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Research in urban and regional planning has grown tremendously in the recent decade. T his section contains the best and most relevant topics related to research in Urban design and regional planning.

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Mediated city.

This theme builds on work done by Kevin Lynch in the early years of the program and focuses on how form and meaning are perceived and communicated in the current city. At issue are the effects of advanced information technology on contemporary culture, as well as the increasing importance of narrative on the form and design of cities. Our work around this theme seeks to understand how urban experience is shaped by the preservation of culture, history and memory, by the development of new kinds of “mediated” places and activities in the public realm. We are also interested in the tools and technologies by which changes in urban form and landscape can be visualized and understood.

Urban Transformation

This theme is concerned with the future of cities and regions of the 20th century. Industrial land, infrastructure, warehouses, housing, ports and waterfronts, rail-lines and depots, mines and oil fields, are among an inventory of abandonment, all seeking temporary and permanent re-use. Our inquiries around this theme hope to clarify new design approaches to urban and regional transformation, involving elements such as education, ecology, retrofitting and cultural development as well as new forms of housing and transportation.

Urban Performance

The quality of urban life and work is currently being challenged and shaped by many forces such as demographic patterns (aging and disability, for example), international economics (globalization and the demise of distance), and environmental pressures (sustainability, resource conservation, energy). Our inquiries around this theme ask how cities can be reshaped in the face of these forces; how design and construction standards affect livability and energy consumption; what role citizens should play in determining urban quality in a contemporary democracy; and how one understands the form of the vast, poor urban areas of the world and the enormous discrepancy between them and places of wealth.

Design Paradigms

With the re-evaluation/repudiation of modernism as the dominant perspective on design, this theme takes to task the development of design paradigms appropriate to contemporary urban circumstances both in the United States and other parts of the globe. Our inquiries around this theme center on the making of good public places, the expression of private and public environments in the city, the aesthetics of popular demand, the reshaping of the form of low-density cities and public housing, and the role that design can play in the changing peripheries of cities.

Managing and financing urban infrastructure

As cities expand and incomes increase, finding innovative solutions for sustainable mobility becomes increasingly important. This specialisation seeks to provide hands-on knowledge and expertise on how local governments can most efficiently manage, finance and operate municipal infrastructure to deliver desired levels of service.

This specialisation is connected to IHS’ Green City work field in which providing resilient, energy efficient and smart infrastructure play a prominent role in helping cities to become more sustainable and green. The primary focus is on developing countries and countries in transition.

Urban housing, equity and social Justice

Housing should be understood as ‘more than houses’. Researchers active within this strand of research strive to link housing issues with the livelihoods strategies of the urban poor. In addition, livelihood assets are analysed in view of their vulnerability and institutional context.

This translates into the importance of looking at the housing problem from a holistic standpoint. Physical, political, social, economic and environmental issues interrelate with each other. The objective is to produce urban environments that should ultimately reduce poverty, and increase quality of life. Both housing and social policies, strategies and instruments need to be designed with a clear understanding of these aspects if they are ever to efficiently address the problem of urbanisation of poverty.

Urban Environment, sustainability and climate Change

Cities all over the world experience severe environmental and climate change related problems. This research theme addresses new approaches for urban environment and climate change management.

UECC is one of IHS’ largest research teams that works towards understanding the impact and use of urban environmental policies and instruments including urban climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies.

Urban strategies and planning

Around the world, urban professionals increasingly face challenges such as accelerated urbanisation, an increase in informal housing, and climate change. In order to deal with these challenges urban planning has moved away from comprehensive master plans to more flexible strategic plans. Contemporary strategic planning integrates more social and economic considerations into the physical and spatial dimensions of planning.

Researcher within this specialisation seeks to offer creative and innovative solutions to better understand the needs of different social and economic interests within urban planning management. Different from the classical study of urban planning, this strand focusses on the combination of urban planning policies, city development strategies and public-private partnerships.

Urban competitiveness and resilience

Cities cannot be understood as autonomous entities. There are affected by complex processes on the local, regional and global scale. Given the increasing dependency of cities on global economic networks, it is crucial to find the balance between social wellbeing, local economic development and global strategies that can ensure resilience to socioeconomic shocks and fluctuations.

This research theme investigates how globalisation processes, local economic development, and urban conditions can enable cities to successfully compete or collaborate with other cities on various scales. This is done by analysing and comparing urban networks, economic geography, foreign direct investments and local economic development as well as city marketing and branding.

Urban Conservation

Urban conservation is concerned with those parts of the built environment that are of architectural or historic significance. This includes buildings (individually or in groups), localities (streets, blocks, environments or precincts), special gardens or landscapes, and other structures.

Researchers, advocates and policymakers have proposed urban conservation as an emerging, integrative discipline that can contribute to sustainable cities by delivering co-benefits to human and non-human components of biodiversity

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Spatial planning.

Growth Effects of Urban-Rural and Intra-Regional Linkages on Non-Metropolitan Counties and Communities
Spatial Distribution of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Management
The application of computer-based information systems to urban planning and public policy making
How are the urban poor involved in the design and implementation of neighbourhood development programmes?
What is the impact of neighbourhood development programmes on the local initiatives and livelihoods of the urban poor?
Urbanization As An Important Determinant In Spatial Organization
Effects Of Rural-Urban Migration On Public Utilities
Assessing The Spatial Distribution And Locational Impact Of Petrol Service Stations
Appraisal Of The Urban Management Challenge Of Informal Land Delivery

Urban Housing

Relationships and Support: A Qualitative Study of Homeless Families
Comparative analysis of rent differential in selected residential areas
The Role Of Co-Operative Societies Towards Development Of Rural Communities
Cluster Planning and Cluster Strategy in Regional Economic Development Organizations
The Broader Social Network of Community Planning: A Diagnostic Tool for Communities to Assess Their Planning Capacity
Sustainable Urban Housing Development through Planning Mechanism
Migration Patterns and Its Impact On Urbanization And Urban Housing
Housing transformation, rent gap and gentrification
Impact Of Slum On Value Of Residential Properties
Social housing in low and middle-income countries (incl. public housing, government-built housing, subsidized housing programmes, low-income housing, affordable housing)
Infrastructural Development, Real Estate Agency Rebranding And Review Of National Housing Policy
The Impact Of Industrialization On Rural Development
The Role Of Private Partnership In Housing Finance, Delivery And Maintenance

Urban Public Spaces

Multifunctional public open spaces for sustainable cities
Immigrations in the public space: understanding urban cultural landscapes
Urban Public Space as Social Interaction Space
Modeling, analyzing, and visualizing human space appropriation
Smart engagement for smart cities: Design patterns for digitally augmented, situated community engagement
Evaluating publicness of public spaces
Informal public places and its transforming patterns in the city
Urban public realm : a spatial manifest of culture
City planning strategies for women’s safety in public spaces

Urban Transportation

The implementation of an integrated transportation planning model with GIS and expert systems for interactive transportation planning
Increasing freight transport efficiency using intermodal transport.
Epidemic and mobility. A New Paradigm for mobility plans after the Covid-19 crisis
Alternatives Selection for Sustainable Transportation System.
Sustainable management of public transportation system
Environmental impacts of everyday mobility
Environmental assessment of public bus transportation systems
Minimization of Fuel Consumption in City Bus Transportation
Proposed framework for sustainability screening of urban transport projects in developing countries
Effects of speed management and roadway parameters on traffic flow along arterials
Sustainability and business management in transportation companies
Factors that contribute to unsafe behavior and leads to an unsustainable urban transport
Safety and security of women and girls in public transport
Inclusive public transportation for differently abled people
Challenges in provision of universally accessible tansport facilities
Assessment Of Urban Bus Service
Analysis Of Intra Urban Traffic Problems In Rivers State
Urban Futures: Transportation in an Era of Fuel Shortages

