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Local Governance and Planning

Local Governance and Planning is a research topic within Geography, Planning and Development. Science Explorer counts 6.3k research works in it since 1964. 12.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the spatial planning and public administration in Poland, covering topics such as local governance, urban development, community participation, sustainable infrastructure, land use, decentralization, environmental protection, and European Union law.

  • Spatial Planning
  • Public Administration
  • Local Governance
  • Urban Development
  • Community Participation
  • Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Land Use
  • Decentralization
  • Environmental Protection
  • European Union Law
Research works
6.3k
fractional, since 1964
In the world top 10%
808
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-20%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Local Governance and Planning research?

By volume, Poland and the United States publish the most (867 and 13 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 867 works
  2. 2 United States 13 works
  3. 3 Czechia 12 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 11 works
  5. 5 Germany 9 works
  6. 6 Russia 9 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 5 works
  8. 8 Slovakia 4 works
  9. 9 ?? 3 works
  10. 10 Romania 3 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Poland: 92.5%United States: 1.4%Czechia: 1.3%Ukraine: 1.2%6 others listed: 3.6%93%largest
Poland867 · 92.5%United States13 · 1.4%Czechia12 · 1.3%Ukraine11 · 1.2%6 others listed34 · 3.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Local Governance and Planning research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Szczecin publishes the most Local Governance and Planning research, followed by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and University of Warsaw.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of SzczecinPoland 52 works
  2. 2 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 47 works
  3. 3 University of WarsawPoland 46 works
  4. 4 University of ŁódźPoland 42 works
  5. 5 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 36 works
  6. 6 University of WrocławPoland 34 works
  7. 7 University of RzeszówPoland 29 works
  8. 8 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 29 works
  9. 9 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 27 works
  10. 10 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 24 works

Where is Local Governance and Planning research done?

The largest centres of Local Governance and Planning research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Lublin (Poland) and Poznań (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Radom, Olsztyn and Szczecin.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 150 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 84 works
  3. 3 Lublin Poland 67 works
  4. 4 Poznań Poland 60 works
  5. 5 Łódź Poland 59 works
  6. 6 Szczecin Poland 57 works
  7. 7 Wrocław Poland 50 works
  8. 8 Olsztyn Poland 46 works
  9. 9 Rzeszów Poland 42 works
  10. 10 Katowice Poland 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RadomPL · 21.8 works702×
  2. OlsztynPL · 45.9 works203×
  3. SzczecinPL · 57.0 works177×
  4. RzeszówPL · 41.7 works165×
  5. BiałystokPL · 26.3 works113×
  6. ToruńPL · 23.2 works97×
  7. ŁódźPL · 59.2 works95×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Local Governance and Planning than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Local Governance and Planning?

Among universities, judged by research, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, University of Łódź and University of Warsaw score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%15%mean 8.76%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 47, 10.1%University of Łódź: 42, 13.7%University of Warsaw: 46, 7.6%University of Gdańsk: 24, 10.5%University of Wrocław: 34, 6.6%Jagiellonian University: 36, 6.3%University of Zielona Góra: 11, 8.8%John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 27, 8.0%University of Rzeszów: 29, 6.9%University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn: 24, 9.1%University of ŁódźUniversity of GdańskAdam Mickiewicz Univ…University of Warsaw
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 54.810.1%125.5×47 +114.0%
2 University of ŁódźPoland 54.013.7%160.8×42 +18.8%
3 University of WarsawPoland 46.97.6%97.7×46 +52.1%
4 University of GdańskPoland 44.910.5%119.7×24 +43.3%
5 University of WrocławPoland 44.86.6%181.2×34 +106.8%
6 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 44.46.3%59.1×36 +94.0%
7 University of Zielona GóraPoland 43.98.8%148.9×11 +187.5%
8 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 43.38.0%177.1×27 +148.5%
9 University of RzeszówPoland 40.86.9%200.5×29 +87.8%
10 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 36.79.1%143.6×24 -3.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Local Governance and Planning research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Local Governance and Planning.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.