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.

Call for Papers

URBAN DESIGN International invites authors to submit papers for a special issue on the topic ‘Attractive Places to Live’.
Deadline for submission is 12th May 2010.

We also invite high quality reviews and research papers on the topic ‘Ecologically Sustainable Development in Urban Design’.
Deadline for submissions is 15th December 2010.

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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 Hannah Steer at hannah.steer@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.