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Urban and spatial planning

Urban and spatial planning is a research topic within Nature and Landscape Conservation. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 1.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the conservation, management, and sustainability of Satoyama landscapes in Japan, emphasizing traditional agricultural practices, biodiversity preservation, community participation, and ecosystem management. The research covers topics such as landscape conservation, vegetation management, urban fringe agriculture, and the cultural significance of Satoyama landscapes.

  • Satoyama
  • landscape conservation
  • traditional agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • community participation
  • ecosystem management
  • sustainability
  • cultural landscape
  • vegetation management
  • urban fringe
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
379
per year above
Top-10% rate
1.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-2%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Urban and spatial planning research?

By volume, Japan and China publish the most (1.4k and 178 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Japan 1.4k works
  2. 2 China 178 works
  3. 3 United States 108 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 51 works
  5. 5 India 47 works
  6. 6 South Korea 42 works
  7. 7 Russia 32 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 30 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 29 works
  10. 10 France 18 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.

Japan: 72.0%China: 9.3%United States: 5.6%Indonesia: 2.7%6 others listed: 10.3%72%largest
Japan1,377 · 72.0%China178 · 9.3%United States108 · 5.6%Indonesia51 · 2.7%6 others listed198 · 10.3%

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

Which institutions lead Urban and spatial planning research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Tokyo publishes the most Urban and spatial planning research, followed by Chiba University and Kyoto University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of TokyoJapan 64 works
  2. 2 Chiba UniversityJapan 52 works
  3. 3 Kyoto UniversityJapan 36 works
  4. 4 Nihon UniversityJapan 34 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 29 works
  6. 6 Kyushu UniversityJapan 28 works
  7. 7 Kindai UniversityJapan 24 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityJapan 23 works
  9. 9 Tokyo University of ScienceJapan 22 works
  10. 10 University of TsukubaJapan 20 works

Where is Urban and spatial planning research done?

The largest centres of Urban and spatial planning research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Kyoto (Japan), Osaka (Japan) and Chiba (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Niigata and Chiba.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tokyo Japan 429 works
  2. 2 Kyoto Japan 97 works
  3. 3 Osaka Japan 87 works
  4. 4 Chiba Japan 56 works
  5. 5 Tsukuba Japan 54 works
  6. 6 Nagoya Japan 46 works
  7. 7 Beijing China 39 works
  8. 8 Fukuoka Japan 37 works
  9. 9 Kobe Japan 31 works
  10. 10 Niigata Japan 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NiigataJP · 28.9 works69×
  2. ChibaJP · 56.1 works59×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban and spatial planning than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban and spatial planning?

Among universities, judged by research, Kansai University, Kyushu University and The University of Tokyo 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%mean 3.58%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kansai University: 12, 9.5%Kyushu University: 28, 5.9%The University of Tokyo: 64, 1.9%Chiba University: 52, 3.6%Faculty of Design: 16, 1.1%Osaka Metropolitan University: 20, 4.3%Waseda University: 17, 3.8%Kyoto University: 36, 2.2%Tokyo Institute of Technology: 29, 1.7%Kogakuin University: 19, 1.8%Kansai UniversityKyushu UniversityChiba UniversityThe University of To…
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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 Kansai UniversityJapan 62.19.5%77.9×12 -2.7%
2 Kyushu UniversityJapan 60.15.9%25.4×28 -12.3%
3 The University of TokyoJapan 59.91.9%26.1×64 +62.8%
4 Chiba UniversityJapan 59.03.6%110.2×52 +4.2%
5 Faculty of DesignSlovenia 57.31.1%286.6×16 +158.8%
6 Osaka Metropolitan UniversityJapan 54.64.3%70.5×20 —
7 Waseda UniversityJapan 53.03.8%25.2×17 +62.1%
8 Kyoto UniversityJapan 51.42.2%23.8×36 -2.6%
9 Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 50.31.7%42.9×29 +33.6%
10 Kogakuin UniversityJapan 50.31.8%217.3×19 +130.6%

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 and spatial planning research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Urban and spatial 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.