(With apologies for cross-posting)
Nearly one month for the submission deadline of the open-access Social
Ecology of Sustainability issue:
Editors: Stephen Wheeler (University of California - Davis, USA),
Christina Rosan (Temple University, USA) and Bjoern Hagen (Arizona State
University, USA)
Deadline for Full Papers: 31 January 2017
Issue Release: June 2017
Information: What has led some places to be more successful than others
at implementing sustainability policies and programs? What can be
learned from those examples that will help other cities, regions,
states, or nations find similar success? This issue of Urban Planning
will explore factors that have promoted sustainability success within
large and small jurisdictions worldwide. Authors may consider
institutional, political, social, cultural, demographic, economic,
technological and/or geographical forces leading to successful
implementation of policies and programs, and hopefully will communicate
to readers how these factors have evolved over time and what other
jurisdictions might learn from them.
Each submission should contain the following:
1) Evidence that the jurisdiction in question has succeeded in moving
toward one or more dimensions of sustainability;
2) Evidence that some factors or constellation of factors has played a
role in such success;
3) A discussion of underlying hypotheses and theory that would explain
this causal connection; and
4) A discussion of how the experience of this jurisdiction might have
implications for similar jurisdictions elsewhere.
A variety of research methods may be appropriate for this topic,
including case study analysis, comparative case studies, interviews,
surveys, and either qualitative or quantitative analysis.
Authors are encouraged to develop specific recommendations on improving
the context for sustainability planning in other jurisdictions.
Open Access: This journal has an article processing charge to cover its
costs, so authors are advised to check with their institutions if funds
are available to cover open access publication fees, and if their
institutions wish to join Cogitatio’s Membership Program (institutional
members enable their authors to publish without having to incur any
publication fees). Further information about the journal’s open access
charges and institutional members can be found at the website.
Authors are also highly encouraged to send an abstract to
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Best wishes for the New Year
André Pereira
Urban Planning
Cogitatio Press
1070-129 Lisbon, Portugal
www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning
Deadlines for full papers:
-Urban Forms and Future Cities (15 Dec)
-Social Ecology of Sustainability (31 Jan)
-Smart Cities: Infrastructure and Information (28 Feb)
-Smart Solutions for Sustainable Cities (31 March)
-Garden Cities and the Suburbian Antidotes (30 June)
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