Exploring the Types of Blogs Cited in Urban Planning Research

ABSTRACT

This article discusses the crucial role of blogs in reporting topical materials yet to be adequately discussed in scholarly journals. A scoping study examined 31 samples from 4 types of blogging sources cited in 10 publications published in 7 journals in 2020. We identified four categories of blogs that include 39 community organisations, academics, practitioners, and community members who are readers of these blogs. We discuss the areas in which these blogs have affected public discourse over COVID-19. We also show that the blogs are based on novel concepts that have not yet been subject to the peer review process.

KEYWORDS:

• Community blogs
• grey literature
• research methods
• urban design
• urban planning

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our thanks to the editor and anonymous reviewers for their constructive review comments on an earlier version of this paper.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are openly available in Figshare https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19686621.v1

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Supplementary Material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2022.2085352

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Funding

This work was supported by Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) under grant number [STDF-BARG 37234].