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Environmental Issues

Sustainable and green energy
Impact Of Environmental Planning On Rural Development
An Assessment Of Cross Ventilation In Public Buildings
Flood Generating Structures In Kubwa Urban Landscape
Assessment Of Impact Of Urbanization
Causes Of Excess Flood
Impact Of Environmental Problems
Consequences Of Incompatible Land Uses On The Environment
The role of urban spatial structure in reducing VMT and GHG emissions
Impact of climate change on the ecological state of earth natural resources.
Impact of climate change on agricultural activities across the globe.
Solutions to the current climate change crisis.
Future implications of climate change with the current trends
Urban governance arrangements for climate change adaptation

Best Topics for Research in Urban Design and Planning 5

Heritage Conservation

The Urban Conservation Approach
The Role of Public-Private Partnerships and the Third Sector in Conserving Heritage Buildings, Sites, and Historic Urban Areas
Urban Conservation and Regeneration
Managing change in the historical city
A framework for adapting urban forests to climate change
Equity in Heritage Conservation
The Role of Traditional Neighborhood Centers in Procreating Sense of Place in the Modern Cities
Heritage place inventory: A tool for establishing the significance of places
Building Conservation and Urban Regeneration
Historic Preservation as Urban Regeneration
The creative response to ruins following the conservation principle
Historic Cinemas Conservation: The Difficulty of Re-Development Proposals
A Study of Heritage Authenticity in the Context of Heritage Tourism
Historic Cinemas Conservation
Revitalisation of urban areas with heritage value – towards a heritage precinct conservation and improvement plan
Repair techniques for conservation of heritage structures
Planning urban heritage through stakeholder participation
Rethinking adaptive reuse
Heritage conservation and cultural continuity
Landscape management of a heritage site
Landscape management and conservation of biodiversity
Industrial heritage

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GIS, Space syntax and Bigdata

Geospatial data for energy, environmental science, climate change, and geology-related research
Geospatial data and maps for research on humanitarian topics. Includes data on armed conflict, agriculture & food security, refugees, and links to multidisciplinary humanitarian data repositories.
Crowd Simulation – Mastering the collective dynamics of interacting objects in urban phenomena at the scale of individual households, people, and units of real estate and at time scales approaching “real-time”
City Engine – Assessing feasibility and plan implementation using Esri’s City Engine improving urban planning, architecture, and overall design
Integration of GIS and BIM – Operating a facility with BIM (building information modeling) because of its ability to analyze information and integrate data from different systems.
Urban Model Development Feasibility – Evaluating multiple land use scenarios; testing and refining transportation plans; producing small-area concept plans, and modeling complex regional issues with Envision Tomorrow
Building Footprints – Crowd-sourcing digital mapping
Land Use Policy – Reproducing individual behavior with agent-based modeling to simulate their behaviors and outcomes having a direct impact on the surrounding landscape.
Space Syntax Models – Gaining a better understanding of human behavior and connectivity through a graphic representation of space configuration in urban structures
Future Development Patterns – Locating future growth and evaluating scenarios such as loss of prime agricultural land.
Land Use – Generating polygons and classification with the multi-resolution segmentation algorithm
Homeless Shelters – Analyzing urban inequalities and homelessness to allocate homeless shelters appropriately.
Web-Based GIS for Collaborative Planning and Public Participation: An Application to The Strategic Planning
Web Based Geo-Information Services for Land Use Planning.
Water Balance of a Catchment: A Remote Sensing and GIS Approach.
Visualizing The Application of GIS in Transformation Towards a Sustainable Development and A Low Carbon Society.
Using GIS to Study Lusters of Urban Crime and Safety in Transport Nodes.
Using GIS for Developing Sustainable Urban Growth.
Use of GIS in City Planning Development Enforcement and EIA
Use of GIS as A Tool to Improvement of Solid Waste Management
Urban Land Use Land Cover Classification Performance of Machine Learning (ML) Algorithms and Change Detection.

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Like proverbial buses, two urban design research handbooks have arrived at the same time. Together, the Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods (edited by Kamalipour, Aelbrecht, and Peimani) and the Research Handbook on Urban Design (edited by Roberts and Nelson) provide a comprehensive overview of the state of contemporary urban design research. The timing of their publication signals growing momentum and conviction behind the field’s distinctive contribution.

As its title suggests, the Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods devotes the greater focus on methods of the two books. This responds to a “research turn” (p. 11) in urban design, also following rapidly increasing student numbers and growing interest in specialisation. The book’s introductory chapter foregrounds the following contributions by identifying several key characteristics or tendencies of urban design research. These include: use of case study; mixed methods; multiscalar approach; production and application of spatial knowledge; ethics; sensitivity to context; impact; multidimensional relations; production and application of local/global knowledge and ordinary/expert knowledge; and focus on place and relations. These are presented in the context of an ever-evolving field—which the remainder of the book demonstrates.

The book’s structure reflects this sharp focus on research practice and is laid out across five sections according to key research topics, which themselves represent an advancement of design thinking: agency; affordance; place; informality; and performance. Each of the 51 contributed chapters is typically structured (with differing emphasis) around a current topic or line of inquiry, before the author(s) discuss the methods through which they have explored this, often with a case study to demonstrate. For example, Madanipour (pp. 23–32) proposes the theoretical and methodological approach of ‘dynamic multiplicity’—to analyse spaces, timeframes, perspectives, and contexts—and applies this framework through a case study of a temporary residential development called Place/Ladywell. This format supports an accessible discussion of methods—which is not easy to do—although it could be argued that the book’s overall structure by key research topic hides this methodological detail at times.

The book covers wide-ranging urban design research foci and approaches, which reflects growing attention on how the design of places can support responses to generation-defining policy challenges, including climate change and inequality. Peimani, for example, identifies Transit-Oriented Development as a contributor to sustainable city development and design (pp. 160–167), while Lehmann considers how urban design research can assess the ‘green’ performance of urban areas (pp. 505–514). The book also engages with finer-grained examples just as effectively. This includes research at smaller spatial scales, and different aspects of the nuanced relationship between people and places—such as the role of streets as public spaces (Mehta, pp. 135–150), and the importance of understanding place identity (Davison and Woodcock pp. 252–261).

Given the diversity of approaches within the book’s contributions, the implications for urban design research could have been teased out further. The book may, for example, have benefited from a distinct conclusion, to take stock of how the chapters collectively define or inform the field today. This could also have proposed an agenda for how urban design research can take advantage of this momentum and further develop as a cohesive applied field.

The Research Handbook on Urban Design, in comparison, devotes less space to the direct consideration of research methods . Instead, its distinctive contribution is to showcase the state of urban design as a field, through a series of cutting-edge foci and applications within urban design research. The Research Handbook therefore includes informative chapters on a series of important topics within urban design research, including shaping smart cities (Pomeroy and Lim, pp. 56–77), informal settlements (Kalimpour, pp. 107–124), and the emergence of temporary public spaces in response to the pandemic (Kamvasinou, pp. 367–389).

