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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction	21
Activating building land as joint task in the Stuttgart region action programmes for residential and commercial land as elements of sustainable regional development	21
From climate policy pioneers to climate policy leaders? The examples of the eastern German cities of Potsdam and Rostock	18
Superblocks between theory and practice: insights from an international e-Delphi process and urban living labs in Vienna and Berlin	16
Identifying and exploring ‘agency features’ in decision-making processes aimed at urban sustainability transformation	15
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
Community self-governance in São Paulo’s informal settlements through the PAA framework	12
The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023	10
Introduction to the special issue	10
From the representative to the radical: how novel forms of participation can reform democracy and reduce existential risk	9
Cities Learning from a Pandemic. Towards Preparedness	9
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)	8
Drivers and effects of public space reallocation projects	8
Rhythmic processes of temporary use: understanding spatially detached stabilization through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	8
Response to Ryanne Flock’s review of Routledge Handbook of Street Culture published in Urban Research & Practice	8
Transforming public housing in Australia: embracing sustainable refurbishment over demolition	7
Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process	7
Putting inclusion into practice: how urban professionals give shape to participatory governance approaches in marginalized neighborhoods	6
Affordable housing alternatives in George Town World Heritage Site: what we have and what is possible	6
Urban renewal policies in the Netherlands in an era of changing welfare regimes	6
Walking as an evocative experience: a conceptual model of a preferred walkable area	6
Lessons from U.S. rust belt cities for equitable low-growth futures	5
School and neighborhood selection as mechanism of socio-urban exclusion in Santiago of Chile: an action approach	5

Public spaces in land use rating based on participatory mapping	5
We’re in this together: Capacities and relationships to enable community resilience	5
Survival strategies in inner-city neighborhoods: the case of Colombian and Peruvian migrants in Brussels, Belgium	5
Beyond the informal understanding Self-organized Kampungs in Indonesia	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	5
How divided government challenges strong mayors: the case of Poland	5
Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City: Critique and Alternatives in the Urban Cultural Economy	4
Housing crisis in European cities: exploring the potential of social and collaborative housing for supporting newcomers	4
The effects of the local and regional conditions and inequalities on urban shrinkage: a multilevel analysis focusing on local population decline	4
Behind the budget: analysing the factors driving sustainable urban development financing in Spain	4
Housing allowance and the perverse theory of housing outcomes	4
A modern guide to national urban policies in Europe	4
The production of Asian public space: the role of the transnational developer	3
Towards new geographies of cohesion in a context of growing inequalities: insights from two social innovation projects in Milan metropolitan area	3
Industrial lands, equity, and economic diversity: a comparative study of planned employment areas in Melbourne, Australia	3
Johannesburg’s transit revolution: a critical report on transit-oriented development strategy	3
Integrating knowledge forms in public transport planning and policies: the case of the Lisbon metropolitan area	3
Climate Change and Urban Environment Sustainability	3
National policymaker perspectives on the implementation of biophilic urbanism in Chile: a pairwise comparison ranking perspective	3
‘Smart’ in another way: the potential of the Fab City approach to reconfigure urban dynamics	3
Power relations and local agency: a comparative study of European mining towns	3
Being Interdisciplinary. Adventures in urban science and beyond	3
The influence of EU policy on local policy-making, governance and urban change. Evidence from Porto, Portugal	3
The routledge handbook of urban design research methods	3
Assessing urban forest governance through a capacity-based approach: insights from a case study in Milan, Italy	3
The role of municipalities in promoting housing affordability: an analysis of three Finnish cities	3
Housing and urbanization policies of Istanbul, Turkey from central to the local	3
School segregation, residential patterns, and the role of school choice in an egalitarian system. The case of Oslo, Norway	2
From the Garden City of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises	2
An analysis of urban policies and strategies on health and nutrition in Nigeria	2
Leadership, urban structure and place: evidence from Bristol and Dorset	2
Mashhad urban management practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study to identify challenges, current and future measures	2
Beyond Desakota: the urbanization process and spatial restructuring in contemporary Vietnam	2
Authenticity and integrity as qualifiers in managing living historic cities	2
The impacts of neighbourhood governance on residents’ sense of community: a case study of Wuhan, China	2
Tourism in common: policy flows and participatory management in the Tourism Council of Barcelona	2
Changing use of public spaces in Cairo during COVID-19	2
Patchy neighbourhood changes from street micro level: an insight from residents and businesses	2
Cities in the Anthropocene. New Ecology and Urban Politics	1
How do urban policies shape atmosphere? A multimethod inquiry of the sonic environment	1
How can green events accelerate urban sustainability transitions? Insights from eight German regional garden shows	1
Urban impacts of Spain 1982 and Italy 1990 FIFA World Cup: a comparative analysis with more recent sports mega-events	1
Urban planning and policy in Portugal: an overview on the role of EU funds and guidelines	1
Gatekeepers of local environmental progress? Self-referencing practices of urban bureaucracy	1
Implementing a circular economy in regional Australia: who bears the economic costs in construction projects?	1
Geographic information systems in urban planning and management	1
Urban regeneration in Europe	1
The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions	1
Developer-driven co-housing in Denmark: strengths and weaknesses compared to resident-driven co-housing	1
Noise regulations and practices: a survey of Quebec municipalities	1

Acceptance of users and non-users of an autonomous shuttle service	1
Reflecting on the practice of citizen science projects for cities – the case of ‘Colouring Dresden’ in Germany	1
Recognizing, supporting and embracing the urban informal economy in Ghana: A local economic development perspective	1
Size matters: action space for sustainability transition among planners in Swedish municipalities	1
Associations between sense of place and the geometric shape complexity of corresponding self-reported spatial footprints from Lisbon, Portugal	1
Pre-conditions and barriers for territorial innovation through smart specialization strategies: the case of the lagging Centro region of Portugal	1
Smart adaptation to urban shrinkage in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea: opportunities and obstacles for implementation	1
European urban networks as aspirational horizon of Europeanization in the Balkans	1
EU awareness: unlocking the European potential of cities and regions	1
Social value and the disposal of public land for community-led housing: applying a multi-level perspective to the case of Bristol	1
Heat waves and urban vulnerability: climate shelters, public services and innovative solutions. Lessons from Barcelona	1
Institutionalising smart city research and innovation: from fuzzy definitions to real-life experiments	1
On place, privacy, and ethics	1
Urban policy in the framework of the 2030 agenda: balance and perspectives from Latin America and Europe	1
Infrastructuring urban futures: the politics of remaking cities	1
Exploring the agency of policy through ecological urbanism for climate action: water and sanitation systems of Bengaluru	1
The motivations and practices of commercial short-term rental operators in the short-term/long-term “regulatory gap”	1