Brazilian Journal of Enviromnent
Open Access Journal
CiteScore
0.5
Indexada na
SCOPUS
QUALIS
B2
2021-2024
quadriênio
Open Access Journal
0.5
Indexada na
SCOPUS
B2
2021-2024
quadriênio
Planejamento e Meio Ambiente | Vol. 14 Issue 1 (2026)
Chemical Engineer with a PhD in Environmental Sciences, a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, and over 10 years of professional experience and 4 years in university teaching. Skilled in: (1) water and effluent treatment, (2) managing budgets and work plans, (3) using academic online platforms for research management, for example reference managers, statistical software, VOSviewer, Bibliometrix, and related tools.
Published in February 15, 2026
Urbanisation and land-use change exert increasing pressures on ecosystem services and strain urban and regional planning, hindering evidence-based decisions that are comparable across territories. The general objective was to describe and quantitatively analyse the evolution of research on urbanisation, land-use change and ecosystem services in urban and regional planning. A bibliometric mapping approach was applied, with a quantitative, exploratory, longitudinal and retrospective design, based on a reproducible Scopus search executed on 23 January 2026, without language or time restrictions. Analyses were conducted using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer, with application of Lotka’s and Bradford’s laws and RPYS. The corpus comprised 676 documents published between 2007 and 2026, distributed across 214 sources, with an annual growth rate of 11.19%, 2,685 authors, 4.51 co-authors per document, and 32.69% international co-authorship. The period 2022–2025 accounted for 57.5% of publications, and 2025 reached 146 articles. China led production with 320 documents, and eight journals concentrated 33.6% of the total. The mean citation rate was 31.34 per document, and the average age was 4.68 years. The thematic map positioned ecosystem services as the central integrative axis and identified recent fronts in remote sensing, scenario modelling and urban climate. The field exhibits operational maturity, high collaboration and rapid thematic consolidation, alongside a need to standardise metrics to strengthen translation into spatial planning decisions and urban resilience.
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Copyright (c) 2026 Walter Manuel Hoyos-Alayo
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