OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Housing and the Built Environment is 7. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Scalable multimodal assessment of the micro-neighborhood using orthogonal visual inputs	29
Responses of home sellers and buyers to the setting-up of a public school of uncertain quality	26
Management and maintenance of multi-family buildings in Croatia: perspective of co-owners’ representatives	26
Optimization of glazed balconies to enhance energy performance and thermal comfort for college dormitories in cold region of China	25
Revitalizing urban landscapes: the economic impacts of building rehabilitation on property values in Hong Kong	24
Examination of the impacts of hospital accessibility on housing prices: heterogeneity across attributes, space and price quantiles	23
Understanding the relationship between residential environment, social exclusion, and life satisfaction of private renters in Shenzhen	22
How socio-spatial aspects of urban space influence social sustainability: a case study	22
The nonlinear relationship between housing prices and income inequality	20
Security or tranquillity? what people value in residential compounds	20
Housing adaptation policy for older adults: the role of real estate and municipal actors in Sweden	19
Informal settlement upgrading—lessons learned, case study of Namuwongo, Kampala (Uganda) and Heliópolis, São Paulo (Brazil)	19
Evaluating universal design of built environments: an empirical study of stakeholder practice and perceptions	19
Brand variety, access to convenience and housing prices – empirical evidence of convenience stores from Taiwan	19
The contextual parameters influence on the eco-block building purchase decision in Mauritius	18
A physical environment rating scale to evaluate neighborhood suitability for children’s folk games in China	18
The effect of urban green space on housing prices: investigating the role of public concern	18
Evaluating the elderly satisfaction in medical recuperation building in the cold regions of China	16
Residential land supply for affordable housing in Ethiopia: the political-economic challenges—evidence from three cities in Tigray province	16
The COVID-19 pandemic and house price convergence in Poland	15
Relationship between the perceived characteristics of the built environment and social sustainability: Sana'a City, Yemen use case..	15
Does future community initiative improve residents’ satisfaction with their living environment? Empirical evidence from Zhejiang, China	15
From crowded to oversized: the nonlinear relationship between per capita floor area and older adults’ health in China	14
Digital and sustainable micro-housing for urban youth: developing a user-centered structural model of social, spatial, and technological preferences in Istanbul	14
Exploring the effects of cultural districts on mental health: the mediating role of social cohesion	14

Landlordism, social relations and built-form in informal private rental housing markets in India	13
Dwelling by appropriation: identity and attachment in low-income housing in Monterrey, Mexico	13
Redefining solutions for affordable urban housing: an institutional perspective	13
Patterns in the spatial configuration of historic houses in the village of Abyaneh: a comparative study using space syntax	13
Data-driven residential building stock demand forecasting: the first step in digital construction strategy-informed urban planning	13
Causes, consequences and health impacts of gentrification in the Global North: a conceptual framework	12
Participatory social housing retrofit: a semi-systematic review	12
Alison Sant, From the Ground Up: local efforts to create resilient cities	12
A historical and econometric investigation of housing bubbles in OECD countries: insights from the GSADF test and machine learning	12
Physical health conditions in purpose built on-campus student housing: coping strategies of students living with disability in Ghana	12
Heterogeneous expectations in the housing market: a sugarscape agent-based model	12
Building person-centred homes: a case study of a cluster-designed home for adults with intellectual disability in Australia	12
Magnitude and variation of maintenance expenditures in rental properties in the United States	12
Paolo Boccagni: Handbook on Home and Migration	12
The mediating role of sense of place in relationship between localized social ties and residential satisfaction	11
Jeroen van Schaick, Francisco Colombo, Peter Witsen, Shaping Holland—Regional Design and Planning in the Southern Randstad	11
COVID-19 and housing: an introduction	11
Adequate housing and student achievement: a case of Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Housing the poor? Accessibility and exclusion in the local housing systems of Vienna and Milan	11
Managing the threat of decoupling in the U.S. affordable housing industry	11
Urban regeneration in response to natural disasters: Insights from the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes	11
Architecture and ageing: lessons learned from a cohousing project	11