The Research Handbook adopts what could be described as a more ‘traditional’ structure, according to the primary spatial scale at which the chapters focus . After an opening set of chapters which discuss approaches to urban design research in academia and practice, including within education (Black and Mell, pp. 40–55), the remaining contributions are grouped according to whether they concern work at the scale of settlement, neighbourhood, or public space. The structure is clear and easily navigable, and still allows for areas of overlap and interrelationships between the spatial scales to be acknowledged.

The editors explain that the main guiding feature for the selection of contributions was their interest in a “certain degree of spatial ordering”, and in the physicality of space (p. 4). Compared to the Routledge Handbook, the contributions are therefore perhaps more applied and less methodological. This leaves space within the 20 chapters for rich detail on diverse case studies from across the globe, including of indigenous urbanism in Jaipur (Hemani et al., pp. 79–106), heritage-led revitalisation in Shenzhen (Heath et al., pp. 225–247), and walkability in southern Chile (Zumelzu et al., pp. 266–282).

The book concludes strongly with the editors identifying a series of themes for emerging avenues of urban design research. While some have long been present—such as the seemingly intractable challenge of firmly defining the field—others identify newer and exciting developments for researchers to address. For example, the editors identify the lack of a common language for urban design research across different communities and geographies as an important consideration for the field’s diversity and impact, given the prescience of colloquial terms, such as when describing streets and public spaces. Likewise, the practical context for much urban design research—where academics continually move between projects according to funding requirements, and where much ‘hands on’ research is carried out by private practices—provides plenty for urban design researchers to consider.

Urban design research today

The publication of both volumes at a similar time provides the opportunity to consider what they reveal about the current state of urban design research. Both sets of editors identify that they are responding to an important moment for the field, as design-based solutions provide increasingly influential responses to global policy challenges, and as the institutional landscapes of higher education and urban design practice continue to evolve. Perhaps unsurprisingly, therefore, a degree of overlap exists between the topics covered by the two books—both in their overall framing and within the focus of individual chapters. Indeed, several authors have contributed to both books, as might be expected given the existence of several long-established avenues of urban design research. Likewise, the Routledge Handbook and the Research Handbook also share authors and topics with previous similar publications (e.g. Banerjee and Loukaitou-Sideris 2019 ; Carmona 2014a ).

It could be asked, therefore, what makes these books distinctive in comparison to previous contributions, and what this means for the future of urban design research. While many of the debates raised are not new, when reading the books it nonetheless feels that urban design research has a more confident sense of itself than has previously been the case. The contributors are typically demonstrating the effectiveness and application of their work, rather than persuading readers that urban design warrants attention—which it has already captured.

The editors of each book state their corresponding hope of informing both theory and practice, highlighting the tight relationship between each. The make-up (and cost) of each book means the primary audience is likely to be academic. Broadly, academics seeking critique and reflection on methods would gain most from the Routledge Handbook ¸ while those more focused on education or practice would likely be drawn to the Research Handbook . The audiences will undoubtedly overlap, however, and this combined audience is likely to keep growing given increasing interest in urban design among academics and students, and the closer links being developed between universities and practitioners.

A striking message from both books is the sheer diversity of urban design research being carried out—not just in terms of theory, approach, and method, but also in the geographic coverage of the case studies. The perspectives and approaches this brings is to be celebrated, but still reflects long-running tensions within urban design research. The multi-disciplinary nature of urban design has always been both a key strength and a weakness—its mixed theoretical underpinnings and close relationships to several other disciplines have often led to questions over the distinctiveness of its contributions (Carmona 2014b ). The diversity captured by both books is undeniably exciting for the field’s future but suggests there is still work to do in order to decisively resolve these underlying tensions. It appears unlikely that a common methodological approach or agenda will achieve this, but increased focus on research practice and methods reveals important progress and momentum.

On methods, both books convincingly demonstrate the importance of case studies to urban design research. The majority of chapters in each hinge on case study evidence, and both books effectively utilise photographs, illustrations, and diagrams to help convey the detail and identity of the places they cover. This reassertion of case study research provides an interesting counterpoint to a broader tilt towards urban analytics within urban research, drawing on ‘big data’ and large sample sizes (Kandt and Batty 2021 ). In showcasing the full spectrum of contemporary urban design research, however, both books include several informative examples of quantitative approaches too.

Both books highlight growing government interest in design-based responses to major policy challenges such as climate change and pandemic responses, which is helping to cement urban design research within the work of academic and policy communities. The implications of this relationship for urban design research could have been developed more explicitly by both books, including through a greater focus on related research methods, such as policy analysis. Carmona’s chapter on researching urban design governance in the Routledge Handbook (pp. 15–22) highlights content analysis of policy as a tool for exploring these processes, but otherwise, governance and policy at times felt under-explored by both books.

Closely related planning scholarship, meanwhile, has increasingly engaged with these ideas. In the UK context, this reflects the growth of high-profile national policy agendas such as ‘levelling-up’, and growing academic interest in ‘left-behind places’ (e.g. Fiorentino et al. 2024 ; Nurse 2023 ). Urban design research will surely need to grapple with relevant policy and governance processes more closely if its potential impact on practice is to be fulfilled—although it is accepted that the global coverage and breadth of the Routledge Handbook and the Research Handbook would have made a full analysis of the policy landscapes in each case study context practically difficult. For Cuthbert and Suartika in their contribution to the Research Handbook (pp. 12–23), embedding urban design research within socioeconomic and political systems like this will also require a more robust theoretical approach.

Central to this must be an understanding of power relations within both urban design processes and outcomes, and the implications this has for inequalities. Both books reviewed here respond to this challenge well. In particular, the conclusion of the Research Handbook identifies how, given that urban design is contingent upon land ownership and property development, “researchers have more freedom as critics and commentators to record and highlight the inequalities produced through the drive towards profit and capital accumulation” (p. 408). Exercising this voice will be as urgent as ever as the highly inequitable impacts of the climate crisis continue to be felt around the world.

In sum, the Routledge Handbook and the Research Handbook evidence both the breadth and depth of urban design research globally. Critics might argue that the combined over 1000 pages reveal the somewhat unwieldy nature of a discipline still striving to bridge a series of gaps between different sets of people and ideas. Yet, the diversity and strength of the work on offer provides great hope—for an increasingly recognised academic field whose robust knowledge base supports the delivery of more successful, sustainable, and equitable places in wide-ranging contexts. Taking forward this important challenge is a compelling prospect for those of us working within urban design research.

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Professor Husam AlWaer Professor of Urban Design - University of Dundee - United Kingdom

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Abeer Elshater Ain Shams University - Egypt

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A base of five years may be more appropriate for journals in certain fields because the body of citations may not be large enough to make reasonable comparisons, or it may take longer than two years to publish and distribute leading to a longer period before others cite the work.

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Papers addressing the design and planning of the built environment, emphasizing the interfaces between theory, practice and urban policy.

Aims and scope

Urban Design and Planning publishes international refereed papers addressing the design and planning of the built environment, with emphasis on the interfaces between urban theory, policy and practice.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for critical discussion and debate that aim to address the complex nature of urban design and planning, and explore its multiple socio-cultural, physical, economic and environmental dimensions. It offers a valuable resource for all those concerned with the quality of the built environment such as urban designers, urbanists, architects, planners, landscape architects, and academic scholars involved in architectural and planning research, education and practice.

