OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Urban Research & Practice is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction	29
From climate policy pioneers to climate policy leaders? The examples of the eastern German cities of Potsdam and Rostock	28
The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023	16
Superblocks between theory and practice: insights from an international e-Delphi process and urban living labs in Vienna and Berlin	15
Building reuse in solidarity networks: the case of the Italian voluntary association Recupero Solidale (Re.So)	14
Can online shopping and remote work create an opportunity for local property tax reform? The case of Israel	14
Identifying and exploring ‘agency features’ in decision-making processes aimed at urban sustainability transformation	13
Evaluating the ‘Dipiao’ policy from the perspectives of relocated peasants: an equitable and sustainable approach to urbanisation?	12
Cities Learning from a Pandemic. Towards Preparedness	11
From the representative to the radical: how novel forms of participation can reform democracy and reduce existential risk	10
Drivers and effects of public space reallocation projects	10
Affordable housing alternatives in George Town World Heritage Site: what we have and what is possible	10
Transforming public housing in Australia: embracing sustainable refurbishment over demolition	9
Walking as an evocative experience: a conceptual model of a preferred walkable area	9
Beyond the garden: sustainable and inclusive green urban spaces	8
Alone against the market: building by building transformation of a middle-class neighbourhood in Istanbul	8
Building cross-border cooperation through rural heritage: lessons from the Umgebinde House Route	8
Understanding experimental governance of urban regeneration from the perspective of social learning – the case of Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen	8
Prefigurative urbanization: housing cooperatives, social movements, and the urban transformation question in Harare (Zimbabwe)	7
Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process	7
Identifying models of National Urban Agendas. a view to the global transition Identifying models of National Urban Agendas. a view to the global transition , edited by F	7
Behind the budget: analysing the factors driving sustainable urban development financing in Spain	6
Putting inclusion into practice: how urban professionals give shape to participatory governance approaches in marginalized neighborhoods	6
Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City: Critique and Alternatives in the Urban Cultural Economy	6
Public spaces in land use rating based on participatory mapping	6

School and neighborhood selection as mechanism of socio-urban exclusion in Santiago of Chile: an action approach	6
How divided government challenges strong mayors: the case of Poland	6
Beyond the informal understanding Self-organized Kampungs in Indonesia	6
The effects of the local and regional conditions and inequalities on urban shrinkage: a multilevel analysis focusing on local population decline	5
The production of Asian public space: the role of the transnational developer	5
Local governments and sustainable flood risk governance in Ghana: organizational learning theory perspective	5
Studying recentralisation in countries experiencing an illiberal turn – from a new framework to comparative lessons drawing	5
Social inclusion vs social peace. Institutional logics in local policies concerning vulnerable intra-EU migrants	5
Housing allowance and the perverse theory of housing outcomes	5
Housing crisis in European cities: exploring the potential of social and collaborative housing for supporting newcomers	5
Assessing urban forest governance through a capacity-based approach: insights from a case study in Milan, Italy	4
National policymaker perspectives on the implementation of biophilic urbanism in Chile: a pairwise comparison ranking perspective	4
The routledge handbook of urban design research methods	4
Climate Change and Urban Environment Sustainability	4
Between cultural ideals and entrepreneurial realities: Shanghai’s state-led waterfront regeneration practices	4
Rethinking spatial inequality	4
Being Interdisciplinary. Adventures in urban science and beyond	3
Industrial lands, equity, and economic diversity: a comparative study of planned employment areas in Melbourne, Australia	3
Towards new geographies of cohesion in a context of growing inequalities: insights from two social innovation projects in Milan metropolitan area	3
Johannesburg’s transit revolution: a critical report on transit-oriented development strategy	3
Urban biodiversity and green space maintenance: limitations and chances in German cities	3
The role of municipalities in promoting housing affordability: an analysis of three Finnish cities	3
Integrating knowledge forms in public transport planning and policies: the case of the Lisbon metropolitan area	3
Housing and urbanization policies of Istanbul, Turkey from central to the local	2
Leadership, urban structure and place: evidence from Bristol and Dorset	2
From the Garden City of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises	2
Measuring the impact of tourism: the development of a tourist congestion risk Indicator	2
Patchy neighbourhood changes from street micro level: an insight from residents and businesses	2
The impacts of neighbourhood governance on residents’ sense of community: a case study of Wuhan, China	2
Heat waves and urban vulnerability: climate shelters, public services and innovative solutions. Lessons from Barcelona	2
Reflecting on the practice of citizen science projects for cities – the case of ‘Colouring Dresden’ in Germany	2
Wartime circularity: adapting buildings, salvaging materials, and designing supply chains for Ukraine	2
Authenticity and integrity as qualifiers in managing living historic cities	2
School segregation, residential patterns, and the role of school choice in an egalitarian system. The case of Oslo, Norway	2
Acceptance of users and non-users of an autonomous shuttle service	2
Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: between plans and reality in public-private partnerships	1
Planning for housing: urban plans and housing supply goals in large European metropolises	1
Exploring the agency of policy through ecological urbanism for climate action: water and sanitation systems of Bengaluru	1
Infrastructuring urban futures: the politics of remaking cities	1
Cities in the Anthropocene. New Ecology and Urban Politics	1
Noise regulations and practices: a survey of Quebec municipalities	1
On place, privacy, and ethics	1
European urban networks as aspirational horizon of Europeanization in the Balkans	1
The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions	1
Women Leadership at the Apex. The Distinctiveness of Urban Women Mayors in Europe	1
Lost in translation: urbanity as a floating signifier in the planning of Kalasatama Centre, Helsinki	1
Smart adaptation to urban shrinkage in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea: opportunities and obstacles for implementation	1
Urban policy in the framework of the 2030 agenda: balance and perspectives from Latin America and Europe	1
Implementing a circular economy in regional Australia: who bears the economic costs in construction projects?	1
Gatekeepers of local environmental progress? Self-referencing practices of urban bureaucracy	1

Social value and the disposal of public land for community-led housing: applying a multi-level perspective to the case of Bristol	1
Associations between sense of place and the geometric shape complexity of corresponding self-reported spatial footprints from Lisbon, Portugal	1
EU awareness: unlocking the European potential of cities and regions	1
Data debates in urban development: the data politics of facts and counter-facts	1
The motivations and practices of commercial short-term rental operators in the short-term/long-term “regulatory gap”	1
The AI City	1
Some ideas for a post-war recovery of Ukrainian cities	1
From champion of decentralization to illiberal recentralization in Hungarian local government	1
Contemporary co-housing in Europe: towards sustainable cities?	1
Size matters: action space for sustainability transition among planners in Swedish municipalities	1
Urban circularity in practice: knowledge, relationships, and governance of building material reuse	1
Geographic information systems in urban planning and management	1
Developer-driven co-housing in Denmark: strengths and weaknesses compared to resident-driven co-housing	1
Urban regeneration in Europe	1
How do urban policies shape atmosphere? A multimethod inquiry of the sonic environment	1
The Routledge Handbook of degrowth,	1
Pre-conditions and barriers for territorial innovation through smart specialization strategies: the case of the lagging Centro region of Portugal	1
Towards more sustainable residential areas. Indicators of neighbourhood and block sustainability	1
Beyond houses: architectural thinking and practice for climate, disaster and forced displacement crises	1
‘Let’s do it together’: fostering social innovation through a university-community collaboration. The ‘Grandangolo’ project in the Aurora neighbourhood in Turin	1