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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

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
Can online shopping and remote work create an opportunity for local property tax reform? The case of Israel	15
Evaluating the ‘Dipiao’ policy from the perspectives of relocated peasants: an equitable and sustainable approach to urbanisation?	13
Superblocks between theory and practice: insights from an international e-Delphi process and urban living labs in Vienna and Berlin	13
Community self-governance in São Paulo’s informal settlements through the PAA framework	12
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
Cities Learning from a Pandemic. Towards Preparedness	9
Drivers and effects of public space reallocation projects	9
Response to Ryanne Flock’s review of Routledge Handbook of Street Culture published in Urban Research & Practice	9
Rhythmic processes of temporary use: understanding spatially detached stabilization through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	8
Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process	8
Transforming public housing in Australia: embracing sustainable refurbishment over demolition	8
Prefigurative urbanization: housing cooperatives, social movements, and the urban transformation question in Harare (Zimbabwe)	8
Understanding experimental governance of urban regeneration from the perspective of social learning – the case of Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen	8
Urban renewal policies in the Netherlands in an era of changing welfare regimes	8
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
Affordable housing alternatives in George Town World Heritage Site: what we have and what is possible	7
Public spaces in land use rating based on participatory mapping	6
Beyond the informal understanding Self-organized Kampungs in Indonesia	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	5
The effects of the local and regional conditions and inequalities on urban shrinkage: a multilevel analysis focusing on local population decline	5
Housing crisis in European cities: exploring the potential of social and collaborative housing for supporting newcomers	5
Housing allowance and the perverse theory of housing outcomes	5
We’re in this together: Capacities and relationships to enable community resilience	5
A modern guide to national urban policies in Europe	5
Putting inclusion into practice: how urban professionals give shape to participatory governance approaches in marginalized neighborhoods	5
Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City: Critique and Alternatives in the Urban Cultural Economy	5
Survival strategies in inner-city neighborhoods: the case of Colombian and Peruvian migrants in Brussels, Belgium	5
Behind the budget: analysing the factors driving sustainable urban development financing in Spain	5
Assessing urban forest governance through a capacity-based approach: insights from a case study in Milan, Italy	4
Climate Change and Urban Environment Sustainability	4
National policymaker perspectives on the implementation of biophilic urbanism in Chile: a pairwise comparison ranking perspective	4
Industrial lands, equity, and economic diversity: a comparative study of planned employment areas in Melbourne, Australia	4
The production of Asian public space: the role of the transnational developer	4
The routledge handbook of urban design research methods	4
Patchy neighbourhood changes from street micro level: an insight from residents and businesses	3
The role of municipalities in promoting housing affordability: an analysis of three Finnish cities	3
Power relations and local agency: a comparative study of European mining towns	3
Being Interdisciplinary. Adventures in urban science and beyond	3
Johannesburg’s transit revolution: a critical report on transit-oriented development strategy	3
Towards new geographies of cohesion in a context of growing inequalities: insights from two social innovation projects in Milan metropolitan area	3
‘Smart’ in another way: the potential of the Fab City approach to reconfigure urban dynamics	3
Integrating knowledge forms in public transport planning and policies: the case of the Lisbon metropolitan area	3