Topics covered by the journal sit at the intersection of disciplines (sustainability, urbanism, urban design, planning, architecture, and landscape architecture); the intersection of spatial scales including their core and periphery (Cities, Neighbourhoods, Streets, and Buildings); and at the intersection of theoretical and contemporary thoughts, policies, practices and applications in urban design and planning.

We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit original research articles, case studies, and critical articles on topics including, but not limited to the following:

adaptive and synergistic urban design and planning
case studies: success stories as well as failures
environmental planning and eco urban development
evidence-based decision-making in urban design and planning
future planning and urban design education
governance and political in urban design and planning
health and wellbeing
local identity, place character and sense of place
master planning and design code
participatory placemaking and co-production in urban design
physical, social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects of topics such as; sustainable settlements and neighbourhoods
preservation, conservation and cultural heritage
property development in practice
streets design and public spaces
sustainable urban design and planning
tactical and temporary urbanism
the integration of concepts such as resilience and climate adaption into urban design and planning
the role of sustainability assessment in the urban design process
urban morphology, typology, and forms
theory and history of urban design and planning
townscape and aesthetics
urban design value
urban infrastructure and transport systems
urban regeneration, and
the new types of professionalism required to reconcile the conflicting demands placed upon urban design and planning

Urban Design and Planning journal accepts a variety of articles, from in- depth theoretical and conceptual-based research, to empirical and evidence-based research, practice-based research, contemporary thoughts and viewpoints from urban design and planning professionals, and book reviews.

Theoretical and conceptual-based research Can be up to 7,000-10,000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, diagrams, and list of references.
Empirical and evidence-based research: Can be up to 7,000-10,000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, diagrams, and list of references.
Practice based research: Can be up to 5000-8000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, diagrams and list of references.
Design Led/Focus Papers: Can be up to 5000 words with a focus on the design/image element of the project. High quality figures are essential. Please visit our Figure Guidance page for more help.
Contemporary thoughts and Viewpoints: Can be up to 1,500-3,000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, diagrams and list of references.
Book Reviews: Should be submitted by invitation from the Editor and do not exceed 2000 words, inclusive of the abstract, tables, diagrams and list of references.

We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit research articles if the following conditions apply:

The article being submitted is the authors’ original work
The article is not currently under review or submitted elsewhere
The article has not been previously published
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Permission has been sought and granted to use any figures included whose copyright belongs to someone else
Any suggested reviewers do not have a conflict of interest
Work funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is declared.

Urban Design and Planning operates a double-blind review process .

Awards: Each year, the paper rated best by the editorial Panel is given the ICE's Reed Mallik prize .

This journal is aligned with our sustainable structures and infrastructures goal

We recognise the transformative power of sustainable engineering, design and building practices in creating a world where our planet and its inhabitants can thrive.

Urban Studies Research Guide: Urban Studies Related Topics

Finding Books
Finding Articles
Indexes & Databases
Statistics and Data
U.S. Government Resources
Images and Media
New Urbanism
Olympics and the City
South Asian Urban Studies
Open Source Urban Studies Related Journals

Related concepts/keywords

These are some related concepts and keywords to Urban Studies. Try using them in the Library Catalog or your favorite Urban Studies Database

Mapping the City
Networked City
Promoting Cities
The Resilient City
Sustainable Urbanism
The Televised City
Transportation and the City
Urban Design
Urban History
Urban Renewal
Urbanism and Ethnic Identity

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods

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Description

As an evolving and contested field, urban design has been made, unmade, and remade at the intersections of multiple disciplines and professions. It is now a decisive moment for urban design to reflect on its rigour and relevance. This handbook is an attempt to seize this moment for urban design to further develop its theoretical and methodological knowledge base and engage with the question of "what urban design can be" with a primary focus on its research. This handbook includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars across the global North and global South to provide a more field-specific entry point by introducing a range of topics and lines of inquiry and discussing how they can be explored with a focus on the related research designs and methods. The specific aim, scope, and structure of this handbook are appealing to a range of audiences interested and/or involved in shaping places and public spaces. What makes this book quite distinctive from conventional handbooks on research methods is the way it has been structured in relation to some key research topics and questions in the field of urban design regarding the issues of agency , affordance , place , informality , and performance . In addition to the introduction chapter, this handbook includes 80 contributors and 52 chapters organised into five parts. The commissioned chapters showcase a wide range of topics, research designs, and methods with references to relevant scholarly works on the related topics and methods.

Hesam Kamalipour is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, Co-Director of MA Urban Design, and Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University. Patricia Aelbrecht is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Design and Intercultural Studies and Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University. Nastaran Peimani is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Design, Leader of the Urbanism Research and Scholarship Group, and Co-Founding Director of the Public Space Observatory Research Centre at Cardiff University.

Critics' Reviews

"This new Routledge handbook brings together a remarkable range of scholars, covering a vast range of topics and methods employed in urban design research. As much a snapshot of where we are now and how we've arrived here - as where we are heading in the field - it is a must have for any urban designer's bookshelf." Tim Townshend , Professor of Urban Design for Health, Newcastle University, UK " The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Research Methods is an expansive exposition of the diverse ways to interrogate and understand the city. The book critically demonstrates the modes by which urban practitioners can engage with city making and brings to sharp focus the unfulfilled potentials Urban Design." Rahul Mehrotra , founder principal of RMA Architects and John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization at the GSD, Harvard University, US "This timely book presents a rich variety of approaches and hands on tools and has the format to become a key source of inspiration for researchers, practitioners as well as policy makers. In a world with much shouting and screaming on social media, also when it comes to the build environment, we need dialogue tools and creative approaches. The tools presented in this handbook could serve to create a constructive dialogue around the build environment." Birgitte Svarre , PhD, CEO, BARK Consulting A/S, Denmark (co-author of How to study public life with Jan Gehl) "In sum, the Routledge Handbook... evidence[s] both the breadth and depth of urban design research globally. The diversity and strength of the work on offer provides great hope—for an increasingly recognised academic field whose robust knowledge base supports the delivery of more successful, sustainable, and equitable places in wide-ranging contexts. Taking forward this important challenge is a compelling prospect for those of us working within urban design research." Robert Richardson , Centre for Public Policy, University of Glasgow; review for Urban Design International

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Dissertations at UCLA and Beyond

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Foreign Dissertations Search the CRL Catalog for dissertations already held at the Center. If a foreign dissertation is not at CRL, UCLA's Interlibrary Loan Service will request that CRL acquire it for your use. This special issue of Focus on Global Resources describes CRL's extensive collection of foreign dissertations.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations This international organization promotes the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic analogues to traditional paper-based theses and dissertations in order to more effectively share knowledge.

Selected Dissertations — Architecture and Urban Design

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The search for a theory in architecture : Anglo-American debates, 1957-1976 / Louis Martin. Thesis--Ph.D.; Princeton University, 2002.
Affordable Housing in High Opportunity Areas : Insights for Fair Housing Advocates / by Emmanuel Proussaloglou Thesis--M.U.R.P.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2023.
Connecting Pico : a study of alternatives to re-knit the Pico Neighborhood that was divided by the I-10 freeway in Santa Monica, California / by Cecilia Garcia Urban Planning Project (M.A.)--UCLA, 2010.
Streetscape improvement recommendations: CRA/LA Cleantech Corridor / by Daniel Caroselli Urban Planning Project (M.A.)--UCLA, 2011.
Politics and the adoption of local development policies in Southern California cities / by Todd Andrew Donovan Dissertation--Ph. D.; University of California, Riverside, 1991.
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Urban Planning Thesis/ Research Topic Suggestions (Part 1)

Introduction.

