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Urban Planning
H-index 11

Urban Planning

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 686 7 9 6
Social Sciences and Humanities 986 10 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 33
Documents by Best Scientists*: 35
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 33
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.592
Impact Factor: 1.7

Top Publications

  • Trade-Offs between Urban Green Space and Densification: Balancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort, Mobility, and Housing Demand

    Sabrina Erlwein;Stephan Pauleit

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Urban Planning by Experiment at Precinct Scale: Embracing Complexity, Ambiguity, and Multiplicity

    Darren Sharp;Rob Raven

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • The Eco-Techno Spectrum: Exploring Knowledge Systems’ Challenges in Green Infrastructure Management

    A. Marissa Matsler;Thaddeus R. Miller;Peter M. Groffman

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Characterizing Physical and Social Compositions of Cities to Inform Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in Germany

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • From Smart Urban Forests to Edible Cities: New Approaches in Urban Planning and Design

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Smart Urban Governance for Climate Change Adaptation

    Thomas Thaler;Patrick A. Witte;Thomas Hartmann;Stan C. M. Geertman

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Mapping Flood Risk Uncertainty Zones in Support of Urban Resilience Planning

    Sven Anders Brandt;Nancy Joy Lim;Johan Colding;Stephan Barthel

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • A Soft Systems Methodology for Business Creation: The Lost World at Tyseley, Birmingham

    Marianna Cavada;Christopher Bouch;Chris Rogers;Michael Grace

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Between Decentralization and Recentralization: Conflicts in Intramunicipal and Intermunicipal Governance in Tokyo’s Shrinking Suburbs

    (2022)
    9 Citations

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