Journal Guide

Click here to view a list of the latest free articles available from Urban Research & Practice.Urban Research & Practice, published in association with EURA (European Urban Research Association), focuses on urban policy. The journal includes papers that:provide a systematic description of :- urban issues- urban developments- urban policies or- urban policy-making and policy implementationseek to explain variations in urban policies or urban governance cross-sectorally or cross-nationally or that seek to explain such variations over timeanalyse and/or evaluate the effects of urban policies or process of urban governanceanalyse European-wide factors that impact on urban areas, urban policies and urban governance As well as traditional academic papers, the journal includes a policy section, a project report section and book reviews. The policy section focuses on new policies launched at the European, national and regional levels that are of relevance to a wider audience. The project report section focuses on innovative projects being carried out at a local level (in cities or regions).One of the key aims of the journal is to seek to bridge the intellectual and geographical 'divides' that currently exist in the field of urban affairs - specifically the North/South divide and the East/West divide and also the divides between distinct academic disciplines.