Introduction

Audience

URBAN DESIGN International is a scholarly publication with a strong practitioner emphasis. It is relevant for all of those involved in architectural and planning education and practice. It is relevant for urban designers, architects, planners, surveyors and landscape architects and all professionals concerned with urban development and design.

Calls for Papers

Special Issue: GIS Technologies and Applications in Urban Design and Planning
Deadline for Submissions: 31st July 2009

The Editors also invite submissions in the general theme ‘Historical Development of Urban Design: From Babylon to Modern Cities’ for future regular issues of the journal. There is no specific deadline for these submissions.

News

Arts & Humanities Citation Index^®

We are delighted to announce that URBAN DESIGN International has been selected for coverage in the Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index^®. This significant achievement is testament to the journal's high publication standards and content quality. Our appreciation goes to the entire editorial team, our authors and reviewers for their continued support.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Vida Maliene and Michael Pitt, both of Liverpool John Moores University, UK, as the new Editors of URBAN DESIGN International. We will also be updating the general Editorial Board so if you want to get involved and contribute to the further development of the journal going forward and are interested in joining the board then please contact the journal’s publishing manager Neil Henderson at n.henderson@palgrave.com with details of your expertise and ideas for the journal.

Free Colour Figures

URBAN DESIGN International is pleased to announce a new policy regarding the use of colour in articles. With immediate effect every article will now have the opportunity to include up to five figures in colour in the printed version of the Journal free of charge and there is also a significantly revised and reduced scale of charges for further figures to appear in colour in the print version. There is no cost associated with or limit to the number of figures which can be published in colour in the online version of an article.