About the Journal
The current rate of urbanization is unprecedented and poses enormous challenges for governing bodies. New approaches to development and urban management are needed in the context of globalization and the need for local sustainability. While the developing world itself offers an abundance of lessons, case studies and best practices, these have rarely been positioned as cutting-edge contributions to reformed practices in city development. It is well recognized that the experience of the developed world is an incomplete guide to the new challenges posed by urbanization in the contemporary world.
The “City Development: Issues and Best Practices” jounral includes academic research, comparative and applied research, and case studies at the scale of the neighborhood, city, region, nation and supranational levels. This journal will offer an opportunity to present the latest academic research and best practices in urban development with the goal of promoting sustainable and inclusive development, learning from the diverse and complementary experiences of rapidly urbanizing areas of the world. Although this book series focuses primarily on the developing world, we intend to include the latest academic research and evolving best practices from developed countries.
The journal is intended for geographers, planners, engineers, urban designers, architects, political scientists, sociologists, and economists, as well as policy makers and representatives from government, civil society, industry, etc. who are interested in the developing world. The journal will also interest students seeking a foundation in the comparative analysis of key issues facing rapidly urbanizing areas of the world. It will include monographs, edited volumes and textbooks. Book proposals and final manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.
The areas to be covered in the series include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Urban Equity and Inclusivity
- Reforming Informal Settlements
- Climate Change and Adaptation of the Built Environment
- Health Crises and Urban Risk Management
- Privacy, Surveillance, Security and Collective Wellbeing
- Governance and Urban Resilience
- Participatory Policy and the Right to the City
- Indigenous and Ethnic Minority Urbanization
- Mobility and Urban Transformation
- Land Use and Urban Landscapes
- Urban Infrastructure and Transport Systems
- Urban Intelligence and Technologies
- Participatory Budgeting and Community Building
- Industrial Parks and Agro-Processing Zones
- Housing and Land Tenure Issues
Open Access Policy
"City Development: Issues and Best Practices" is a diamond open access journal, which implies that the authors of articles are not required to pay any open access fees. We strictly adhere to the principle of providing immediate open access to our content, as we believe that free access to research for the public significantly aids in the global exchange of knowledge.
Unless stated otherwise, all works are licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Authors retain the copyright of their work, with the first publication rights being granted to "City Development: Issues and Best Practices."
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This Privacy Statement was last updated on June 6, 2023.
