerful lens through which we i…
Forms and spatiality of street vending in informal settlements
Street vending plays a critical role in the informal urban economy of cities in the Global South, serving as a key source of livelihood for the urban poor. However, limited understanding of how street vending works and its relationship with urban forms hinders the development of effective planning policies and design interventions by local authorities. This paper explores the complex dynamics of street vending in the informal settlements of Hanoi…
The image of informal settlements
In the Global South, the visibility and image of informal settlements in urban design, planning, and policy discourse have gained increasing attention in recent years, particularly in relation to the politics of upgrading. Informal settlements are often characterised by small grain size and self-built constructions. While these settlements house millions of inhabitants, they are hardly recognised in long-term urban development. This paper explore…
Geography (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Human settlement (3 works) · Informal settlements (3 works)