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Urban Development and Societal Issues

Urban Development and Societal Issues is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 6.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the urban geography, social development, and territorial dynamics in Brazil, focusing on issues such as urbanization, social movements, sustainability, segregation, rural development, environmental justice, spatial planning, globalization, and public policy.

  • Urbanization
  • Social Movements
  • Territoriality
  • Sustainability
  • Segregation
  • Rural Development
  • Environmental Justice
  • Spatial Planning
  • Globalization
  • Public Policy
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+36%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Urban Development and Societal Issues research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (6.4k and 222 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 6.4k works
  2. 2 United States 222 works
  3. 3 Portugal 206 works
  4. 4 Spain 88 works
  5. 5 France 68 works
  6. 6 ?? 44 works
  7. 7 Argentina 38 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 33 works
  9. 9 Mexico 33 works
  10. 10 Chile 32 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.

Brazil: 89.3%United States: 3.1%Portugal: 2.9%Spain: 1.2%6 others listed: 3.5%89%largest
Brazil6,380 · 89.3%United States222 · 3.1%Portugal206 · 2.9%Spain88 · 1.2%6 others listed248 · 3.5%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Development and Societal Issues research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Urban Development and Societal Issues research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal do Pará.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 246 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 205 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 165 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 163 works
  5. 5 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 156 works
  6. 6 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 147 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 128 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 128 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 127 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 117 works

Where is Urban Development and Societal Issues research done?

The largest centres of Urban Development and Societal Issues research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Marabá, Ijuí and Montes Claros.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 922 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 635 works
  3. 3 Brasília Brazil 270 works
  4. 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 241 works
  5. 5 Belém Brazil 230 works
  6. 6 Salvador Brazil 183 works
  7. 7 Recife Brazil 179 works
  8. 8 Curitiba Brazil 164 works
  9. 9 Porto Alegre Brazil 158 works
  10. 10 Florianópolis Brazil 154 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MarabáBR · 34.6 works125×
  2. IjuíBR · 24.3 works85×
  3. Montes ClarosBR · 52.1 works77×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Development and Societal Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Development and Societal Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade São Judas Tadeu 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 8.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de São Paulo: 246, 6.6%Universidade Federal Fluminense: 128, 8.4%Universidade São Judas Tadeu: 14, 10.7%Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas Gerais: 10, 16.7%Universidade Federal do Pará: 165, 3.0%Universidade Federal do ABC: 29, 7.1%Universidade Federal do Pampa: 14, 12.1%Universidade de Brasília: 147, 5.6%Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 156, 3.9%Universidade Brasil: 26, 11.5%Instituto Federal de…Universidade São Jud…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …
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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 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 65.46.6%20.1×246 +52.5%
2 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 65.08.4%38.2×128 +82.8%
3 Universidade São Judas TadeuBrazil 63.710.7%81.1×14 +385.0%
4 Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas GeraisBrazil 62.716.7%60.2×10 —
5 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 62.43.0%58.5×165 +171.3%
6 Universidade Federal do ABCBrazil 62.27.1%27.8×29 +354.1%
7 Universidade Federal do PampaBrazil 61.812.1%18.8×14 +140.0%
8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 61.15.6%37.0×147 +80.5%
9 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 60.83.9%48.5×156 +127.1%
10 Universidade BrasilBrazil 60.211.5%34.2×26 +62.0%

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 Societal Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Urban Development and Societal Issues.

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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.