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Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Urban Agriculture and Sustainability is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1951. 24.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted role of urban agriculture and community gardens in promoting food security, sustainability, and social capital in urban areas. It discusses the potential of urban agriculture for enhancing ecosystem services, building resilient cities, and contributing to biodiversity conservation. The papers also highlight the health promotion benefits, challenges, and opportunities associated with urban agriculture.

  • Urban Agriculture
  • Community Gardens
  • Food Security
  • Sustainability
  • Social Capital
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Health Promotion
  • Resilient Cities
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Local Food Production
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
3.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+89%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Urban Agriculture and Sustainability research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (837 and 357 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 837 works
  2. 2 China 357 works
  3. 3 India 337 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 273 works
  5. 5 Brazil 181 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 180 works
  7. 7 Italy 167 works
  8. 8 Canada 158 works
  9. 9 Australia 152 works
  10. 10 France 150 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.

United States: 30.0%China: 12.8%India: 12.1%United Kingdom: 9.8%6 others listed: 35.4%30%largest
United States837 · 30.0%China357 · 12.8%India337 · 12.1%United Kingdom273 · 9.8%6 others listed987 · 35.4%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Agriculture and Sustainability research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Florida publishes the most Urban Agriculture and Sustainability research, followed by Wageningen University & Research and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of FloridaUnited States 35 works
  2. 2 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 21 works
  3. 3 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 18 works
  4. 4 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 18 works
  5. 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 16 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 15 works
  7. 7 University of British ColumbiaCanada 14 works
  8. 8 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 13 works
  9. 9 Cornell UniversityUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 IPB UniversityIndonesia 12 works

Where is Urban Agriculture and Sustainability research done?

The largest centres of Urban Agriculture and Sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France) and Gainesville (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 90 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 48 works
  3. 3 Paris France 41 works
  4. 4 Gainesville United States 36 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 35 works
  6. 6 New Delhi India 34 works
  7. 7 Mexico City Mexico 32 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 30 works
  9. 9 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 30 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WageningenNL · 22.9 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Agriculture and Sustainability than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Agriculture and Sustainability?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and University for Development Studies 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%60%mean 36.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 21, 44.0%Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: 18, 47.9%University for Development Studies: 8, 47.6%Addis Ababa University: 13, 33.0%University of Ghana: 10, 37.3%University of KwaZulu-Natal: 12, 38.2%Universiti Putra Malaysia: 18, 20.9%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 9, 34.6%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 9, 47.5%University of Florida: 35, 13.5%Kwame Nkrumah Univer…University for Devel…Wageningen Universit…Addis Ababa University
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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 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 82.744.0%11.8×21 +99.1%
2 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 79.247.9%19.4×18 —
3 University for Development StudiesGhana 75.147.6%19.2×8 +278.0%
4 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 70.333.0%11.4×13 +183.8%
5 University of GhanaGhana 69.637.3%9.3×10 +311.9%
6 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 64.738.2%6.7×12 +234.9%
7 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 61.420.9%7.4×18 +227.5%
8 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 55.634.6%5.3×9 +345.2%
9 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 55.247.5%4.2×9 +122.1%
10 University of FloridaUnited States 52.713.5%7.1×35 +37.7%

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 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Urban Agriculture and Sustainability.

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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.