OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Habitat International is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 and urban vulnerability in India	117
Quantitative identification and spatial analysis of land use ecological-production-living functions in rural areas on China's southeast coast	109
Multifunctional rural development in China: Pattern, process and mechanism	91
Achieving resilience through smart cities? Evidence from China	82
Urbanization and urban land use efficiency: Evidence from regional and Addis Ababa satellite cities, Ethiopia	79
High-quality development in China: Measurement system, spatial pattern, and improvement paths	73
Measurement of urban-rural integration level and its spatial differentiation in China in the new century	73
Urban-rural spatial transformation process and influences from the perspective of land use: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Region	68
Examining energy saving behaviors in student dormitories using an expanded theory of planned behavior	67
Quality evaluation and division of regional types of rural human settlements in China	67
How does rural homestead influence the hukou transfer intention of rural-urban migrants in China?	66
The spatial evolution process, characteristics and driving factors of traditional villages from the perspective of the cultural ecosystem: A case study of Chengkan Village	66
Impacts of changing urban land-use structure on sustainable city growth in China: A population-density dynamics perspective	64
Does regional economic integration promote urban land use efficiency? Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China	62
Monitoring global land-use efficiency in the context of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	61
Towards a morphogenesis of informal settlements	60
Theorizing land use transitions: A human geography perspective	56
Assessment of urban land use efficiency in China: A perspective of scaling law	54
Spatial distribution characteristics of rural settlements under diversified rural production functions: A case of Taizhou, China	53
Farmer differentiation, generational differences and farmers’ behaviors to withdraw from rural homesteads: Evidence from chengdu, China	51
Building in or out? Examining urban expansion patterns and land use efficiency across the global sample of 466 cities with million+ inhabitants	51
Mono- and polycentric urban spatial structure and PM2.5 concentrations: Regarding the dependence on population density	49
Livelihood sustainability and dynamic mechanisms of rural households out of poverty: An empirical analysis of Hua County, Henan Province, China	47
A critical review of the smart city in relation to citizen adoption towards sustainable smart living	47
What makes better village economic development in traditional agricultural areas of China? Evidence from 338 villages	46

Using DMSP/OLS nighttime light data and K–means method to identify urban–rural fringe of megacities	45
How urbanization influence urban land consumption intensity: Evidence from China	44
Modes and practices of rural vitalisation promoted by land consolidation in a rapidly urbanising China: A perspective of multifunctionality	44
How to Address “Population Decline and Land Expansion (PDLE)" of rural residential areas in the process of Urbanization:A comparative regional analysis of human-land interaction in Shandong Province	43
Unraveling the impact of TOD on housing rental prices and implications on spatial planning: A comparative analysis of five Chinese megacities	41
Evolution of rural settlements in the Tongzhou District of Beijing under the new-type urbanization policies	38
Assessing impacts of the water poverty index components on the human development index in Iran	37
Identification of spatial coupling between cultivated land functional transformation and settlements in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China	37
Does rural residential land expansion pattern lead to different impacts on eco-environment? A case study of loess hilly and gully region, China	36
The hidden mechanism of chemical fertiliser overuse in rural China	36
The impacts of relationships between critical barriers on sustainable old residential neighborhood renewal in China	35
Addressing the macroeconomic and hedonic determinants of housing prices in Beijing Metropolitan Area, China	35
Understanding livable dense urban form for social activities in transit-oriented development through human-scale measurements	34
Residential segregation and social diversification: Exploring spatial settlement patterns of foreign population in Southern European cities	34
Towards the evaluation of rural livability in China: Theoretical framework and empirical case study	34
Effects of rapid urban land expansion on the spatial direction of residential land prices: Evidence from Wuhan, China	33
The spatial-temporal dynamics of daily intercity mobility in the Yangtze River Delta: An analysis using big data	33
The amenity mix of urban neighborhoods	32
Poverty alleviation through labor transfer in rural China: Evidence from Hualong County	32
Spatial reconstruction of rural settlements based on livability and population flow	32
Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories	32
Fractured fiscal authority and fragmented infrastructures: Financing sustainable urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa	32
Does participation in poverty alleviation programmes increase subjective well-being? Results from a survey of rural residents in Shanxi, China	31
