Topic · Nature and Landscape Conservation

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. 10.2% 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
In the world top 10%: 2k
Top-10% rate: 10.2%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -3%
Largest producer: Japan

Urban and spatial planning

Which countries lead Urban and spatial planning research?

By volume, Japan and China publish the most (1.5k and 195 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Japan 1.5k works
2 China 195 works
3 United States 149 works
4 India 54 works
5 Indonesia 52 works
6 South Korea 43 works
7 Russia 32 works
8 United Kingdom 31 works
9 Türkiye 31 works
10 Germany 20 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.

Japan1,477 · 70.9%China195 · 9.3%United States149 · 7.2%India54 · 2.6%6 others listed209 · 10.0%

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

Which institutions lead Urban and spatial planning research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

1 The University of TokyoJapan 66 works
2 Chiba UniversityJapan 55 works
3 Kyoto UniversityJapan 37 works
4 Nihon UniversityJapan 37 works
5 Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 33 works
6 Kyushu UniversityJapan 30 works
7 Kindai UniversityJapan 26 works
8 Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityJapan 26 works
9 Tokyo University of ScienceJapan 23 works
10 Niigata UniversityJapan 22 works

What are the most cited papers in Urban and spatial planning?

The most cited paper in Urban and spatial planning is "Urban residential environments and senior citizens’ longevity in megacity areas: the importance of walkable green spaces" (Takehito Takano, K Nakamura, M Watanabe, 2002), with 1,318 citations. Next come "OBESE, A NEW MUTATION IN THE HOUSE MOUSE*" (1,080) and "OBSTETRIC DELIVERY TODAY" (417).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Urban residential environments and senior citizens’ longevity in megacity areas: the importance of walkable green spaces Takehito Takano, K Nakamura, M Watanabe · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Open access	Dec 2002	1,318
2	OBESE, A NEW MUTATION IN THE HOUSE MOUSE* Ann M. Ingalls, Margaret M. Dickie, George D. Snell · Journal of Heredity	Dec 1950	1,080
3	OBSTETRIC DELIVERY TODAY PeterM. Dunn · The Lancet	Apr 1976	417
4	Causes and Correlates of Recurrent Falls in Ambulatory Frail Elderly Lewis Arnold Lipsitz, Pálmi V. Jónsson, Margaret Kelley et al. · Journal of Gerontology	Jul 1991	407
5	IMPERFECT DISLOCATIONS J. Friedel · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter	1964	388

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Urban and spatial planning research done?

The largest centres of Urban and spatial planning research in 2022-now 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-now

1 TokyoJapan 456 works
2 KyotoJapan 102 works
3 OsakaJapan 92 works
4 ChibaJapan 58 works
5 TsukubaJapan 57 works
6 NagoyaJapan 50 works
7 BeijingChina 40 works
8 FukuokaJapan 38 works
9 KobeJapan 34 works
10 NiigataJapan 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

NiigataJP · 31.5 works70×
ChibaJP · 58.5 works56×

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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, Chiba University, Sugiyama Jogakuen 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Chiba UniversityJapan	65.8	15.3%	107.3×	55	+56.3%
2	Sugiyama Jogakuen UniversityJapan	65.3	45.4%	1244.0×	9	+61.0%
3	The University of TokyoJapan	57.4	12.1%	26.7×	66	-32.7%
4	Tokyo University of ScienceJapan	52.4	11.7%	56.7×	23	+38.7%
5	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan	50.3	11.5%	45.4×	33	-1.3%
6	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityJapan	50.1	17.8%	75.3×	20	-
7	Niigata UniversityJapan	49.4	11.8%	81.0×	22	+34.4%
8	Kyoto UniversityJapan	49.3	7.8%	24.2×	37	-5.4%
9	University of HyogoJapan	48.2	27.5%	74.8×	9	+84.6%
10	Kobe UniversityJapan	47.9	13.8%	36.1×	19	+20.1%
11	Hiroshima UniversityJapan	47.2	24.7%	23.8×	17	-20.9%
12	Nagoya UniversityJapan	46.5	7.8%	19.7×	19	+19.5%
13	Kyoto Prefectural UniversityJapan	44.7	15.8%	345.6×	13	+23.5%
14	The University of OsakaJapan	44.5	19.2%	10.6×	13	+1.1%
15	Nihon UniversityJapan	44.2	8.5%	100.8×	37	-4.8%
16	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityJapan	43.5	9.1%	75.2×	26	-5.2%
17	Tohoku UniversityJapan	43.5	12.0%	12.9×	17	+10.4%
18	Meiji UniversityJapan	42.8	10.4%	95.3×	16	+51.4%
19	Shimane UniversityJapan	41.8	10.2%	100.8×	16	+32.0%
20	Kindai UniversityJapan	41.7	1.6%	77.7×	26	+180.9%
21	Kyushu UniversityJapan	41.4	7.7%	26.9×	30	-10.3%
22	Waseda UniversityJapan	41.2	17.8%	28.4×	19	-50.0%
23	Tokyo Denki UniversityJapan	39.9	5.1%	174.2×	18	+27.7%
24	Shibaura Institute of TechnologyJapan	39.8	28.6%	53.6×	9	-44.3%
25	Kogakuin UniversityJapan	39.1	9.4%	239.4×	20	+1.8%
26	Kansai UniversityJapan	38.6	12.0%	90.2×	14	+75.0%
27	University of TsukubaJapan	38.3	12.6%	25.8×	21	-34.6%
28	Ritsumeikan UniversityJapan	38.3	8.8%	38.4×	13	+54.8%
29	Yokohama National UniversityJapan	36.5	7.0%	55.8×	13	+39.9%
30	University of Shiga PrefectureJapan	34.1	13.0%	320.2×	11	+138.7%
31	Toyo UniversityJapan	34.0	9.0%	108.5×	13	+14.4%
32	Faculty of DesignSlovenia	33.4	2.2%	320.0×	17	-26.6%
33	Toyohashi University of TechnologyJapan	32.7	12.8%	120.8×	14	-12.4%
34	Ibaraki UniversityJapan	32.4	3.3%	131.9×	12	+97.3%
35	Tokyo City UniversityJapan	30.9	5.4%	208.4×	20	-16.9%
36	University of the RyukyusJapan	29.1	0.7%	67.4×	10	+57.2%
37	Osaka City UniversityJapan	27.6	17.0%	90.1×	9	-72.3%
38	Kyoto Architecture UniversityJapan	25.5	7.2%	668.5×	8	-34.1%
39	Yamaguchi UniversityJapan	24.5	1.0%	36.9×	10	-31.3%
40	Weatherford CollegeUnited States	24.0	8.9%	7.4×	19	-30.3%
41	Nagaoka Institute of DesignJapan	14.0	0.3%	2928.4×	8	-45.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Urban and spatial planning, country by country

Is Urban and spatial planning research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Urban and spatial planning as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0083% in 2024.

Fractional works of Urban and spatial planning over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Which countries lead Urban and spatial planning research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Urban and spatial planning research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Urban and spatial planning?

Where is Urban and spatial planning research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

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

Is Urban and spatial planning research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion