Abstract
THEMES FOR FUTURE ISSUES
DISCOUNTED PRICES AND ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
MEDIO AMBIENTE Y URBANIZACIÓN (MAyU)
ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION/MEDIO AMBIENTE Y URBANIZACIÓN PEN DRIVE
BLOGS
HABITAT III
NEW URBAN NEWSLETTER
NEW JOURNAL URBANISATION
MSc PROGRAMME IN URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, MEKELLE UNIVERSITY
DOWNLOADS
NEW AUTOMATED SUBMISSION SYSTEM
I. Themes for Future Issues
We encourage papers that give insight and detail into the risks that low-income groups face at home and at work, in their daily lives and in relation to regular or occasional disasters – and now also in relation to climate change. Also papers on how they seek to reduce risks. There is a substantial literature on risk in relation to livelihoods and to disasters and a less substantial one on everyday (mostly preventable) health burdens. There is a growing literature on climate change risk. But there has been far too little attention to understanding the full range of risks facing low-income women, men and children and their relative importance in relation to premature death, illness, injury and impoverishment. Within this, little attention has been given to the health risks (and resulting health burdens) faced by those who live in informal settlements and the implications for their employment and incomes.
This issue will be developed with the network of institutions engaged in a research programme on Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK). This is working in cities in Senegal, Nigeria, Malawi, Kenya and Niger to better understand the nature and scale of risks, especially for those in low-income areas. For more details, see www.urbanark.org.
Humanitarian crises of various kinds – from natural disasters to conflict – are increasingly played out in urban areas. Responses by the humanitarian sector can have a role in meeting the needs of both displaced populations and host communities, for facilitating recovery of affected households, and for promoting longer-term self-reliance of populations. However, there is increasing recognition of the challenges facing the humanitarian sector in responding effectively in the complex urban environment, with high population densities, formal and informal land tenure systems, and multiple stakeholders all operating within close spatial proximity.
We welcome submissions that explore different facets of humanitarian response in urban contexts and help to document good practice. Also, to draw lessons learnt in responses to urban humanitarian crises, whether these are natural or human-induced, protracted or short term. We also encourage papers that look at different approaches to humanitarian programming, and how these contribute to longer-term pro-poor urban development.
II. Discounted Prices and Electronic Access to Environment and Urbanization
All papers published in Environment and Urbanization since its first issue in 1989 are available at http://eau.sagepub.com, and all but those published during the last two years are open access and so available electronically free of charge. Printed subscriptions to the journal are also available at no charge to libraries or resource centres of universities or teaching or training institutions in low- and middle-income nations.
In addition, the publisher of Environment and Urbanization, SAGE Publications, offers large discounts on subscription prices to charities and students and to all subscribers from low- and middle-income nations − see http://eau.sagepub.com and click on “Subscribe”. With regard to electronic access, there are schemes that allow access to Environment and Urbanization for universities and research centres in low- and middle-income nations − see Research4Life (http://www.research4life.org). This includes Online Access to Research on the Environment (OARE), which has research journals on the environment, including Environment and Urbanization (http://www.unep.org/oare/).
III. Medio Ambiente Y Urbanización (MAYU)
The last 24 issues of our sister journal are accessible at no charge at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iieal/meda. The latest issue (83, November 2015) is on
“Desarrollo Progresivo Inclusión y Conectividad Urbana”.
IV. Environment and Urbanization/Medio Ambiente Y Urbanización Pen Drive
We have a new edition of our pen drive with all papers from Environment and Urbanization from 1989 to 2013 and all papers from Medio Ambiente y Urbanización from 2008 to 2015. Do contact us if you would like one of these (also providing your postal address); these are available at no charge. All the items on this pen drive are available open access online – but this pen drive will be useful for those with difficult, limited or slow internet access.
V. Blogs
Recent Urban Matters blogs (http://www.iied.org/urban-matters):
In the world’s poorest countries, cities could be the Sustainable Development Goals test – Gordon McGranahan
An urban approach to ‘leaving no one behind’ – David Dodman
Collaborations in urban humanitarian response – introducing the Global Alliance for Urban Crises – Diane Archer
Recognising urban rights: global debates and local struggles – Anna Walnycki
Facing an increasingly urban world – Andrew Norton
Revealing the hidden refugees in African cities – David Dodman
Is community-based adaptation suited to cities? – David Satterthwaite
Responding to cities under siege – Chas Morrison
Can we transform our cities? – David Satterthwaite
Why low-carbon urban development in African cities makes economic sense – Sarah Colenbrander
Improved water access unaffordable for the urban poor – Anna Walnycki
Where are the local indicators for the SDGs? – David Satterthwaite
Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda? – Gordon McGranahan
Why we do ‘slum’ profiles – Jockin Arputham
VI. Twitter
To receive news about Environment and Urbanization and urban issues in general, including updates when new Book Notes are available, please follow editor David Satterthwaite on Twitter: @Dsatterthwaite
VII. Habitat III
Environment and Urbanization, and IIED in general, is involved in preparations for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, to be held in Quito from 17–20 October 2016. For updates on IIED’s Habitat III-related activities, please visit http://www.iied.org/iied-habitat-iii. If you will be attending Habitat III, you are very welcome to visit the Environment and Urbanization stand.
VIII. New Urban Newsletter
The new urban newsletter of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) will be e-mailed every two months and will provide updates on the Human Settlements Group’s activities. To sign up to the newsletter, please visit http://www.iied.org/sign-up.
IX. New Journal Urbanisation
Urbanisation is a new journal co-published by SAGE and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. It is edited by Aromar Revi.
Editorial Board and Editorial Collective – Introducing Urbanisation
Special Section: The Mandate of a New Journal
Susan Parnell – Expectations of Academic Journals in Crafting Alternative Global Scholarship to Drive a New Urban Agenda
David Satterthwaite – Why Another Journal? Setting up Environment and Urbanization in 1989
Brian McGrath – Collecting and Disseminating Knowledge on the Architecture of the Metacity
Peter Head – Implementing the Global Goals in City Regions
General Articles
Sahil Gandhi and Vidyadhar K Phatak – Land-based Financing in Metropolitan Cities in India: The Case of Hyderabad and Mumbai
On Pedagogy and Method
Camalita Naicker – From Marikana to #feesmustfall: The Praxis of Popular Politics in South Africa
Book Review
Raphael Joseph – Book Review: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (editor), Arun Kolatkar. Collected Poems in English
Poetry
Mappings
For more information, please visit http://urbanisationjournal.com/.
X. MSc Programme in Urban Planning and Development, Mekelle University
This MSc programme at Mekelle University in Mekelle, Ethiopia is coordinated by Antarin Chakrabarty, who authored a paper in the current issue. All of the course modules have been linked to open-source GIS platforms, and further innovation comes from connections to student theatre, debating and music groups.
If you represent a like-minded institute and would like to link up with the Mekelle University programme, please visit its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MSc-Program-in-Urban-Planning-Mekelle-University-1542231019378627/info/?tab=page_info.
XI. Downloads
Environment and Urbanization reached record numbers of downloads in each month of 2016. From January–April 2016 there were 154,879 full text downloads, compared to 121,060 for the same period in 2015.
XII. Automated Submission System
From 3 October 2016, paper submissions and peer reviews for Environment and Urbanization will be handled through SAGE Track, an online system based on ScholarOne Manuscripts (http://scholarone.com/products/manuscript/). This is expected to make the process of paper review more efficient. Feel free to contact the editorial team with any questions, or if you would like help with submitting your paper.