From LARCH-L, the Landscape Architecture Mailing List:
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:55:37 -0600
From: Ann Forsyth forsyth@UMN.EDU
Journal of Urban Design Call for Papers:
"Walking and Urban Design"
Urban designers have a long tradition of examining the pedestrian
environment. With recent attention to active transportation, health
issues in urban planning and design, new urbanism, transit-oriented
development, and traffic calming, there has been a growing body of
empirical studies and policy interventions focused on this topic.
An upcoming issue of the Journal of Urban Design is looking for
submissions of original work on the issue of pedestrians, walking,
and urban design. Both empirical investigations and significant
contributions to theory are welcomed. This issue will also welcome
Practice Notes of up to 3000 words. The issue will publish up to five
papers and two practice notes on this topic.
As stated in the instructions to authors, three complete copies of
each manuscript should be submitted to the journal's main office at:
Journal of Urban Design, Institute of Urban Planning, University of
Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK . Please also
send the manuscript as an email attachment to the theme editors (see below).
Papers should be typed on one side of the paper, double spaced, with
ample margins and bear the title of the contribution and name(s) of
the author(s). The full postal address of the author who will check
proofs and receive correspondence and offprints should also be
included. All pages should be numbered. Contributions should not
normally be more than 9000 words in length and should be written in
the English language. They should also include an abstract of 100
words. Footnotes to the text should be avoided wherever this is
reasonably possible. For more information, visit the Journal's website.
BOB JACOBSON is fascinated by the experience of experience. A planner and technologist, Bob has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning & Design from UCLA. He's been a policy researcher, technology CEO, science writer, and consultant. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied cellular telephony's impacts on transborder communities in the Nordic Arctic Circle. Bob edited Information Design (MIT Press 2000) and is now writing a book on the theory and practice of creating edifying, transformative experiences.
PAULA THORNTON says, "Understanding human behavior (economics), optimizing interactions (design) and facilitating conversations (markets), are the means to achieve strategic differentiation. This is the focus of our discipline. It is not a 'nice to have'‚ and is not, like documentation once was, an afterthought. It is the means by which to start a strategic discussion and the means by which to drive a tactical initiative. All design should be evidence-based."
1. tafahomi on June 20, 2006 7:04 AM writes...
I am an urban design student. I work on urban space. I will be glad to receive documents about urban space and social behavior.
Permalink to Comment2. belal on August 28, 2006 9:10 PM writes...
I am studing Master in an urban design . I work on USTY in YEMEN . I will be glad to receive documents about urban space and social behavior.
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