OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Landscape and Urban Planning is 55. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Street view imagery in urban analytics and GIS: A review	298
Analyzing the effects of Green View Index of neighborhood streets on walking time using Google Street View and deep learning	185
Back to nature: Norwegians sustain increased recreational use of urban green space months after the COVID-19 outbreak	178
Which communities have better accessibility to green space? An investigation into environmental inequality using big data	175
Green Apartheid: Urban green infrastructure remains unequally distributed across income and race geographies in South Africa	169
Urban agriculture — A necessary pathway towards urban resilience and global sustainability?	169
The role of perceived public and private green space in subjective health and wellbeing during and after the first peak of the COVID-19 outbreak	160
Built environment, urban vitality and social cohesion: Do vibrant neighborhoods foster strong communities?	152
Remote sensing in urban planning: Contributions towards ecologically sound policies?	139
Spatial correlation between the changes of ecosystem service supply and demand: An ecological zoning approach	116
Effects of urban parks on residents’ expressed happiness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	113
A ‘green’ chameleon: Exploring the many disciplinary definitions, goals, and forms of “green infrastructure”	109
Where greenspace matters most: A systematic review of urbanicity, greenspace, and physical health	105
Heatwave-induced human health risk assessment in megacities based on heat stress-social vulnerability-human exposure framework	105
Evidence of urban heat island impacts on the vegetation growing season length in a tropical city	98
The role of ‘nativeness’ in urban greening to support animal biodiversity	95
Evaluation of the policy-driven ecological network in the Three-North Shelterbelt region of China	88
Objective and perceived built environment, sense of community, and mental wellbeing in older adults in Hong Kong: A multilevel structural equation study	86
How do different types and landscape attributes of urban parks affect visitors' positive emotions?	84
Mixed-cell cellular automata: A new approach for simulating the spatio-temporal dynamics of mixed land use structures	83
The image of the City on social media: A comparative study using “Big Data” and “Small Data” methods in the Tri-City Region in Poland	81
How is urbanization shaping agricultural land-use? Unraveling the nexus between farmland abandonment and urbanization in China	80
Inequalities of urban green space area and ecosystem services along urban center-edge gradients	79
Within-city spatial and temporal heterogeneity of air temperature and its relationship with land surface temperature	78
“Perception bias”: Deciphering a mismatch between urban crime and perception of safety	77

Relative importance of quantitative and qualitative aspects of urban green spaces in promoting health	74
Physiological and psychological effects of visits to different urban green and street environments in older people: A field experiment in a dense inner-city area	73
Urban green space alone is not enough: A landscape analysis linking the spatial distribution of urban green space to mental health in the city of Chicago	73
Subjective or objective measures of street environment, which are more effective in explaining housing prices?	73
The global homogenization of urban form. An assessment of 194 cities across time	72
Eco-gentrification and who benefits from urban green amenities: NYC’s high Line	71
Compact development and adherence to stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal investigation in the United States	70
Supply and demand assessment of urban recreation service and its implication for greenspace planning-A case study on Guangzhou	70
Tracing and building up environmental justice considerations in the urban ecosystem service literature: A systematic review	69
Species richness is positively related to mental health – A study for Germany	69
As the city grows, what do farmers do? A systematic review of urban and peri-urban agriculture under rapid urban growth across the Global South	68
“It made me feel brighter in myself”- The health and well-being impacts of a residential front garden horticultural intervention	67
Which environmental features contribute to positive and negative perceptions of urban parks? A cross-cultural comparison using online reviews and Natural Language Processing methods	67
Quantifying the local cooling effects of urban green spaces: Evidence from Bengaluru, India	67
Assessing the thermal contributions of urban land cover types	65
Urban greenness, mixed land-use, and life satisfaction: Evidence from residential locations and workplace settings in Beijing	65
Dynamic greenspace exposure and residents’ mental health in Guangzhou, China: From over-head to eye-level perspective, from quantity to quality	65
Integrating ecological networks modelling in a participatory approach for assessing impacts of planning scenarios on landscape connectivity	63
Urban flood risk and green infrastructure: Who is exposed to risk and who benefits from investment? A case study of three U.S. Cities	62
Self-reported well-being and the importance of green spaces – A comparison of garden owners and non-garden owners in times of COVID-19	62
Quantifying the influence of 2D and 3D urban morphology on the thermal environment across climatic zones	61
Green and blue settings as providers of mental health ecosystem services: Comparing urban beaches and parks and building a predictive model of psychological restoration	59
Does geo-located social media reflect the visit frequency of urban parks? A city-wide analysis using the count and content of photographs	59
Assessing deeper levels of participation in nature-based solutions in urban landscapes – A literature review of real-world cases	58
What entices older adults to parks? Identification of park features that encourage park visitation, physical activity, and social interaction	57
Building safer public spaces: Exploring gender difference in the perception of safety in public space through urban design interventions	57
Adaptation planning in large cities is unlikely to be effective	56
The influence of human behavioral characteristics on soundscape perception in urban parks: Subjective and observational approaches	56
What’s behind the barriers? Uncovering structural conditions working against urban nature-based solutions	56
Transforming US urban green infrastructure planning to address equity	56
Small vegetated patches greatly reduce urban surface temperature during a summer heatwave in Adelaide, Australia	55