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| Environment and Planning D | |
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| Title | Environment and Planning D |
| Discipline | Urban studies; Human geography; London-focused planning studies |
| Abbreviation | Environ. Plan. D |
| Publisher | SAGE |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| History | 1983–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
Environment and Planning D Environment and Planning D is a peer‑reviewed academic journal focusing on urban studies, human geography, and the analysis of cities and regions through interdisciplinary lenses. It publishes theoretical and empirical work that intersects with planning practice, social theory, and spatial analysis, attracting contributions from scholars affiliated with institutions such as University College London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, and London School of Economics. The journal sits alongside other prominent outlets like Progress in Human Geography, Urban Studies, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, and Journal of Urban Economics in shaping debates about urbanization, governance, and spatial justice.
Environment and Planning D publishes articles that bridge scholarship from fields represented by entities such as Royal Geographical Society, American Association of Geographers, European Network of Housing Researchers, and departments at University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, New York University, Columbia University, and University of Toronto. Typical content includes original research articles, critical essays, methodological advances, and review pieces connected to projects funded by bodies like the ESRC, NSF, and European Research Council. The readership spans academics, practitioners at organizations such as Greater London Authority, UN-Habitat, and World Bank, and policymakers from municipal administrations including City of New York and City of Paris.
Founded in the early 1980s amid growing attention to urban theory and planning practice alongside journals like Environment and Planning A, the title evolved through editorial stewardship from scholars linked to University of Bristol, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Sheffield, University of Edinburgh, and University of Leeds. Over successive decades it reflected intellectual currents from movements associated with names such as Henri Lefebvre, David Harvey, Doreen Massey, Manuel Castells, and Peter Hall, while engaging methodological innovations related to actors from RAND Corporation, MIT Media Lab, and the Smithsonian Institution. The journal’s development parallels institutional shifts including the rise of neoliberal urban policy debates involving Thatcher ministry, Reagan administration, and the policy networks around European Union urban cohesion funds.
Scope encompasses urban theory, spatial justice, infrastructure studies, and computational approaches linked to projects at Alan Turing Institute and laboratories at MIT Senseable City Lab. Thematic areas include studies of gentrification referencing cases like SoHo, Manhattan, Hackney, and La Boca, Buenos Aires; mobility research tied to agencies such as Transport for London and Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York); and environmental justice conversations involving actors such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. Empirical work often draws on datasets produced by Office for National Statistics (UK), U.S. Census Bureau, Eurostat, and urban observatories like Urban Big Data Centre.
The editorial board has historically comprised scholars appointed from universities including King's College London, University of Michigan, Duke University, University of Sydney, and Australian National University. The publisher, SAGE, issues the journal quarterly with peer review managed by editors and associate editors drawn from networks involving Royal Geographical Society and the American Planning Association. Submission guidelines encourage manuscripts that engage with debates advanced at conferences like International Planning History Society Conference, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, and European Urban Research Association symposia.
Environment and Planning D has influenced scholarship cited alongside work in Social Forces, Theory, Culture & Society, Antipode, Cities (journal), and Housing Studies. Its articles have been central to controversies and debates involving figures such as Jane Jacobs-inspired urban activism, critiques associated with Right to the City movements, and policy responses by municipal leaders including Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. The journal’s reception among scholars has ranged from praise for methodological rigor to critique for theoretical orientations traced to scholars like Manuel Castells and David Harvey.
Noteworthy contributions have included empirical studies of urban analytics produced with collaborations involving Microsoft Research and IBM Research, theoretical pieces drawing on Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour, and methodological innovations in spatial data science referencing work at Harvard University and Stanford University. Special issues have addressed themes such as smart cities and surveillance engaging stakeholders like Cisco Systems and Google, affordable housing linked to policy debates in Berlin and San Francisco, and migration and urban borders with case studies from Calais and Melilla.
The journal is abstracted and indexed alongside titles in databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR, and ProQuest, with citation metrics compared to those of Progress in Human Geography and Urban Studies. Impact indicators and altmetrics are tracked by services associated with Clarivate Analytics, Google Scholar, and Altmetric to inform authors and institutional assessments at universities like Princeton University and Yale University.
Category:Urban studies journals