In the field of Planning, each student is required to undertake a research project (thesis) as per his/ her interest subjects relevant to the field in the final semester. It basically gives an opportunity to the students to put their learning of previous semesters together. It also gives an opportunity to synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired by applying it for strategy formulation for a live planning challenge.

Urban Planning

Cities and tourist movement have both historical and dynamic relationship. Urban places often act as major attractions and serve as gateways to or staging areas for tourism. Tourism is at the heart of many cities’ development projects. Tourism is a major driving force in the development and stimulator of a new urbanity in metropolises and cities.

Urban Finance

Environment planning.

Environmental issues arise and exist in almost all sectors where development is involved. Environmental Planning helps in making decisions about the natural environment, public health and the built environment.

Informal Sector

Slum/ informal settlements.

Existence of informal settlements in the urban areas is a challenging issue in urban planning. It is short-sighted and unsustainable to ignore the challenge of slums considering the large scale of slums and the number of people they house.

Housing and Real Estate

Inclusive planning, transport planning.

Transport Planning is required for the operation, provision and management of facilities and services for the modes of transport. It is the process of preparing policies, goals and spatial planning designs to prepare for the future needs.

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Urban Design

About the Program

The Master of Urban Design (MUD) degree program is a one-calendar-year program of study for students with a prior professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or city and regional planning. The program last for three semesters, starting with the June Summer Session and ending at the end of May of the following year. The program offers advanced training in urban design in an interdisciplinary curriculum with faculty drawn from architecture, landscape architecture, and planning in the College of Environmental Design. Designers work in teams and individually across a large range of scales to develop an understanding of the complexity of urbanism and the interdependencies of buildings, landscapes, and planning in environments shaped by cultural, social, economic, political, and environmental forces. The program is an intense and demanding learning experience in which a global group of students shares working methods, acquire additional skills, and explore new challenges in the rapidly expanding field of urban design. As the only stand-alone urban design program in the state, the MUD program begins by focusing on emerging issues in California and the West at the urban, suburban, and territorial scales. As the fifth-largest economy in the world, the most diverse state in the U.S., and a global pioneer in technology, sustainability, and culture, California is a unique laboratory to investigate future spatial challenges. The final independent advanced design project offers students the opportunity to address topics that they are passionate about in sites around the world.

The MUD program is STEM certified for 3 year OPT.

Visit Program Website

Admission to the University

Applying for graduate admission.

Thank you for considering UC Berkeley for graduate study! UC Berkeley offers more than 120 graduate programs representing the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary scholarship. The Graduate Division hosts a complete list of graduate academic programs, departments, degrees offered, and application deadlines can be found on the Graduate Division website.

Prospective students must submit an online application to be considered for admission, in addition to any supplemental materials specific to the program for which they are applying. The online application and steps to take to apply can be found on the Graduate Division website .

Admission Requirements

The minimum graduate admission requirements are:

A bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited institution;

A satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale; and

Enough undergraduate training to do graduate work in your chosen field.

For a list of requirements to complete your graduate application, please see the Graduate Division’s Admissions Requirements page . It is also important to check with the program or department of interest, as they may have additional requirements specific to their program of study and degree. Department contact information can be found here .

Where to apply?

Visit the Berkeley Graduate Division application page .

Admission Criteria and Prerequisites

Admission to the Master of Urban Design program requires:

A prior professional degree in architecture (BArch or MArch), landscape architecture (BLA or MLA), or city and regional planning (MCP or MUP with a strong design background).
Evidence of high-quality academic and professional work, including minimum TOEFL/IELTS score requirements.
Two years of professional experience after completion of the professional degree is recommended but not required. Applicants will be evaluated based on the quality of their work.

Master's Degree Requirements

Course requirements.

Five courses constitute the core of the Master of Urban Design degree program:

ENV DES 201 Urban Design Fundamentals Studio—an intensive studio involving collaborative work on problems that are large in scope, yet require attention to spatial organization and design details. This studio is scheduled in the 10 week Summer Session.
ENV DES 251 Discourses in Urban Design Seminar—an introduction to the program, faculty resources, and important issues in contemporary urban design practice. This course is scheduled in the 8 week Summer Session.
CY PLAN 298 Economics Module, which introduces key economic issues and concepts.
ENV DES 252 Thesis Research and Preparation, a seminar that brings all candidates in the program together to develop and discuss their individual Advanced Design projects.
ENV DES 253 Thesis Studio, led by an urban design practitioner with MUD faculty. The thesis studio provides students with guidance to complete their advanced design project by mid-May, when they will present their work to faculty, students, alumni, and invited reviewers.

Students can select an additional studio is selected from advanced urban design graduate studios offered in the three departments. Students must also complete courses in methods, urban design history or theory, and electives related to their interests. See the MUD Program Handbook for further information, including sample programs.

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Courses Required
	Urban Design Fundamentals Studio	5
	Discourses in Urban Design	3
	Group Studies	1
	Thesis Research and Preparation	3
	Thesis Studio	4
Second Studio Requirement: Students must complete one of the following courses:		5
	Graduate Option Studio [5]
	Advanced Studio: Urban Design/Environmental Planning [5]
	Design of Landscape Sites [5]
	Environmental Planning Studio [5]
Methods Requirement: Students must complete one of the following courses		3-4
	Research Methods in Environmental Design [4]
	Community Engagement and Public Participation in Planning Processes [3]
History/Theory Requirement: Students must complete one of the following courses		2-3
	Theories of Urban Form and Design [3]
	Theories of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning [2]
	Special Topics in the History of Architecture [1-4]
MUD Summer Studio: Students must complete the following course:		5
	Thesis Studio [4]
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ENV DES 201 Urban Design Fundamentals Studio 5 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session An intensive studio involving collaborative work on problems that are large in scope, yet require attention to spatial organization and design details. The studio course is offered each fall semester and required for incoming graduate students in the Master of Urban Design Program (MUD). The course is also open to College of Environmental Design graduate students of advanced standing in the Master of City Planning Program/ Urban Design Concentration, the Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture Programs. Urban Design Fundamentals Studio: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Students enrolled in the Master of Urban Design program have priority. Others welcome with consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 5 hours of studio per week

Summer: 10 weeks - 6 hours of seminar and 6 hours of studio per week

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar and five hours of studio per week. Six hours of seminar and six hours of studio per week for 10 weeks.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Design/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

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ENV DES 202 Advanced Urban Design Studio 5 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 The advanced urban design studio builds on the conceptual and design skills taught in the introductory studio, adding more complex contexts, sites and programs. The studio will address realistic contemporary urban, suburban, or rural situations requiring innovative solutions. The studio projects will be either sponsored or led by professional firms. Students will undertake in-depth research, understand economic, political, social, and cultural dynamics, investigate challenging sites, and produce creative responses. Advanced Urban Design Studio: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ENV DES 202 after completing ENV DES 202 . A deficient grade in ENV DES 202 may be removed by taking ENV DES 202 .