Compact or disperse? Evolution patterns and coupling of urban land expansion and population distribution evolution of major cities in China, 1998–2018	31
Residents’ behavioral intention to participate in neighborhood micro-renewal based on an extended theory of planned behavior: A case study in Shanghai, China	31
Inclusive public open space for all: Spatial justice with health considerations	31
How does spatial governance drive rural development in China's farming areas?	30
An explainable model for the mass appraisal of residences: The application of tree-based Machine Learning algorithms and interpretation of value determinants	29
Barriers to circular economy adoption and concomitant implementation strategies in building construction and demolition waste management: A PRISMA and interpretive structural modeling approach	29
Measuring multiple housing deprivations in urban India using Slum Severity Index	28
An operationalizing model for measuring urban resilience on land expansion	28
Developing counterurbanisation: Making sense of rural mobility and governance in Japan	28
Understanding urban shrinkage in China: Developing a multi-dimensional conceptual model and conducting empirical examination from 2000 to 2010	28
Benefit distribution of collectively-owned operating construction land entering the market in rural China: A multiple principal–agent theory-based analysis	27
Contradictory or aligned? The nexus between authenticity in heritage conservation and heritage tourism, and its impact on satisfaction	27
The impacts of urban vitality and urban density on innovation: Evidence from China's Greater Bay Area	26
Exploring the outflow of population from poor areas and its main influencing factors	26
Assessment of the flood mitigation ecosystem service in a coastal wetland and potential impact of future urban development in Chile	25
The paradox of solid waste management: A regulatory discourse from Sub-Saharan Africa	25
Housing prices, migration, and self-selection of migrants in China	25
The effectiveness of drought adaptation strategies in explaining the livability of Iranian rural households	25
Adaptive behavior of farmers’ livelihoods in the context of human-environment system changes	25
Land-based urbanization in China: Mismatched land development in the post-financial crisis era	24
Distinct types of restructuring scenarios for rural settlements in a heterogeneous rural landscape: Application of a clustering approach and ecological niche modeling	24
Can rapid urbanization be sustainable? The case of Saudi Arabian cities	23
The distribution effect of urbanization: Theoretical deduction and evidence from China	23
Living on the margins: Socio-spatial characterization of residential and water deprivations in Lagos informal settlements, Nigeria	23
Does land reserve system improve quality of urbanization? Evidence from China	23
Impact mechanisms of urbanization processes on supply-demand matches of cultivated land multifunction in rapid urbanization areas	23
Location matters: Unravelling the spatial dimensions of neighbourhood level housing quality in Kolkata, India	22

Land marketization and urban innovation capability: Evidence from China	21
A review of domains, approaches, methods and indicators in peri-urbanization literature	21
Urban expansion of the 43 worlds’ largest megacities: A search for unified macro-patterns	21
Can commuting facilitation relieve spatial misallocation of labor?	21
A genealogy of the five schools of justice in planning thought	21
Community-driven material recovery facility (CdMRF) for sustainable economic incentives of waste management: Evidence from Semarang City, Indonesia	21
The effect of regional integration on urban sprawl in urban agglomeration areas: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta, China	21
Evaluating trends, profits, and risks of global cities in recent urban expansion for advancing sustainable development	20
Measuring the associations between eye-level urban design quality and on-street crime density around New York subway entrances	20
Spatiotemporal characteristics and dynamic mechanism of rural settlements based on typical transects: A case study of Zhangjiakou City, China	20
Does labor mobility follow the inter-regional transfer of labor-intensive manufacturing? The spatial choices of China's migrant workers	19
Nature-based solutions for urban expansion: Integrating ecosystem services into the delineation of growth boundaries	19
The influence of Community Sports Parks on residents’ subjective well-being: A case study of Zhuhai City, China	19
Assessing the effects of the new-type urbanization policy on rural settlement evolution using a multi-agent model	19
The nexus between (re)production of space and economic resilience: An analysis of Chinese cities	18
Evaluation of urban planning implementation from spatial dimension: An analytical framework for Chinese cities and case study of Beijing	18
Factors affecting sustainability of smart city services in China: From the perspective of citizens’ sense of gain	18
Diverse contributions of multiple mediators to the impact of perceived neighborhood environment on the overall quality of life of community-dwelling seniors: A cross-sectional study in Nanjing, China	18
Spatial-temporal evolution and driving mechanism of rural production-living-ecological space in Pingtan islands, China	18
Spatial inequality of job accessibility in Shanghai: A geographical skills mismatch perspective	18
What constrains impoverished rural regions: A case study of Henan Province in central China	18
Informing or consulting? Exploring community participation within urban heritage management in China	18