Correlates of dormitory satisfaction and differences involving social density and room locations	11
Heterogeneous spillover effects of shantytown redevelopment on neighborhood housing prices: evidence from Beijing	11
Evaluating flexibility and sustainability in affordable vernacular housing of Northern Iran using a multi-criteria decision framework	11
Unequal exposure: community climate change vulnerabilities of new homebuyers in the United States	10
Low-income housing stigma, results and outcomes: a systematic review	10
Evaluation of the regeneration efficiency of old residential neighborhoods from the perspective of residents' satisfaction based on the superefficient BCC-DEA model	10
COVID-19 policy response and housing tenure transition	9
Web of attributes: analysing residents’ appreciation of a Dutch neighbourhood from a new heritage perspective	9
Homeowners’ barriers and motivations in decisions to adopt government-led energy efficiency renovation in China’s Northern Heating Region	9
Wei Zhao: Home beyond the house: transformation of life, place, and tradition in rural China	9
Concentration or decentralization? Evidence from the density functions of urban economic activities	9
Ripple effect and predictive power of housing market returns: evidence from the Gangnam area	9
William Solecki and Cynthia Rosenzweig (eds.): climate change and U.S. cities—urban systems, sectors, and prospects for action	9
Regulating underoccupancy: local policy barriers to the sufficient use of oversized housing in Flanders	9
U-develop: people, public and private partnerships for community empowerment in Cibangkong, Indonesia low-income housing rejuvenation	9
Examining the potential of Katchi Abadis to resolve housing issues in Lahore	9
Access to housing in Spain: main barriers	9
Do residential reconversions affect residential property values? An investigation based on Québec city (Canada)	9
Exploring housing quality perception and attitude groups through annoyance on vertical public-housing: online user review: case study—apartment in Bandung City, Indonesia	9
Analyzing the relationship between place attachment and residential satisfaction through the mediation of social capital- the case of affordable housing	8
Neo-liberalized Housing Policy and Urban Accessibility: the relevance of perception in intermediate cities. The case of Temuco, Chile	8
Does a household’s income affect its carbon emissions? Results for single-family homes in Poland	8
Healthy, family-friendly apartment kitchen design: a study of practice in Melbourne, Australia	8
Rules of organized chaos: patterns in self-help incremental housing in Kampung Cikini, Jakarta	8
Can what we see explain what we pay? Mapping the perceptual economy of housing through machine learning	8
Entryways to homeownership: family strategies and intergenerational transfers in Malta’s housing system under financialisation	8
Modelling and predicting house price indices in Canada via a hybridisation of machine learning methods	8
Urban versus rural disparities in amenity proximity and housing price: the case of integrated urban–rural city, Sejong, South Korea	8

Correction to: Challenges of participatory design in apartment buildings’ renovation projects in Finland	8
How does the redevelopment announcement of the industrial heritage affect property prices? A case study of Hangzhou iron and steel industrial heritage	8
Multi-criteria sustainability risk management for post-war residential re-construction: the case of Damascus	8
Investigating the determinants of Chinese residents’ intention to purchase green housing: a dual-stage structural equation modeling-artificial neural network approach	7
Membership concerns of homeowners associations (HOAs)	7
Ventilation system performance and its influence on indoor bioaerosols and thermal comfort in a COVID-19-designated hospital, Tehran	7
An adaptive-neuro-fuzzy-inference-system based grading model to estimate the value of the residential real estate considering the quality of property location within the neighborhood	7
There’s no place like real estate: the “Self-gentrification” of homeowners in disadvantaged neighborhoods facing urban regeneration	7
Disaster adaptive housing upgrading: insights from informal settlements in Bangladesh and Nepal	7
The digital boost: how digital payments shape home-buying sentiments in India	7
Clark A.V. William, advanced introduction to housing studies	7
Market-driven urban regeneration and affordable housing: unpacking institutional barriers in Shenzhen	7
Will neighbourhood liveability be promoted by new housing related planning policy in Adelaide, South Australia?	7
An overview of peer-to-peer accommodation operation during the COVID-19 pandemic: responses, strategies and opportunities	7
The (co-)production of arrival neighbourhoods. Processes governing housing markets in three german cities	7
Assessing the impact of maintenance condition on multifamily rents: an integrated approach of machine learning and hedonic modelling	7
A comparison of banks and real estate intermediaries as house sellers	7
Beyond exit, voice, and loyalty: the role of urban resistance in a deprived neighborhood of Madrid	7