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Urban Development and Cultural Heritage

Urban Development and Cultural Heritage is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 8k research works in it since 1954. 12.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of sustainable urban development, cultural heritage preservation, and community participation. It covers topics such as sustainable urban futures, cultural tourism, heritage management, urban revitalization, compact cities, and the social sustainability of public spaces. The cluster emphasizes the importance of preserving cultural landscapes and local identity in the context of urban development.

  • Sustainable Urban Futures
  • Cultural Tourism
  • Heritage Management
  • Urban Revitalization
  • Community Participation
  • Cultural Landscapes
  • Compact Cities
  • Social Sustainability
  • Public Spaces
  • Local Identity
Research works
8k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-11%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Urban Development and Cultural Heritage research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (957 and 49 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 957 works
  2. 2 Russia 49 works
  3. 3 Lithuania 47 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 46 works
  5. 5 United States 41 works
  6. 6 Czechia 39 works
  7. 7 Slovakia 18 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 16 works
  9. 9 Latvia 12 works
  10. 10 China 11 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: 77.5%Russia: 3.9%Lithuania: 3.8%Ukraine: 3.7%6 others listed: 11.0%77%largest
Poland957 · 77.5%Russia49 · 3.9%Lithuania47 · 3.8%Ukraine46 · 3.7%6 others listed136 · 11.0%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Development and Cultural Heritage research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publishes the most Urban Development and Cultural Heritage research, followed by Jagiellonian University and Silesian University of Technology.

Where is Urban Development and Cultural Heritage research done?

The largest centres of Urban Development and Cultural Heritage research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Poznań (Poland) and Łódź (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Krakow, Gliwice and Łódź.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 209 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 140 works
  3. 3 Poznań Poland 84 works
  4. 4 Łódź Poland 73 works
  5. 5 Lublin Poland 57 works
  6. 6 Wrocław Poland 54 works
  7. 7 Katowice Poland 46 works
  8. 8 Gliwice Poland 45 works
  9. 9 Gdańsk Poland 43 works
  10. 10 Vilnius Lithuania 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KrakowPL · 25.8 works237×
  2. GliwicePL · 45.2 works120×
  3. ŁódźPL · 72.6 works80×
  4. PoznańPL · 84.4 works63×
  5. KatowicePL · 45.7 works63×
  6. KrakowPL · 140.1 works62×
  7. ToruńPL · 20.2 works58×
  8. GdańskPL · 43.3 works57×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Development and Cultural Heritage than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Development and Cultural Heritage?

Among universities, judged by research, Cracow University of Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice and Warsaw University of Technology 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%10%20%mean 13.14%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Cracow University of Technology: 26, 14.8%University of Silesia in Katowice: 25, 19.2%Warsaw University of Technology: 19, 14.9%Gdańsk University of Technology: 11, 14.4%University of Łódź: 40, 11.9%University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn: 10, 19.7%Nicolaus Copernicus University: 19, 10.1%Silesian University of Technology: 45, 4.4%University of Warsaw: 38, 9.3%Lviv Polytechnic National University: 10, 12.7%University of Silesi…Warsaw University of…Cracow University of…Gdańsk University of…
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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 Cracow University of TechnologyPoland 56.214.8%236.9×26 +334.1%
2 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 55.319.2%89.3×25 +85.9%
3 Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland 48.814.9%54.4×19 +134.7%
4 Gdańsk University of TechnologyPoland 45.314.4%53.0×11 +115.3%
5 University of ŁódźPoland 43.611.9%104.1×40 +41.6%
6 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 43.619.7%39.2×10 +91.8%
7 Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland 42.210.1%61.4×19 +154.9%
8 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 42.14.4%134.8×45 +109.6%
9 University of WarsawPoland 40.19.3%54.6×38 +24.0%
10 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 39.512.7%29.5×10 +179.6%

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 Development and Cultural Heritage research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Urban Development and Cultural Heritage.

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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.