Urban Planning & Development
Open Access
Double Blind
Quarterly
27% acceptance rate
Peer Review
Double Blind
OA Type
Diamond OA
Acceptance
27%
Time to Decision
9 weeks
Frequency
Quarterly
CiteScore (2023)
2.4
About This Journal
Urban Planning & Development is an open-access, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing knowledge on the design, planning, governance, and sustainability of cities and urban regions. The journal addresses global urbanisation by publishing research spanning built environment design, transportation planning, housing policy, climate adaptation, smart city technologies, and community participation.
Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research on contemporary urbanisation challenges:
• Urban design and spatial planning: form, density, mixed use, and walkability
• Transportation and mobility: public transport, active travel, freight logistics, and autonomous vehicles
• Housing policy: affordability, tenure diversity, informal settlements, and regeneration
• Climate change adaptation and urban resilience: heat islands, flood risk, and green infrastructure
• Smart cities and digital urbanism: IoT, urban data analytics, and citizen engagement
• Urban governance and planning law: participation, plan-making, and regulatory frameworks
• Economic development and place-making: innovation districts and gentrification
• Heritage conservation and adaptive reuse
• Urban ecology and biodiversity in cities
• Urban design and spatial planning: form, density, mixed use, and walkability
• Transportation and mobility: public transport, active travel, freight logistics, and autonomous vehicles
• Housing policy: affordability, tenure diversity, informal settlements, and regeneration
• Climate change adaptation and urban resilience: heat islands, flood risk, and green infrastructure
• Smart cities and digital urbanism: IoT, urban data analytics, and citizen engagement
• Urban governance and planning law: participation, plan-making, and regulatory frameworks
• Economic development and place-making: innovation districts and gentrification
• Heritage conservation and adaptive reuse
• Urban ecology and biodiversity in cities