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New to Routledge in 2008

Journal of Urbanism
Journal of Urbanism
International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

Volume 1, 3 issues per year
Print ISSN: 1754-9175
Online ISSN: 1754-9183


The Journal of Urbanism is a multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on human settlement and its relation to the idea of sustainability, social justice and cultural understanding. The content will focus on Urban Regeneration, New Urbanism, European Urbanism, Landscape Urbanism, Urban Sustainability, Smart Growth, Livable Communities, Transit-Orientated Development, Walkable Communities and more. It will highlight research on the various concepts, methods and theories on creating an attitude of sustainability toward urban form.

Urban Research & Practice
Urban Research & Practice
Journal of the European Urban Research Association

Volume 1, 3 issues per year
Print ISSN: 1753-5069
Online ISSN: 1753-5077


Urban Research & Practice, published in association with EURA (European Urban Research Association) will focus on urban policy. The journal will include papers that:
  • provide a systematic description of
    - urban issues
    - urban developments
    - urban policies or
    - urban policy-making and policy implementation
  • seek to explain variations in urban policies or urban governance cross-sectorally or cross-nationally or that seek to explain such variations over time
  • analyse and/or evaluate the effects of urban policies or process of urban governance
  • analyse European-wide factors that impact on urban areas, urban policies and urban governance
As well as traditional academic papers, the journal will include a policy section, a project report section and book reviews. The policy section will focus on new policies launched at the European, national and regional levels that of relevance to a wider audience. The project report section will focus on innovative projects being carried out at local level (in cities or regions).

One of the key aims of the journal will be to seek to bridge the intellectual and geographical 'ivides'that currently exist in the field of urban affairs - specifically the North/South divide and the East/West divide and also the divides between distinct academic disciplines.

Water International
Water International
Journal of the International Water Resources Association

Volume 33, 4 issue per year
Print ISSN: 0250-8060
Online ISSN: 1941-1707


Water International is the official journal of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), founded in 1972 to serve as an international gateway to the people, ideas and networks that are critical to the sustainable management of water resources around the world. Water International's articles, state-of-the-art reviews and technical notes are policy-relevant and aimed at communicating in-depth knowledge to a multidisciplinary and international community. Water International publishes both individual contributions and sets of papers on cutting edge issues.
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