''Environment & Urbanization'' is a biannual

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covering

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and

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. It is published by

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and was established in 1989. Each issue of the journal focuses on a particular theme.

Abstracting and indexing

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/Social and Behavioral Science *

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According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 20178

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of 3.015, ranking it seventh among 40 journals in the category "Urban Studies".

Scope

The journal focuses on urban issues in Africa, Asia, and Latin America because these regions have most of the world's urban population. It is available free to teaching or training institutions and

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s in low- and middle-income countries. Articles can be submitted in French, Spanish, or Portuguese and, if accepted for publication, are translated into English at the journal's expenses. To reach a more general public who may not usually read academic journals, a five-page ''Environment and Urbanization Brief'' appears with each issue.

History

''Environment & Urbanization'' was established in 1989 by the

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(IIED) to fill a perceived gap in coverage of urban issues in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It was based on a Spanish-language journal of the same name (''Medio Ambiente y Urbanización'') that had been set up in 1983 by IIED’s sister institution in Argentina, IIED-America Latina. Both journals sought to give more prominence to urban issues, especially those linked to urban poverty. Another related journal, ''Environment & Urbanization ASIA'', was launched in 2010, edited by Om Prakash Mathur and published by SAGE Publications India, in response to the fact that half the world's urban population now lives in Asia. ''Environment & Urbanization'' was first published on the web in 1994 with free access to issues older than two years. SAGE Publications began publishing the journal from 2006. A selection of papers is available in Chinese.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Environment and Urbanization Urban studies and planning journals SAGE Publishing academic journals Publications established in 1989 Biannual journals English-language journals Environmental planning Urbanization Environmental social science journals