About the Urban Governance format
Urban Governance is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Smart Cities and Technologies, Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development.
| Publisher | Elsevier |
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| Reference style | Numbered (Elsevier) Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Urban Governance 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Smart Cities and Technologies Urban and Rural Development Challenges Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Urban Planning and Governance Urban Agriculture and Sustainability |
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| ISSN | 2664-3286 |
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| Citation impact (2-yr) | 4.74 |
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| h-index | 22 |
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| i10-index | 66 |
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| Total citations | 1,968 |
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| Article processing charge | $1,500 |
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| Open access | Yes |
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| Top institutions publishing here | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
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| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com |
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| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Most-cited papers in Urban Governance
Urban resilience: Multidimensional perspectives, challenges and prospects for future research
Naim Kapucu, Yue Ge, E. Rott et al. · 1 Sep 2024
This manuscript investigates the multifaceted concept of urban resilience amidst escalating urbanization and environmental challenges. The study identifies and examines key problems across environmental, infrastructural, economic, human, social, and institutional dimensions of urban resilience through a systematic review of literature and consultations with experts in the field. Emphasizing the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration and community…
The role of organizational capacity to foster digital transformation in local governments: The case of three European smart cities
Mila Gascó‐Hernández, Greta Nasi, Maria Cucciniello et al. · 3 Oct 2022
Organizational capacity is required to explain what it takes for local governments to succeed in their digital transformation. However, the current literature largely ignores how local governments are adapting their organizational dynamics in order to change. This paper aims to contribute to better understanding how local governments enhance their organizational capacity to achieve digital transformation.…
Measuring progress of smart cities: Indexing the smart city indices
Calvin Ming Tsun Lai, Alistair Cole · 25 Nov 2022
The ‘smart city’ represents a core feature of modern urban development. The appearance of numerous smart city indices, which claim to successfully evaluate and compare smart city performances, is the manifestation of the concept's growing popularity. The central objective of this paper is to address the integrity and quality of the existing smart city indices,…
Urban resilience for building a sustainable and safe environment
Naim Kapucu, Yue Ge, Yago Martín et al. · 12 Oct 2021
Urban areas are the foundation of modern economies worldwide and act as hubs for population and investments. The increasing importance of urban areas coincides with a rise of complex social and natural threats. Urban resilience has been an emerging concept for the last decade. The term has been widely accepted and used but that still…
Achieving sustainable environmental governance in Nigeria: A review for policy consideration
David Victor Ogunkan · 30 Apr 2022
Even though governance is widely recognized as one of the most imperative factors in achieving effective environmental management, sustainable environmental management remains an abstraction in Nigeria. Against this background, this conceptual review and synthesis article seeks to provide policy recommendations through a broader review of existing literature on Nigeria's existing institutional, legal, and policy frameworks…
