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Urban Design and Spatial Analysis

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Richa Mahtta
Yale University
2
Longzhu Xiao
City University of Hong Kong
3
Lei Wang
Peking University
4
Linfeng Xu
Southeast University
5
Carles Ferrer-Ortiz
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
6
Suraj Kumar Mallick
University of Delhi
7
Xiucheng Liang
National University of Singapore
8
Arianna Salazar Miranda
Yale University
9
Jinyao Lin
Guangzhou University
10
Yinghong Jiang
Peking University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Evaluating human perception of building exteriors using street view imagery
Building and Environment|2024
58 cit.
2
Projecting Future Land Use Evolution and Its Effect on Spatiotemporal Patterns of Habitat Quality in China
Applied Sciences|2025
37 cit.
3
National-scale connectivity analysis and construction of forest networks based on graph theory: A case study of China
Ecological Engineering|2025
22 cit.
4
Long-term effects of redlining on climate risk exposure
Nature Cities|2024
21 cit.
5
Cross-platform complementarity: Assessing the data quality and availability of Google Street View and Baidu Street View
Transactions in Urban Data Science and Technology|2025
21 cit.
6
Urban built-up area footprint (UBAF): A novel method of urban bio-capacity and ecological sensitivity assessment
Journal of Cleaner Production|2024
20 cit.
7
Measuring solar radiation and spatio-temporal distribution in different street network direction through solar trajectories and street view images
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation|2024
19 cit.
8
Impact of urban growth in Delhi and It's Peri-urban environment on urban heat exposure
Urban Climate|2024
18 cit.
9
Spatialization of electricity consumption by combining high-resolution nighttime light remote sensing and urban functional zoning information
Geo-spatial Information Science|2024
17 cit.
10
Urban spatial cluster structure in metro travel networks: An explorative study of Wuhan using big and open data
Frontiers of Engineering Management|2024
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Guangzhao Chen
Xi'an University of Technology
2
Laura Adler
Yale University
3
Alfonso Annunziata
University of Basilicata
4
Claudia Yamu
Metropolitan University
5
Xuewei Dang
Peking University
6
Jixiang Liu
Xiamen University
7
Abeer Elshater
Ain Shams University
8
Yao Yao
China University of Geosciences
9
Qingqing Li
Nanjing Forestry University
10
Shea V. Lemar
Arizona State University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Global land projection based on plant functional types with a 1-km resolution under socio-climatic scenarios
Scientific Data|2022
192 cit.
2
Estimating urban functional distributions with semantics preserved POI embedding
International Journal of Geographical Information Systems|2022
108 cit.
3
Developing a 15-minute city: A comparative study of four Italian Cities-Cagliari, Perugia, Pisa, and Trieste
Cities|2024
69 cit.
4
Developing a 15-minute city: Evaluating urban quality using configurational analysis. The case study of Terni and Matera, Italy
Applied Geography|2023
57 cit.
5
A method for assessing the vitality potential of urban areas. The case study of the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Italy
City Territory and Architecture|2022
55 cit.
6
Using a system of equations to assess the determinants of the walking behavior of older adults
Transactions in GIS|2022
50 cit.
7
MSCDUNet: A Deep Learning Framework for Built-Up Area Change Detection Integrating Multispectral, SAR, and VHR Data
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing|2022
48 cit.
8
Workers’ Satisfaction vis-à-vis Environmental and Socio-Morphological Aspects for Sustainability and Decent Work
Sustainability|2022
46 cit.
9
Notes on Developing Research Review in Urban Planning and Urban Design Based on PRISMA Statement
Social Sciences|2022
44 cit.
10
CarbonVCA: A cadastral parcel-scale carbon emission forecasting framework for peak carbon emissions
Cities|2023
42 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Tamás Vicsek
Eötvös Loránd University
2
Sergio Porta
University of Strathclyde
3
Henri Lefebvre
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4
Alan Penn
University College London
5
Xia Li
Nanyang Technological University
6
Vito Latora
University of Catania
7
Jianwei Xu
University of Science and Technology Beijing
8
Keith Clarke
University of California, Santa Barbara
9
Marc Barthélemy
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Guy Théraulaz
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Production of Space
Economic Geography|1992
9.7k cit.
2
Novel Type of Phase Transition in a System of Self-Driven Particles
Physical Review Letters|1995
7.4k cit.
3
Uncovering the overlapping community structure of complex networks in nature and society
Nature|2005
5.4k cit.
4
Efficient Behavior of Small-World Networks
Physical Review Letters|2001
5.2k cit.
5
Simulating dynamical features of escape panic
Nature|2000
4.9k cit.
6
Resolution limit in community detection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2006
3k cit.
7
La production de l'espace
L Homme et la société|1974
3k cit.
8
Collective motion
Physics Reports|2012
2.9k cit.
9
Spatial networks
Physics Reports|2010
2.4k cit.
10
Quantifying social group evolution
Nature|2007
1.7k cit.

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