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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Activating building land as joint task in the Stuttgart region action programmes for residential and commercial land as elements of sustainable regional development	27
Correction	23
From climate policy pioneers to climate policy leaders? The examples of the eastern German cities of Potsdam and Rostock	21
Identifying and exploring ‘agency features’ in decision-making processes aimed at urban sustainability transformation	18
Evaluating the ‘Dipiao’ policy from the perspectives of relocated peasants: an equitable and sustainable approach to urbanisation?	13
Community self-governance in São Paulo’s informal settlements through the PAA framework	13
Can online shopping and remote work create an opportunity for local property tax reform? The case of Israel	13
From the representative to the radical: how novel forms of participation can reform democracy and reduce existential risk	10
The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023	10
Superblocks between theory and practice: insights from an international e-Delphi process and urban living labs in Vienna and Berlin	10
Cities Learning from a Pandemic. Towards Preparedness	10
Drivers and effects of public space reallocation projects	9
Understanding experimental governance of urban regeneration from the perspective of social learning – the case of Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen	9
Transforming public housing in Australia: embracing sustainable refurbishment over demolition	9
Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process	8
Affordable housing alternatives in George Town World Heritage Site: what we have and what is possible	8
Prefigurative urbanization: housing cooperatives, social movements, and the urban transformation question in Harare (Zimbabwe)	7
Rhythmic processes of temporary use: understanding spatially detached stabilization through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	7
School and neighborhood selection as mechanism of socio-urban exclusion in Santiago of Chile: an action approach	7
Walking as an evocative experience: a conceptual model of a preferred walkable area	7
Putting inclusion into practice: how urban professionals give shape to participatory governance approaches in marginalized neighborhoods	6
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	6
How divided government challenges strong mayors: the case of Poland	6
Public spaces in land use rating based on participatory mapping	6
We’re in this together: Capacities and relationships to enable community resilience	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
A modern guide to national urban policies in Europe	5
Survival strategies in inner-city neighborhoods: the case of Colombian and Peruvian migrants in Brussels, Belgium	5
National policymaker perspectives on the implementation of biophilic urbanism in Chile: a pairwise comparison ranking perspective	5
Housing allowance and the perverse theory of housing outcomes	5
The production of Asian public space: the role of the transnational developer	5
Behind the budget: analysing the factors driving sustainable urban development financing in Spain	5
Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City: Critique and Alternatives in the Urban Cultural Economy	5
Housing crisis in European cities: exploring the potential of social and collaborative housing for supporting newcomers	5
Towards new geographies of cohesion in a context of growing inequalities: insights from two social innovation projects in Milan metropolitan area	4
Power relations and local agency: a comparative study of European mining towns	4
Climate Change and Urban Environment Sustainability	4
Assessing urban forest governance through a capacity-based approach: insights from a case study in Milan, Italy	4
The routledge handbook of urban design research methods	4
The role of municipalities in promoting housing affordability: an analysis of three Finnish cities	4
Housing and urbanization policies of Istanbul, Turkey from central to the local	3
Integrating knowledge forms in public transport planning and policies: the case of the Lisbon metropolitan area	3
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
Patchy neighbourhood changes from street micro level: an insight from residents and businesses	3
Johannesburg’s transit revolution: a critical report on transit-oriented development strategy	3
‘Smart’ in another way: the potential of the Fab City approach to reconfigure urban dynamics	3
The impacts of neighbourhood governance on residents’ sense of community: a case study of Wuhan, China	2
Leadership, urban structure and place: evidence from Bristol and Dorset	2
Tourism in common: policy flows and participatory management in the Tourism Council of Barcelona	2
Reflecting on the practice of citizen science projects for cities – the case of ‘Colouring Dresden’ in Germany	2
Urban biodiversity and green space maintenance: limitations and chances in German cities	2
Mashhad urban management practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study to identify challenges, current and future measures	2
From the Garden City of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises	2
Authenticity and integrity as qualifiers in managing living historic cities	2
Wartime circularity: adapting buildings, salvaging materials, and designing supply chains for Ukraine	2
School segregation, residential patterns, and the role of school choice in an egalitarian system. The case of Oslo, Norway	2
Beyond Desakota: the urbanization process and spatial restructuring in contemporary Vietnam	2
Contemporary co-housing in Europe: towards sustainable cities?	1
Implementing a circular economy in regional Australia: who bears the economic costs in construction projects?	1
The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions	1
Associations between sense of place and the geometric shape complexity of corresponding self-reported spatial footprints from Lisbon, Portugal	1
European urban networks as aspirational horizon of Europeanization in the Balkans	1
Institutionalising smart city research and innovation: from fuzzy definitions to real-life experiments	1
Acceptance of users and non-users of an autonomous shuttle service	1
Heat waves and urban vulnerability: climate shelters, public services and innovative solutions. Lessons from Barcelona	1
Exploring the agency of policy through ecological urbanism for climate action: water and sanitation systems of Bengaluru	1
Noise regulations and practices: a survey of Quebec municipalities	1
Infrastructuring urban futures: the politics of remaking cities	1
‘Let’s do it together’: fostering social innovation through a university-community collaboration. The ‘Grandangolo’ project in the Aurora neighbourhood in Turin	1
Smart adaptation to urban shrinkage in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea: opportunities and obstacles for implementation	1
Gatekeepers of local environmental progress? Self-referencing practices of urban bureaucracy	1
On place, privacy, and ethics	1
Developer-driven co-housing in Denmark: strengths and weaknesses compared to resident-driven co-housing	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
How can green events accelerate urban sustainability transitions? Insights from eight German regional garden shows	1
The motivations and practices of commercial short-term rental operators in the short-term/long-term “regulatory gap”	1
Beyond houses: architectural thinking and practice for climate, disaster and forced displacement crises	1
Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: between plans and reality in public-private partnerships	1
Pre-conditions and barriers for territorial innovation through smart specialization strategies: the case of the lagging Centro region of Portugal	1
Urban regeneration in Europe	1
Size matters: action space for sustainability transition among planners in Swedish municipalities	1
Cities in the Anthropocene. New Ecology and Urban Politics	1
How do urban policies shape atmosphere? A multimethod inquiry of the sonic environment	1
Social value and the disposal of public land for community-led housing: applying a multi-level perspective to the case of Bristol	1
Geographic information systems in urban planning and management	1
Urban policy in the framework of the 2030 agenda: balance and perspectives from Latin America and Europe	1