OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Urban Research & Practice is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

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	18
Superblocks between theory and practice: insights from an international e-Delphi process and urban living labs in Vienna and Berlin	15
The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023	15
From climate policy pioneers to climate policy leaders? The examples of the eastern German cities of Potsdam and Rostock	15
Correction	15
Community self-governance in São Paulo’s informal settlements through the PAA framework	14
Can online shopping and remote work create an opportunity for local property tax reform? The case of Israel	12
Identifying and exploring ‘agency features’ in decision-making processes aimed at urban sustainability transformation	12
Evaluating the ‘Dipiao’ policy from the perspectives of relocated peasants: an equitable and sustainable approach to urbanisation?	10
Introduction to the special issue	9
Cities Learning from a Pandemic. Towards Preparedness	8
From the representative to the radical: how novel forms of participation can reform democracy and reduce existential risk	8
Drivers and effects of public space reallocation projects	7
Transnational architecture and urbanism: rethinking how cities plan, transform, and learn	7
Response to Ryanne Flock’s review of Routledge Handbook of Street Culture published in Urban Research & Practice	7
Transforming public housing in Australia: embracing sustainable refurbishment over demolition	6
Understanding experimental governance of urban regeneration from the perspective of social learning – the case of Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen	6
Rhythmic processes of temporary use: understanding spatially detached stabilization through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	6
Affordable housing alternatives in George Town World Heritage Site: what we have and what is possible	6
Prefigurative urbanization: housing cooperatives, social movements, and the urban transformation question in Harare (Zimbabwe)	6
Putting inclusion into practice: how urban professionals give shape to participatory governance approaches in marginalized neighborhoods	5
Urban renewal policies in the Netherlands in an era of changing welfare regimes	5
Public spaces in land use rating based on participatory mapping	5
School and neighborhood selection as mechanism of socio-urban exclusion in Santiago of Chile: an action approach	5
Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process	5

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	4
Behind the budget: analysing the factors driving sustainable urban development financing in Spain	4
Beyond the informal understanding Self-organized Kampungs in Indonesia	4
We’re in this together: Capacities and relationships to enable community resilience	4
Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City: Critique and Alternatives in the Urban Cultural Economy	4
Lessons from U.S. rust belt cities for equitable low-growth futures	4
Post-suburban arrival spaces and the frame of ‘welfare offloading’: notes from an Italian suburban neighborhood	4
How divided government challenges strong mayors: the case of Poland	3
Routledge handbook of street culture	3
Survival strategies in inner-city neighborhoods: the case of Colombian and Peruvian migrants in Brussels, Belgium	3
Integrating knowledge forms in public transport planning and policies: the case of the Lisbon metropolitan area	3
Assessing urban forest governance through a capacity-based approach: insights from a case study in Milan, Italy	3
Housing allowance and the perverse theory of housing outcomes	3
A modern guide to national urban policies in Europe	3
The production of Asian public space: the role of the transnational developer	3
Climate Change and Urban Environment Sustainability	3
The influence of EU policy on local policy-making, governance and urban change. Evidence from Porto, Portugal	3
The effects of the local and regional conditions and inequalities on urban shrinkage: a multilevel analysis focusing on local population decline	3
The routledge handbook of urban design research methods	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