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<p>Using a systematic literature review and bibliography, this paper aims to map the research field of urban sustainability. The keywords “urban sustainability and urbanization” were used to search the Web of Science database. Following fair and unambiguous criteria, the most significant research in urban sustainability analysis has been chosen. The fundamental goal of this research is to provide a bibliometric analysis of nearly thirty years of urban sustainability research. In total, 787 articles were extracted from the literature database on the Web of Science. The literature was analyzed using VOSviewer, a scientific mapping software program. Incorporating multiple network analysis approaches such as keyword co-occurrence, co-citation, and bibliographic coupling, VOSviewer is used to determine prominent topic areas and to identify relevant authors, publications, and journals. The present state of urban sustainability research has been assembled to identify research gaps and propose future research paths.</p>
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Using a systematic literature review and bibliography, this paper aims to map the research field of urban sustainability. The keywords “urban sustainability and urbanization” were used to search the Web of Science database. Following fair and unambiguous criteria, the most significant research in urban sustainability analysis has been chosen. The fundamental goal of this research is to provide a bibliometric analysis of nearly thirty years of urban sustainability research. In total, 787 articles were extracted from the literature database on the Web of Science. The literature was analyzed using VOSviewer, a scientific mapping software program. Incorporating multiple network analysis approaches such as keyword co-occurrence, co-citation, and bibliographic coupling, VOSviewer is used to determine prominent topic areas and to identify relevant authors, publications, and journals. The present state of urban sustainability research has been assembled to identify research gaps and propose future research paths.

Urban sustainability and urbanization: A review of research topics

Croatian Regional Development Journal

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Using a systematic literature review and bibliography, this paper aims to map the research field of urban sustainability. The keywords “urban sustainability...

Urban sustainability and urbanization: A review of research topics

Published Online: Dec 09, 2022

Page range: 1 - 18

Received: Apr 04, 2022

Accepted: May 14, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/crdj-2022-0007

Keywords
Urban Sustainability, Urbanization, Systematic Literature Review, VOSviewer

© 2022 Jasmine Pavković Barki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Urban sustainability and urbanization: A review of research topics

Published Online: Dec 09, 2022

Page range: 1 - 18

Received: Apr 04, 2022

Accepted: May 14, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/crdj-2022-0007

KeywordsUrban Sustainability, Urbanization, Systematic Literature Review, VOSviewer

© 2022 Jasmine Pavković Barki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Urban Sustainability, Urbanization, Systematic Literature Review, VOSviewer