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Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

Sustainable Urban and Rural Development is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 4.9k research works in it since 1951. 12.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the Slow Cities movement, focusing on sustainable urban development, local community empowerment, and the preservation of cultural heritage and environmental conservation. The research delves into the impact of Slow Cities on quality of life, socio-economic development in small towns, and the promotion of urban sustainability.

  • Slow Cities
  • Sustainable Development
  • Urban Sustainability
  • Local Community
  • Quality of Life
  • CittàSlow Movement
  • Small Towns
  • Socio-economic Development
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Environmental Conservation
Research works
4.9k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
612
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+76%
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Which countries lead Sustainable Urban and Rural Development research?

By volume, China and Türkiye publish the most (290 and 168 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 290 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 168 works
  3. 3 Russia 136 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 123 works
  5. 5 Poland 117 works
  6. 6 United States 65 works
  7. 7 Italy 56 works
  8. 8 Romania 52 works
  9. 9 Serbia 28 works
  10. 10 Croatia 27 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.

China: 27.3%Türkiye: 15.8%Russia: 12.8%Ukraine: 11.6%6 others listed: 32.5%27%largest
China290 · 27.3%Türkiye168 · 15.8%Russia136 · 12.8%Ukraine123 · 11.6%6 others listed345 · 32.5%

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

Which institutions lead Sustainable Urban and Rural Development research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Human Growth Foundation publishes the most Sustainable Urban and Rural Development research, followed by Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture and Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after SG Stroganov.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 15 works
  2. 2 Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine 14 works
  3. 3 Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after SG StroganovRussia 11 works
  4. 4 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 10 works
  5. 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 9 works
  6. 6 Slovak University of Agriculture in NitraSlovakia 9 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivUkraine 8 works
  9. 9 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 7 works
  10. 10 Jingdezhen Ceramic InstituteChina 7 works

Where is Sustainable Urban and Rural Development research done?

The largest centres of Sustainable Urban and Rural Development research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Beijing (China) and Istanbul (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 52 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 50 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 33 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 30 works
  5. 5 Warsaw Poland 23 works
  6. 6 Saint Petersburg Russia 22 works
  7. 7 Kharkiv Ukraine 19 works
  8. 8 New York United States 19 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 17 works
  10. 10 Belgrade Serbia 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Sustainable Urban and Rural Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra and Politecnico di Milano 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%20%40%mean 17.1429%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture: 14, 32.5%Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra: 9, 28.8%Politecnico di Milano: 9, 28.7%Lviv Polytechnic National University: 10, 9.2%O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv: 8, 15.2%Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after SG Stroganov: 11, 1.5%Weatherford College: 8, 4.1%Kyiv National Univer…Slovak University of…Politecnico di MilanoLviv Polytechnic Nat…
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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 Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine 81.232.5%161.2×14 —
2 Slovak University of Agriculture in NitraSlovakia 69.828.8%122.4×9 —
3 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 65.528.7%9.1×9 —
4 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 48.19.2%25.5×10 —
5 O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivUkraine 46.315.2%90.0×8 —
6 Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after SG StroganovRussia 42.01.5%629.6×11 —
7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 11.74.1%4.2×8 —

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 Sustainable Urban and Rural Development research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sustainable Urban and Rural Development.

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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.