Analysis of Urban Renewal Hotspots and Trends Based on Citespace: A Case Study of WOS Data (2016-2025)

Ziyao Zhang

doi:10.54097/v1a9rn61

Authors

Ziyao Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/v1a9rn61

Keywords:

Urban Renewal, CiteSpace, WOS

Abstract

Currently, as China’s urbanization shifts from high-speed growth to a new stage of high-quality growth, the role of urban renewal is becoming increasingly important. To explore the research trends and hot topics in urban renewal, and to provide diversified suggestions for the high-quality development of future urbanization, this study employs quantitative analysis methods and utilizes CiteSpace literature visualization software to conduct a visual analysis of core literature related to urban renewal in the World Society of Urban Renewal (WOS) from 2016 to 2025. The analysis reveals that: 1) Keyword clustering analysis shows that research on urban renewal from 2016 to 2025 can be mainly divided into 13 clusters; 2) Time trend analysis shows that it can be mainly divided into three stages: macro-level urban renewal (2016-2019), meso-level and environmental renewal (2020-2022), and community-level renewal (2023-2025).

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