''Urban Affairs Review'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal that covers the field of
urban studies
Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities. This includes studying the history of city development from an architectural point of view, to the impact of urban design on community development efforts. The core theoretica ...
, including urban policy, urban economic development and residential and community development. The journal's
editors-in-chief are Phil Ashton (
University of Illinois at Chicago), Peter Burns (
Soka University of America),
Jered Carr
Jered Byron Carr is a political scientist, professor of urban policy and a former Policy analyst for the Florida State Legislature in the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.
He was formerly the Director of the L.P. ...
(
University of Illinois at Chicago), Joshua Drucker (
University of Illinois at Chicago), and Yue Zhang (
University of Illinois at Chicago). Jered B. Carr (
University of Illinois at Chicago) serves as Managing Editor. It was established in 1965 as ''Urban Affairs Quarterly'' and obtained its current title in 1996. It is currently published by
SAGE Publications
SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California.
It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...
in association with the Urban Politics Section of the
American Political Science Association
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903 in the Tilton Memorial Library (now Tilton Hall) of Tulane University in New Orleans, ...
.
In March 2016, ''Urban Affairs Review'' launched its new blog/website, The ''Urban Affairs Forum''.
The
Urban Affairs Forum' is a space for leading thinkers about urban issues to share their research, ideas, and experiences. The website is hosted by the
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) at the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
Abstracting and indexing
''Urban Affairs Review'' is abstracted and indexed in
Scopus and the
Social Sciences Citation Index
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. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', its 2019
impact factor is 2.192, ranking it 22 out of 42 journals in the category "Urban Studies".
Editors-in-Chief of the Urban Affairs Review 1965-Present
Marilyn J. Gittell
Marilyn Jacobs Gittell (April 3, 1931 – 2010) was an American scholar and education reformer. She is known for her role in decentralizing the New York City public school administration, shifting power from the New York City Board of Education ...
(1965-1970)
Peter Bouxsein (1970-1973)
Louis H. Masotti (1974-1980)
Albert Hunter and Robert L. Lineberry (1980-1981)
Margaret T. Gordon, Albert Hunter and Robert L. Lineberry (1981-1982)
Margaret T. Gordon and Albert Hunter (1982-1984)
Albert Hunter (1984-1985)
Dennis R. Judd and Donald Phares (1985-1992)
Dennis R. Judd (1992-2002)
Susan E. Clarke, Gary L. Gaile and Michael A. Pagano (2002-2009)
Susan E. Clarke and Michael A. Pagano (2009-2013)
Peter Burns, Jered B. Carr, Annette Steinacker, Jill Tao, and Antonio Tavares (2014-2019)
Phil Ashton, Peter Burns, Jered B. Carr, Joshua Drucker, and Yue Zhang (2020-Present)
References
External links
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Urban Affairs Review Forum (blog)
SAGE Publishing academic journals
English-language journals
Urban studies and planning journals
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