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 8 hours of studio per week

Additional Format: Eight hours of studio per week.

Instructor: Crawford

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ENV DES 207 Design and Difference 4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This course explores contemporary debates around race, gender, sexuality, disability rights and other forms of embodied politics and considers their potential to transform the normative assumptions and practices of the built environment disciplines. Concepts such as self-abstraction, assimilation, and discourses of the “universal” or neutral body will be examined critically in relation to socially situated theories of power, identity, and activism. The course will investigate case studies of everyday objects, buildings and urban space that exemplify the creative limits and possibilities of embodied difference in the design process. Weekly reading responses, class discussions, presentations, and a final project are required. Design and Difference: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar per week.

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ENV DES C231 Critical Race Theory in Planning, Design, and Public Policy 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023 This course focuses on four inter-connected areas of pedagogy important to urban planning, design, and public policy that repair, rather than perpetuate, systemic harm. First, we will examine the main tenets of critical race theory to address the structural roots and history of injustice. Second, students will learn the theory, methodology and practice of transformative community planning, design and public policy principles that center the lived experiences, experiential knowledge, and agency of people directly impacted by systemic injustice. Third, we will examine the role of individual and collective healing focusing on the principles of restorative justice. Fourth, we will explore the theory and practice of love-based justice. Critical Race Theory in Planning, Design, and Public Policy: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture per week.

Also listed as: PUB POL C231

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ENV DES 251 Discourses in Urban Design 1 or 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 8 Week Session, Summer 2022 8 Week Session, Fall 2021 The course is the first of three courses (ED251, ED252, ED253) directed toward the development of research and design proposals that advance the field of urban design. As the first course in the sequence, ED251 introduces topics and research methods in contemporary urban design. There is a lecture component (Section 1) that is open to the College and campus. Graduate students preparing for theses and professional reports in urban design will enroll in Section 2, which includes attending the lectures as well as a seminar that expands on the lecture topics by exploring various research and design methodologies. Discourses in Urban Design: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: The one unit section is open to all students. The three unit section is for students enrolled in the Master of Urban Design program or those who have obtained the consent of the instructor

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of seminar per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: unit(s):one hour of seminar per week; 3 unit(s):three hours of seminar per week. unit(s):three hours of seminar per week; 3 unit(s):six hours of seminar per week for 8 weeks.

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ENV DES 252 Thesis Research and Preparation 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Seminar focuses on individual urban design interests, the design and research work that students are pursuing in other courses, and development of thesis or final design projects. Thesis Research and Preparation: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Students must be in the Master of Urban Design program or obtain consent of instructor

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

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ENV DES 253 Thesis Studio 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Spring 2023 A studio for Masters of Urban Design students aimed to support students during the final months of their thesis work. Faculty will hold bi-weekly individual desk critiques of student work and organize preliminary reviews to outside reviewers in preparation of the final review scheduled at the end of the semester. Thesis Studio: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 252

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of studio per week

Additional Format: Six hours of studio per week.

Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.

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ENV DES C297 Dismantling Racism in Planning, Design, and Public Policy Clinic 3 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 This Clinic seeks to develop students to advance an anti-racist future guided by the principles of love, healing, and justice. Students are required to enroll in the companion theory course, EnvDes C231, Critical Race Theory in Planning, Design, and Public Policy. This Clinic focuses on four areas of professional practice. First, students are supervised by experienced professional practitioners. Second, students will learn the framework of racial equity analysis through applied theoretical frameworks and case study pedagogy. Third, students will apply the framework of racial equity analysis to real-world projects. Fourth, students will engage in reflection of their experiences through peer learning and regular journal entries. Dismantling Racism in Planning, Design, and Public Policy Clinic: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 7-9 hours of clinic and 3-3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and seven to nine hours of clinic per week.

Also listed as: PUB POL 297A

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ENV DES 298 Environmental Design Group Studies 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2015 Topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester. Environmental Design Group Studies: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Fall and/or spring: 4 weeks - 4-14 hours of directed group study per week 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Format: One to Four hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks. Four to Fourteen hours of Directed group study per week for 4 weeks.

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ENV DES N298 Directed Group Study 1 - 2 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 8 Week Session Topics are announced at the beginning of the semester. Directed Group Study: Read More [+]

Summer: 8 weeks - 3-5 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Format: Three to five hours of directed group study per week for 8 weeks.

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ENV DES 399 Supervised Teaching 1 or 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023 Professional courses for prospective teachers. Supervised Teaching: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Appointment as graduate student instructor

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Two to four hours of independent study per week.

Subject/Course Level: Environmental Design/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers

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20 Types of Architecture thesis topics

An architectural thesis is perhaps the most confusing for a student because of the range of typologies of buildings that exist. It also seems intimidating to pick your site program and do all the groundwork on your own. While choosing an architectural thesis topic, it is best to pick something that aligns with your passion and interest as well as one that is feasible. Out of the large range of options, here are 20 architectural thesis topics .

1. Slum Redevelopment (Urban architecture)

Slums are one of the rising problems in cities where overcrowding is pertinent. To account for this problem would be one of great value to the city as well as the inhabitants of the slum. It provides them with better sanitation and well-being and satisfies their needs.

2. Maggie Center (Healthcare architecture)

This particular typology of buildings was coined by a cancer patient, Margaret Keswick Jencks, who believed that cancer-treatment centres’ environment could largely improve their health and wellbeing by better design. This led a large number of starchitects to participate and build renowned maggie centres.

3. Urban Sprawl Redesign (Urban design)

The widening of city boundaries to accommodate migrants and overcrowding of cities is very common as of late. To design for the constant urban sprawl would make the city life more convenient and efficient for all its users.

4. Redesigning Spaces Under Elevated Roads and Metros (Urban infrastructure)

A lot of space tends to become dead space under metros or elevated roads. To use these spaces more efficiently and engage them with the public would make it an exciting thesis topic.

5. Urban Parks (Urban landscape)

Urban parks are not only green hubs for the city, which promotes the well-being of the city on a larger level, but they also act as great places for the congregation and bring a community together.

6. Reusing Abandoned Buildings (Adaptive reuse)

All buildings after a point become outdated and old but, what about the current old and abandoned buildings? The best way to respond to these is not by demolishing them; given the amount of effort it takes to do so, but to enhance them by restoring and changing the building to current times.

7. Farming in Cities (Green urban spaces)

With climate change and population on the rise, there is statistical proof that one needs to start providing farming in cities as there is not sufficient fertile land to provide for all. Therefore, this makes a great thesis topic for students to explore.

8. Jails (Civil architecture)

To humanize the function of jails, to make it a place of change and rehabilitation, and break from the stereotypical way of looking at jails. A space that will help society look at prisoners as more than monsters that harm, and as fellow humans that are there to change for everyone’s betterment.

9. Police Academies (Civil architecture)

Academies that train people to be authoritative and protective require spaces for training mentally and physically; focussing on the complexity of the academy and focussing on the user to enhance their experience would work in everyone’s favour.

10. High Court (Civil architecture)

Courtrooms are more often than not looked at as spaces that people fear, given the longevity of court cases. It can be a strenuous space; therefore, understanding the user groups’ state of mind and the problems faced can be solved using good design.

