Abstract
I. Themes for Future Issues
The co-production of services and infrastructure by governments and citizens (both individually and collectively) has received increased attention in the last decade. This interest reflects a recognition of the historic significance of such activities for the provision of basic services in towns and cities of the global South. But it also reflects changing arrangements, as governments seek to respond to continuing deficits in services with – in most cases – little investment capacity, and citizens continue to struggle with the consequences of low levels of provision.
We are calling for papers that explore the co-production of urban space, urban services and infrastructure and the challenges that these face. We are interested in understanding how models of co-production are changing with respect to both changing roles and responsibilities and changing scales of co-production, including the micro-level with project delivery. And on the production of the understandings and materialities of urbanization at the city scale. We are interested in new conceptualizations of co-production in terms, for example, of citizenship or changing political relations between city agencies and actors. We are interested in understanding changing urban identities as a result of co-production and their impact on the “production” of urban space and political outcomes, at both the municipal and national scales.
Preparations are underway for the 6th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). For this issue of Environment and Urbanization we encourage the submission of papers on all relevant aspects of climate change and cities, especially those that bring new insights or analyses in relation to the Fifth Assessment. Papers are encouraged on both adaptation and mitigation – and the possibilities of integrating them. Authors who presented papers at the IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, held in Edmonton in March 2018, are encouraged to submit to this special issue.
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://journals.sagepub.com/home/eau, 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://journals.sagepub.com/home/eau 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 26 issues of our sister journal are accessible at no charge at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iieal/meda. The latest issues are 86, May 2017, on “La cuestión urbana post hábitat III” and 87, November 2017, on “Revisitando el pasado para entender el presente y futuro de las ciudades.”
Both issues combine papers from leading Latin American researchers and key papers from other regions that have been translated into Spanish.
IV. Urbanisation
Our sister journal Urbanisation is co-published by SAGE and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. It is edited by Aromar Revi, and available for free on registration. For more details, see http://urbanisationjournal.com.
V. Environment and Urbanization/Medio Ambiente Y Urbanización Pen Drive
Our pen drive has 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.
VI. Blogs
Recent Urban Matters blogs (http://www.iied.org/urban-matters):
Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities – Sarah Colenbrander and Denise Chan
Urban crisis response needs a humanitarian sector shake-up – Diane Archer
Water in MENA: ripple effects in times of conflict – Loan Diep
Post-crisis urban planning: lessons from Southeast Asia – Elizabeth Parker
Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees – William Monteith
A special approach to slum upgrading: the Special Planning Area in Mukuru, Nairobi – David Dodman
Are impact investors missing a trick by overlooking local communities? – Katharina Neureiter
Financial inequalities; defining our age – Diana Mitlin
VII. Twitter
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The journal’s Twitter handle is @EandUjournal
VIII. Facebook
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IX. Urban Newsletter
The urban newsletter of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is e-mailed to subscribers every two months and provides updates on the Human Settlements Group’s activities and publications. To sign up to receive the newsletter, please visit http://www.iied.org/sign-up.
X. Special Issue on China
In November 2017, Environment and Urbanization produced a virtual special issue on Chinese urbanization. This collects key past papers on China, and includes a new editorial on “Governance reforms to address environmental and urbanization challenges in China”, authored by Bingqin Li.
All of these papers can be accessed at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/eau/collections/virtual-special-issues/climate_change_and_cities.
XI. Papers on Climate Change
A compilation of the abstracts and details of more than 90 papers published in Environment and Urbanization on climate change and cities, or on issues of risk that have relevance to climate change, is available at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/eau/collections/climate-change-papers.
XII. Engaging Readers in Book Notes
Our Book Notes section has short summaries of new publications (including working papers and books) that we prepare. We invite you to send us short summaries of new publications you have read that you found interesting – and relevant to urban issues. This includes summaries in English of works published in Spanish, French or Portuguese. Authors may submit summaries too, but not promotional material. You can send these summaries to christine.ro@iied.org
For more details, including guidance on preparing book notes, see https://www.environmentandurbanization.org/browse-book-notes.