Aims and Scope

 

According to the interdisciplinary of this subject with geographical science (urban and rural planning), urban and regional planning, urban environment, spatial planning, sociology, urbanism, management and economy, the aim of the Journal of Sustainable Urban and Regional Development Studies (JSURDS)  is to bring together scholars, students, and researchers from a wide array of different fields who do practical researches in the field of sustainable urban and regional development in all levels of planning. In local, regional, national, and international parts, sustainable development contains all economic, cultural, social, environmental, infrastructural, physical, and institutional managerial dimensions. Therefore, this journal encourages the research articles in the following suggested subjects to be reviewed:

 

  • Town and country planning
  • Planning and sustainable urban and regional development
  • Planning and sustainable urban and regional management
  • Sustainable urban and regional tourism planning
  • Environment and sustainable urban and regional development
  • Social planning and sustainable urban and regional development
  • Political economy and urban and regional development
  • Good governance and sustainable urban and regional development
  • New theories in urban and regional spatial organization
  • Passive Defense and sustainable urban and regional development
  • Rural-urban migration and urban expansion
  • Indicators of sustainable urban and regional development
  • Sustainable urban and regional development and the distribution of human settlements
  • Sustainable urban and regional transportation
  • Renewable energy and Sustainable urban and regional development
  • Modeling of sustainable urban and regional development using Geographical Information System (GIS)
  • Recognition obstacles of sustainable urban and regional development in Iran
  • Sustainable regional development in human settlements
  • People's participation and sustainable urban and regional development
  • Urban agriculture and sustainable regional development
  • New cities and sustainable regional development
  • Sustainable neighborhood development (sustainability of urban neighborhoods
  • Indicators of urban and regional environmental unsustainable
  • Smart growth and sustainable urban and regional development
  • Strategic planning for sustainable urban and regional development
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
  • Integrated urban development planning
  • Historical contexts and sustainable urban development
  • Regeneration and sustainable urban development