11. Disaster-resilient structures (Disaster-relief architecture)

Natural disasters are inevitable. Disaster-resilient structures are build suitably for the natural disasters of the region while also incorporating design into it, keeping in mind the climatic nature of the location.

12. Biophilic design (Nature-inspired architecture)

As humans, we have an innate love for nature, and the struggle between integrating nature and architecture is what biophilic design aims towards. To pick a topic where one would see minimal use of natural elements and incorporate biophilic design with it would be very beneficial.

13. Metro stations and Bus terminals (Transportation spaces)

Bus terminals and metro stations are highly functional spaces that often get crowded; and to account for the crowd and the problems that come with it, plus elevate the experience of waiting or moving, would contribute to making it a good thesis topic.

14. Airport design (Transportation spaces)

Airport designing is not very uncommon; however, it is a rather complex program to crack; thereby, choosing this topic provides you with the opportunity to make this space hassle-free and work out the most efficient way to make this conducive for all types of users.

15. Sports Complex (Community architecture)

If your passion lies in sports, this is a go-to option. Each sport is played differently, different materials are used, and the nature of the sport and its audience is rather complicated. However, to combine this and make it a cohesive environment for all kinds of users would make a good thesis topic.

16. Stadium (Community architecture)

Unlike a sports complex, one could also pick one sport and look at the finer details, create the setting, and experience for it; by designing it to curate a nice experience for the players, the public, and the management.

17. Waste-recycling center (Waste management)

Reducing waste is one of the most fundamental things we must do as humans. Spaces where recycling happens must be designed consciously. Just like any other space, it has been given importance over the years, and this would make a good thesis topic to provide the community with.

18. Crematorium (Public architecture)

Cremation of a loved one or anyone for that matter is always a rather painful process and a range of emotions is involved when it comes to this place. Keeping in mind the different types of people and emotions and making your thesis about this would mean to enhance this experience while still keeping the solemnity of it intact.

19. Museums (Community architecture)

Museums are spaces of learning, and the world has so much to offer that one could always come up with different typologies of museums and design according to the topic of one’s interest. Some of the examples would be cultural heritage, modern art, museum of senses, and many more.

20. Interpretation center (Community architecture)

An interpretation center is a type of museum located near a site of historical, cultural, or natural relevance that provides information about the place of interest through various mediums.

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RTF | Rethinking The Future. 2022. 20 Thesis topics related to Sustainable Architecture – RTF | Rethinking The Future . [online] Available at: <https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-fresh-perspectives/a1348-20-thesis-topics-related-to-sustainable-architecture/> [Accessed 1 March 2022].
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Urban Planning Problems in New Delhi The growth of urban centers is usually a sign of economic stability and the political maturity of a country. The size of the population in Delhi is the driver behind its environmental problems.
Governmental Relations in Urban Planning This verse highlights the importance of having a clear and meaningful vision for the future, which is reflected in the city’s approach to planning.
Gentrification: Urban Planning in Canada It is important to find a way of addressing the concerns that stakeholders have to eliminate the current controversies in the new approach to urban planning.
The Impact of the Urban Planning Housing, neighborhoods, and real estate markets are primarily determined by urban planning, policies, and practices, the failures of which are the causes for the existing housing problems, but a healthy neighborhoods approach can be a […]
Urban Planning and Redevelopment Urban planning is a discipline that explores aspects of the built and environment of communities and municipalities. The Harrapan civilizations, the Mesopotamia, Ur, and cities of the Indus valley in India are among the earliest […]
Urban Planning and Zoning Categories The goal of zoning is to ensure that the different types of land use are separated and that the uses are compatible with one another. Zoning categories are very important because they regulate the use […]
Development and Theories in Urban Planning Mainly, conceptual planning and the rational-comprehensive planning theories are frameworks builders should adopt to cater to diverse issues and fulfil their responsibility to the earth as stipulated in the bible.
Urban Planning Code of Ethics Ethics can help planners foster an integral, moral, and trustworthy environment in the planning process and make socially acceptable approaches/ For instance, explaining to stakeholders existing and anticipated social problems that may occur in the […]
Urban Planning Development and Theories For example, during the period of city creation in the 17th century in Europe, urban planning, the creation of architectural ensembles and public spaces, and the design of local facilities have long been actively used.
Professional Urban Planning and Practices Reviewing the knowledge, skills, and components of the curriculum to ensure that they address the planning needs of the evolving world is a great example of an approach that focuses on the future of professional […]
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Michael Apted’s “Thunderheart”: Urban Planning His role was to investigate the circumstances that led to the murder of a Native American who was a follower of the American Indian Movement.
Urban Planning Optimization and Homelessness Therefore, the urban planning should be revised regarding those private providers’ interests: the risk of failure for future city development would strongly increase in the areas of possible economic concern.
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Urban Planning: Transit-Oriented Development Lynch defines efficiency in terms of cost: the less costly the creation and the maintenance of a system is, the more efficient it can be considered.
Urban Planning: “The Great Good Place” by Ray Oldenburg The author wrote the book in 1999 in an attempt to show the significance of casual and open gathering places, which he referred to as “third places”.
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Artificial internet of things, sensor-based digital twin urban computing vision algorithms, and blockchain cloud networks in sustainable smart city administration.

1. Introduction

2. methodology, 3. source correlation analysis, 4. iot green governance, ai data-based mobile communication systems, and urban digital twin technologies for sustainable smart city planning, 5. deep learning forecasting and prediction tools, sensing and big data technologies, and self-organizing spatial–social network and decision support systems in environmentally responsible governance of smart cities and sustainable urbanism, 6. cloud computing technologies, blockchain and ai-driven sustainable urban mobility, and computer simulation network performance algorithms for cost-effective smart city management and resource optimization, 7. discussion, 8. specific contributions to the literature, 9. limitations and further directions of research, 10. practical implications, 11. opportunities, challenges, and gaps according to the selected literature, 12. conclusions, supplementary materials, author contributions, data availability statement, conflicts of interest.

