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Urban Planning and Landscape Design

Urban Planning and Landscape Design is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 3.5k research works in it since 1954. 11.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of ecological wisdom and its application in urban planning and design, with a focus on sustainability, ecosystem services, and socio-ecological practice. It delves into the works of influential figures like Patrick Geddes and Ian McHarg, while also examining real-world examples such as the Dujiangyan Irrigation Scheme and the implications of COVID-19 on urban resilience. The cluster emphasizes the integration of ecological knowledge and practical wisdom in managing urban and natural ecosystems.

  • Ecological Wisdom
  • Urban Planning
  • Landscape Urbanism
  • Socio-Ecological Practice
  • Sustainability
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Patrick Geddes
  • Ian McHarg
  • Dujiangyan Irrigation Scheme
  • COVID-19 Resilience
Research works
3.5k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
396
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Urban Planning and Landscape Design research?

By volume, Italy and the United States publish the most (227 and 77 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 227 works
  2. 2 United States 77 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 39 works
  4. 4 China 38 works
  5. 5 France 32 works
  6. 6 Australia 22 works
  7. 7 Spain 21 works
  8. 8 Brazil 16 works
  9. 9 Russia 16 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 15 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.

Italy: 45.3%United States: 15.3%United Kingdom: 7.8%China: 7.5%6 others listed: 24.1%45%largest
Italy227 · 45.3%United States77 · 15.3%United Kingdom39 · 7.8%China38 · 7.5%6 others listed121 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Planning and Landscape Design research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Urban Planning and Landscape Design research, followed by University of Florence and Sapienza University of Rome.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 28 works
  2. 2 University of FlorenceItaly 22 works
  3. 3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 20 works
  4. 4 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 11 works
  5. 5 University of BolognaItaly 8 works
  6. 6 University of GenoaItaly 6 works
  7. 7 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 6 works
  8. 8 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 6 works
  9. 9 University of FerraraItaly 6 works
  10. 10 Università Iuav di VeneziaItaly 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Urban Planning and Landscape Design?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urban Planning and Landscape Design include Steward T. A. Pickett.

  1. 1 Steward T. A. Pickett United States 1.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Urban Planning and Landscape Design research done?

The largest centres of Urban Planning and Landscape Design research in 2022–2025 are Milan (Italy), Rome (Italy), Florence (Italy) and Turin (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Florence, Milan and Rome.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Milan Italy 40 works
  2. 2 Rome Italy 36 works
  3. 3 Florence Italy 25 works
  4. 4 Turin Italy 15 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 11 works
  6. 6 Paris France 10 works
  7. 7 Naples Italy 10 works
  8. 8 Bologna Italy 9 works
  9. 9 Beijing China 8 works
  10. 10 Venice Italy 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FlorenceIT · 25.4 works43×
  2. MilanIT · 40.0 works19×
  3. RomeIT · 36.1 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Planning and Landscape Design than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Planning and Landscape Design?

Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino and Sapienza University of Rome 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%15%mean 6.275%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Politecnico di Milano: 28, 8.1%Politecnico di Torino: 11, 12.2%Sapienza University of Rome: 20, 2.5%University of Florence: 22, 2.3%Politecnico di TorinoPolitecnico di MilanoSapienza University …University of Florence
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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 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 58.38.1%55.0×28 +125.7%
2 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 44.712.2%33.8×11 +69.4%
3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 28.72.5%25.7×20 +138.3%
4 University of FlorenceItaly 19.62.3%59.6×22 +38.2%

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 Planning and Landscape Design research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Urban Planning and Landscape Design.

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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.