Urban Research & Practice Journal

Mission

Urban Research & Practice is a well-established, vibrant and cross-disciplinary journal with a focus on urban studies, that publishes a wide range of original academic research articles along with innovative articles on policy and practice.

The journal is published in association with EURA (European Urban Research Association), a network of urban researchers that offers a bridge between research and policy, promoting innovative research design, exchange of ideas and good practice, and knowledge transfer.

Urban Research & Practic e seeks to reflect and further enhance the rich diversity of thought, approach and research that currently characterises the study of urban areas in Europe and elsewhere. As such it has played a key part in the renaissance of urban studies making contributions to academic research and policy development. The journal seeks to bridge the intellectual and geographical 'divides' that currently exist in the field of urban affairs, specifically the North/South divide, the East/West divide, divides between distinct academic disciplines, and divides between urban researchers, policy makers, practitioners and activists.

The journal publishes research of the highest quality relating to the challenges facing urban environments today including papers that:

• provide a critical and/or comparative perspective of urban issues, urban developments, urban policies or urban policy making and policy implementation at various scales,
• seek to explain, analyse and/or evaluate variations in and effects of urban policies or urban governance cross-sectorally, cross-nationally or temporally,
• analyse European and International factors that impact on urban areas, urban policies and urban governance,
• explore and evaluate urban sustainability including environmental, social and economic dimensions,
• analyse how cities - through public policies, place-based actions, and bottom-up initiatives - meet the changing needs of their communities, whilst addressing major challenges such as social inequalities, social segregation and climate change.