Politics, policies and rural poverty alleviation outcomes: Evidence from Lankao County, China	17
The emergence of residential satisfaction studies in social research: A bibliometric analysis	17
Understanding the role of housing in rural migrants’ intention to settle in cities: Evidence from China	17
Will transferable development rights (TDR) increase regional economic imbalance? — A quota transaction case of cultivated land conversion and reclamation in Guangxi, China	17
Urban regeneration and emotional politics of place in Liede Village, Guangzhou, China	17
The spatial mobility of rural tourism workforce: A case study from the micro analytical perspective	17
To settle but not convert hukou among rural migrants in urban China: How does family-level eligibility for citizenship benefits matter?	16
Dynamic and drivers of spatial change in rapid urban renewal within Beijing inner city	16
An indigenous knowledge-based sustainable landscape for mountain villages: The Jiabang rice terraces of Guizhou, China	16
Intensive-use-oriented identification and optimization of industrial land readjustment during transformation and development: A case study of Huai'an, China	16
Land value creation and benefit distribution in the process of rural-urban land conversion: A case study in Wuhan City, China	15
Defining urban identity in a post-socialist turbulent context: The role of housing typologies and urban layers in Tirana	15
Measuring socio-economic disparities in green space availability in post-socialist cities	15
Trade-offs analysis of land use functions in a hilly-mountainous city of northwest Hubei Province: The interactive effects of urbanization and ecological construction	15
The effect of urban–rural construction land transition on ecosystem services: A theoretical framework and empirical evidence for China	15
Which came first, the gentrification or the Airbnb? Identifying spatial patterns of neighbourhood change using Airbnb data	15
The dawn of vulnerable groups: The inclusive reconstruction mode and strategies for urban villages in China	15
A capitals framework for rural areas: ‘Place-planning’ the global countryside	15
Urban agglomeration economies and their relationships to built environment and socio-demographic characteristics in Hong Kong	15
The impacts of capital deepening on urban housing prices: Empirical evidence from 285 prefecture-level or above cities in China	15
Ripple effect of the housing purchase restriction policy and the role of investors' attention	14
Where are the frontiers of sustainability research? An overview based on Web of Science Database in 2013–2019	14
Linking rural settlements optimization with village development stages: A life cycle perspective	14
Assembling Accra through new city imaginary: Land ownership, agency, and relational complexity	14
Imagine the Old Town of Lijiang: Contextualising community participation for urban heritage management in China	14
Creating a makerspace in a characteristic town: The case of Dream Town in Hangzhou	13
Developing a methodology for assessing livability potential: An evidence from a metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA) in Kolkata, India	13
Watershed carbon compensation based on land use change: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt	13
Identification and evolution of territorial space from the perspective of composite functions	13
Suburban identification based on multi-source data and landscape analysis of its construction land: A case study of Jiangsu Province, China	13
Micro-credit vs. Group savings – different pathways to promote affordable housing improvements in urban Bangladesh	13
Environmental adaptation of traditional Chinese settlement patterns and its landscape gene mapping	13
Same tune, different songs? Understanding public acceptance of mega construction projects: A comparative case study	13
Spatial Signatures - Understanding (urban) spaces through form and function	13
Spatiotemporal impacts of urban structure upon urban land-use efficiency: Evidence from 280 cities in China	12
Health service disparity, push-pull effect, and elderly migration in ageing China	12
A stage of cultivated land use towards sustainable intensification in China: Description and identification on anti-intensification	12
Community participation in the identification of neighbourhood sustainability indicators in Brazil	12
Reducing rural income inequality and its spatial convergence in China during the past two decades	12
Land policies for landslide risk reduction in Andean cities	12
Multi-scales urban-rural integrated development and land-use transition: The story of China	12
The institutional perspective on informal housing	12
Quantifying spatial disparities and influencing factors of home, work, and activity space separation in Beijing	12
Agglomeration spillover, accessibility by high-speed rail, and urban innovation in China: A focus on the electronic information industry	12
On innovation capitalization: Empirical evidence from Guangzhou, China	12
Informal laneway encroachment: Reassessing public/private interface transformation in urban villages	12
Impact of active “organic decentralization population” policy on future urban built-up areas: Beijing case study	12
Comparison of perceived sustainability among different neighbourhoods in transitional China: The case of Chengdu	12
A large-scale urban renewal project in a vicious cycle of commons and anticommons: The Fikirtepe case (Istanbul, Turkey)	12
Does informal homeownership reshape skilled migrants’ settlement intention? Evidence from Beijing and Shenzhen	12