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Toward Evidence-Based Urban Planning

Integrating Quality Assessments in Literature Reviews

Bibliographic Data

ID21476858
AuthorsLéa Ravensbergen (0000-0003-3259-6673, Twitter (United States)), Ahmed El-Geneidy (0000-0002-0942-4016, Twitter (United States))
Year2023
Volume89
Issue3
Pages389-398
Publication date2023-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Planning Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0194-4363 • E-ISSN: 1939-0130
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01944363.2022.2074872
OpenAlexW4285024347
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited27

Literature reviews can play a pivotal role in designing urban policies. Here we introduce two tools used by public health specialists to assess the quality of studies and quantify the evidence derived from them: the Risk of Bias Assessment (RoB) and Evaluation of Certainty of Evidence (ECE). The RoB scores articles on several domains (e.g., selection bias, study design, etc.) to provide an appraisal of how rigorous the study is, whereas the ECE tool provides a framework to clearly state how much certainty there is in the outcomes under study. Both tools can be used to enhance literature review articles in urban planning to better inform practitioners on how to best develop policies using a rigorous approach

Alternative medicine · Business · Certainty · Critical appraisal · Management science · Process management · Urban planning · Computer Science · Engineering · Health disparities and outcomes · Health Policy Implementation Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Artificial Intelligence

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year2.5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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