International Development Planning Review
ISSN 1474-6743 Online ISSN 1478-3401
Synopsis
International Development Planning Review is a quarterly journal of urban and regional planning in the developing world. It is edited from the Departments of Civic Design and Geography in the University of Liverpool, and the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is published in February, May, August and November.
IDPR occupies a unique position in the literature of development planning. A fully refereed journal established in 1979, IDPR has a wide international readership comprising academics, practitioners, policy makers and students. Although IDPR is centrally concerned with urban and regional planning in the developing world, editorial policy stresses the social, cultural, economic and political relationships which underlie and inform planning practice. The breadth of coverage of the journal reflects this desire for a multi-disciplinary approach to the problems confronting poor nations.
IDPR’s editorial policy is to reflect international development planning policy and practice, having extended its interests in recent years to enable an important shift of focus on to the physical, economic and social conditions of urban and rural populations in a context of examining poverty reduction targets. The journal explores current national and international policy agendas, achievements and strategies in this area, offering material of interest to its established academic and professional readership as well as to a broader critical audience.
IDPR publishes a breadth of material in areas including: the use and development of resources and energy; shelter; communications and other infrastructure; transport; technical cooperation and planning policy; rural development; planning techniques and methodology; demographic change; planning and development education; finance for development; theories and ideologies of development.
Areas addressed by IDPR include:
the use and development of resources and energy
technical cooperation and planning policy
shelter
transport
communications and other infrastructure
planning techniques and methodology
rural development
demographic change
planning and development education
finance for development
Such themes are frequently discussed within the context of theories and ideologies of development.
IDPR encourages shorter contributions alongside the traditional content of substantial scholarly papers: these include professional and research notes, and technical reports. 'Debate' and 'Viewpoint' features have opened the way to the publication of personal views and readers' responses. Conference reports will continue to appear from time to time and we have published a number of special thematic issues in recent volumes. The Book Review section is an important part of the journal, and the Editors also welcome proposals for longer book review articles.
For information on submitting manuscripts please click here Guidelines for Contributors
NEWSFLASH!
Internationally renowned academic joins IDPR editorial team!
We are delighted to announce that from 2009, Professor Mike Douglass (University of Hawai’i)
will be joining Bill Gould (University of Liverpool) and Katie Willis (Royal Holloway, University
of London) as co-Editor of International Development Planning Review.
Mike is the Executive Director of the Globalization Research Center and Professor and
former Chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawai’i. He
received a PhD in Urban Planning at UCLA and has previously taught at the Institute of Social
Studies in The Hague and at the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK.
IDPR celebrates thirty years of publishing with landmark symposium!
In 2009 the International Development Planning Review will celebrate its thirtieth
anniversary.
In print since 1979, the journal has occupied a unique position in the literature of development
planning and has a wide international readership comprising academics, practitioners, policy
makers and students. Much has changed in the field of development planning and journals
publishing and International Development Planning Review has endeavoured to be at the
leading edge of these changes.
The thirty year anniversary will be celebrated with a Symposium, to be held at the University of
Liverpool in April 2009. For further details please see here.
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