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:
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the use and development of
resources and energy
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technical cooperation and
planning policy
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shelter
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transport
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communications and other
infrastructure
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planning techniques and
methodology
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rural development
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demographic change
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planning and development
education
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finance for development
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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.