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Urban Planning and Valuation

Urban Planning and Valuation is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 8.8k research works in it since 1950. 24.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on sustainable urban development and planning, with an emphasis on topics such as transferable development rights, sustainability, urban regeneration, public-private partnerships, economic evaluation, cultural heritage, spatial decision support systems, multi-criteria analysis, real estate market dynamics, and land use. The papers explore various models, methodologies, and case studies related to managing growth, land-use control, energy efficiency, historical building preservation, and the economic and environmental impacts of urban development.

  • Transferable Development Rights
  • Sustainability
  • Urban Regeneration
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Spatial Decision Support System
  • Multi-Criteria Analysis
  • Real Estate Market
  • Land Use
Research works
8.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
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Which countries lead Urban Planning and Valuation research?

By volume, Italy and China publish the most (990 and 102 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 990 works
  2. 2 China 102 works
  3. 3 United States 93 works
  4. 4 Spain 69 works
  5. 5 France 56 works
  6. 6 Germany 51 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 46 works
  8. 8 India 31 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 29 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 29 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: 66.1%China: 6.8%United States: 6.2%Spain: 4.6%6 others listed: 16.3%66%largest
Italy990 · 66.1%China102 · 6.8%United States93 · 6.2%Spain69 · 4.6%6 others listed243 · 16.3%

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

Which institutions lead Urban Planning and Valuation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Politecnico di Milano publishes the most Urban Planning and Valuation research, followed by Sapienza University of Rome and University of Naples Federico II.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Politecnico di Milano Italy 73 works
  2. 2 Sapienza University of Rome Italy 71 works
  3. 3 University of Naples Federico II Italy 61 works
  4. 4 Politecnico di Torino Italy 51 works
  5. 5 University of Florence Italy 49 works
  6. 6 University of Basilicata Italy 31 works
  7. 7 University of Reggio Calabria Italy 28 works
  8. 8 University of Catania Italy 27 works
  9. 9 University of Palermo Italy 26 works
  10. 10 University of Bologna Italy 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Urban Planning and Valuation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Urban Planning and Valuation include S. D’Auria, Peter Nijkamp and Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas.

  1. 1 S. D’Auria 7.2k citations
  2. 2 Peter Nijkamp 2k citations
  3. 3 Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas 2k citations

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

Where is Urban Planning and Valuation research done?

The largest centres of Urban Planning and Valuation research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), Naples (Italy) and Turin (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Potenza, Reggio Calabria and Venice.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rome Italy 162 works
  2. 2 Milan Italy 106 works
  3. 3 Naples Italy 86 works
  4. 4 Turin Italy 65 works
  5. 5 Florence Italy 52 works
  6. 6 Bari Italy 32 works
  7. 7 Venice Italy 31 works
  8. 8 Potenza Italy 31 works
  9. 9 Reggio Calabria Italy 28 works
  10. 10 Catania Italy 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PotenzaIT · 31.0 works220×
  2. Reggio CalabriaIT · 28.4 works198×
  3. VeniceIT · 31.1 works49×
  4. CagliariIT · 20.1 works49×
  5. NaplesIT · 86.1 works41×
  6. FiscianoIT · 22.9 works41×
  7. CataniaIT · 28.1 works36×
  8. RomeIT · 27.3 works34×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urban Planning and Valuation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Urban Planning and Valuation?

Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Torino, University of Salerno and University of Basilicata 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%20%40%mean 28.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Politecnico di Torino: 51, 35.3%University of Salerno: 23, 41.2%University of Basilicata: 31, 41.9%University of Cagliari: 20, 42.6%Politecnico di Milano: 74, 19.1%University of Naples Federico II: 61, 20.3%Polytechnic University of Bari: 22, 27.2%Sapienza University of Rome: 71, 18.3%University of Reggio Calabria: 28, 24.6%University of Catania: 26, 18.2%University of CagliariUniversity of Basili…University of SalernoPolitecnico di Torino
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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
1Politecnico di Torino Italy 83.135.3%59.3×51 +138.7%
2University of Salerno Italy 79.741.2%41.1×23 +162.3%
3University of Basilicata Italy 78.141.9%265.4×31 +63.1%
4University of Cagliari Italy 76.442.6%52.9×20 +79.0%
5Politecnico di Milano Italy 71.919.1%55.0×74 +130.9%
6University of Naples Federico II Italy 68.020.3%54.2×61 +89.6%
7Polytechnic University of Bari Italy 67.527.2%97.0×22 +148.7%
8Sapienza University of Rome Italy 66.718.3%34.0×71 +104.1%
9University of Reggio Calabria Italy 64.124.6%215.2×28 +118.0%
10University of Catania Italy 62.518.2%46.3×26 +170.1%

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 Valuation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Urban Planning and Valuation.

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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.