Environment and Planning
The Environment and Planning journals are four influential[1] academic journals. They are described as "interdisciplinary", though they have a highly spatial focus, meaning that they are of most interest to human geographers. The journals are also of interest to the scholars of economics, sociology, political science, urban planning, architecture, ecology and cultural studies.
The four journals are:
- Environment and Planning A: The original Environment and Planning journal, launched in 1969. It focuses on urban and regional issues.[2]
- Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design: Introduced in 1974 to provide a focus on methodological urban issues, focusing again on the built environment, planning and policy.[3]
- Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy: Established in 1983, it again aims to focus on policy issues, but a on a wider scale. It has particular focus on the interventions of civil society agents such as NGOs in policy-making.[4]
- Environment and Planning D: Society and Space: Launched as Society and Space in 1979 and joined the Environment and Planning series in 1983. Initially devoted to human geography, the journal is now broadening its scope and welcomes submissions from geography, cultural studies, economics, anthropology, sociology, politics, international relations, literary studies, architecture, planning, history, women's studies, art history, and philosophy.[5]
Of the four journals, Environment and Planning A and D are seen as the most influential. In the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise, the highest number of submissions from geographers were articles from Environment and Planning A, with Environment and Planning D fourth in the list.[1]
References
- ^ a b Johnston, Ron (2003). "Geography: A different sort of discipline?". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 28 (2): 133–141. doi:10.1111/1475-5661.00083.
- ^ "Environment and Planning A". Pion. http://www.envplan.com/epa/epainfo.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Environment and Planning B". Pion. http://www.envplan.com/epb/epbinfo.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Environment and Planning C". Pion. http://www.envplan.com/epc/epcinfo.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Environment and Planning D". Pion. http://www.envplan.com/epd/epdinfo.html. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
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