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No.	Authors	Nationality	Paper Title	Journal Title	Paper Type	Number of WoS Citations	Ref.
1	Mohd Abdul Ahad, Sara Paiva, Gautami Tripathi, Noushaba Feroz	India, Portugal	Enabling technologies and sustainable smart cities (2020)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Original research	223	[ ]
2	Saurabh Singh, Pradip Kumar Sharma, Byungun Yoon, Mohammad Shojafar, Gi Hwan Cho, In-Ho Ra	South Korea, UK	Convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence in IoT network for the sustainable smart city (2020)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Original research	217	[ ]
3	Abdul Karim Feroz, Hangjung Zo, and Ananth Chiravuri	South Korea, United Arab Emirates	Digital Transformation and Environmental Sustainability: A Review and Research Agenda (2021)	Sustainability	Original research	177	[ ]
4	Simon Elias Bibri	Norway	A foundational framework for smart sustainable city development: Theoretical, disciplinary, and discursive dimensions and their synergies (2018)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Original research	137	[ ]
5	Victor Galaz, Miguel A. Centeno, Peter W. Callahan, Amar Causevic, Thayer Patterson, Irina Brass, Seth Baum, Darryl Farber, Joern Fischer, David Garcia, Timon McPhearson, Daniel Jimenez, Brian King, Paul Larcey, Karen Levy	Sweden, USA, UK, Germany, Austria, Colombia	Artificial intelligence, systemic risks, and sustainability (2021)	Technology in Society	Original research	111	[ ]
6	Sophie A. Nitoslawski, Nadine J. Galle, Cecil Konijnendijk Van Den Bosch, James W.N. Steenberg	Canada, Ireland	Smarter ecosystems for smarter cities? A review of trends, technologies, and turning points for smart urban forestry (2019)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Review	110	[ ]
7	Ali Hassan Sodhro, Sandeep Pirbhulal, Zongwei Luo, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque	Pakistan, Sweden, China, Brazil	Towards an optimal resource management for IoT based Green and sustainable smart cities (2019)	Journal of Cleaner Production	Original research	101	[ ]
8	Christopher Martin, James Evans, Andrew Karvonen, Krassimira Paskaleva, Dujuan Yang, Trond Linjordet	UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway	Smart-sustainability: A new urban fix? (2019)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Original research	86	[ ]
9	Arash Heidari, Nima Jafari Navimipour, Mehmet Unal	Iran, Turkey	Applications of ML/DL in the management of smart cities and societies based on new trends in information technologies: A systematic literature review (2022)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Review	83	[ ]
10	Hadi Zahmatkesh, Fadi Al-Turjman	Norway, Turkey	Fog computing for sustainable smart cities in the IoT era: Caching techniques and enabling technologies—an overview (2020)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Review	82	[ ]
11	Xia Li, Patrick S.W. Fong, Shengli Dai, Yingchun Li	China	Towards sustainable smart cities: An empirical comparative assessment and development pattern optimization in China (2019)	Journal of Cleaner Production	Original research	81	[ ]
12	Azzam Abu-Rayash, Ibrahim Dincer	Canada	Development of integrated sustainability performance indicators for better management of smart cities (2021)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Original research	73	[ ]
13	Laura Belli, Antonio Cilfone, Luca Davoli, Gianluigi Ferrari, Paolo Adorni, Francesco Di Nocera, Alessandro Dall’Olio, Cristina Pellegrini, Marco Mordacci, Enzo Bertolotti	Italy	IoT-Enabled Smart Sustainable Cities: Challenges and Approaches (2020)	Smart Cities	Original research	68	[ ]
14	Tim Heinrich Son, Zack Weedon, Tan Yigitcanlar, Thomas Sanchez, Juan M. Corchado, Rashid Mehmood	Australia, USA, Spain, Saudi Arabia	Algorithmic urban planning for smart and sustainable development: Systematic review of the literature (2023)	Sustainable Cities and Society	Review	59	[ ]
15	Simon Elias Bibri	Norway	Data-driven smart sustainable cities of the future: An evidence synthesis approach to a comprehensive state-of-the-art literature review (2021)	Sustainable Futures	Review	56	[ ]
16	Armin Razmjoo, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Mouloud Denaï, Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Seyedali Mirjalili	Spain, Denmark, UK, Italy, Australia	Effective policies to overcome barriers in the development of smart cities (2021)	Energy Research & Social Science	Original research	45	[ ]
17	Jayden Khakurel, Birgit Penzenstadler, Jari Porras, Antti Knutas, Wenlu Zhang	Finland, USA	The Rise of Artificial Intelligence under the Lens of Sustainability (2018)	Technologies	Original research	42	[ ]
18	Tahereh Saheb, Mohamad Dehghani, Tayebeh Saheb	Iran	Artificial intelligence for sustainable energy: A contextual topic modeling and content analysis (2022)	Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems	Original research	35	[ ]
19	Tarana Singh, Arun Solanki, Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Anand Nayyar, Anand Paul	India, Vietnam, South Korea	A Decade Review on Smart Cities: Paradigms, Challenges and Opportunities (2022)	IEEE Access	Review	33	[ ]
20	Jose Sanchez Gracias, Gregory S. Parnell, Eric Specking, Edward A. Pohl, Randy Buchanan	USA	Smart Cities—A Structured Literature Review (2023)	Smart Cities	Review	32	[ ]

Main topics addressed by the authors in each group	violet (smart city management), orange (smart urbanism operational management), blue (sustainable smart city planning), crimson (urban ecosystem sustainable development), brown (urban system development), emerald (smart city environmentally responsible governance), olive (environmentally sustainable city design), magenta (urban environmental sustainability digital transformation), cyan (smart city planning and designing)
The reasons behind their research focus	violet (urban operation decision-making), orange (urban sustainability), blue (urban ecosystem sustainability), crimson (urban infrastructures and systems), brown (resilient urban system functionalities), emerald (sustainable smart cities), olive (smart city technologies), magenta (urban big data and computing systems), cyan (resilient urban environments)
The number of research groups with common interests	violet (6), orange (6), blue (8), crimson (11), brown (5), emerald (9), olive (7), magenta (5), cyan (6)

Main topics addressed by the authors in each group	violet (smart city dynamic environments for sustainable urban development), olive (smart and integrated city development), orange (urban operational management), blue (sustainable smart city development planning), salmon (interconnected smart sustainable city development), spring green (smart sustainable city development planning and operational management performance), brown (sustainable smart city planning), jade (sustainable smart urban development performance), cyan (smart sustainable city operational functioning), crimson (sustainable urban planning)
The reasons behind their research focus	violet (smart context-aware sustainable urban planning development systems), olive (resilient smart cities), orange (sustainable smart city connected networks), blue (technological solution-based sustainable urban strategies), salmon (sustainable urban environments), spring green (sustainable smart city design), brown (environmentally conscious sustainable smart cities), jade (urban planning and sustainable development efficiency), cyan (resilient urban environments), crimson (environmentally smart sustainable urbanism)
The number of research groups with common interests	violet (6), olive (5), orange (4), blue (5), salmon (6), spring green (4), brown (7), jade (9), cyan (14), crimson (7)

Main topics addressed by the authors in each group	olive (green-governance-based smart city management), violet (data-driven decision-making in urban governance), cyan (sustainable smart city infrastructure development, management, and planning), blue (smart city long-term sustainable development), green (smart city environmentally responsible governance), brown (algorithmic urban planning-based smart sustainable development), orange (urban sustainable development and resilience)
The reasons behind their research focus	olive (urban big data analytics), violet (urban intelligence function-based simulation, monitoring, and planning systems), cyan (urban sensor-based big data technologies), blue (decision-making processes in smart sustainable cities), green (urban intelligence functions, structures, and forms), brown (urban ecosystem sustainability), orange (smart sustainable city planning, simulation, and monitoring)
The number of research groups with common interests	olive (3), violet (10), cyan (11), blue (20), green (12), brown (9), orange (12)

Main topics addressed by the authors in each group	olive (sustainable urban development practices), orange (smart city decision-making, planning, and management processes), red (development planning, design scalability, and operational management-based sustainable urbanism), blue (urban ecosystem sustainable development and resilience), green (data-driven smart city planning, design, processes, and practices), violet (smart sustainable city planning and design), cyan (urban intelligence and smart sustainable city planning)
The reasons behind their research focus	olive (smart city environmental sustainability practices), orange (smart city environmentally responsible governance), red (distribution planning and logistic decisions in smart cities), blue (connected and resilient urban system functionalities), green (sustainable city redesigning and restructuring), violet (urban operation decision-making), cyan (smart sustainable city urban planning, design, and management)
The number of research groups with common interests	olive (9), orange (6), red (19), blue (13), green (18), violet (9), cyan (8)

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