International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development aims to provide a forum for cutting-edge research and rigorous debate for an in-depth and holistic understanding of the complex inter-related environmental, social, economic, political, spatial, institutional and physical challenges facing urban areas.

Its premise is that multi-disciplinary approaches provide the space for the range of disciplines and perspectives related to the full breadth of issues that affect urban sustainable development.

The journal also aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the two-way interactions between urbanisation processes and patterns and environmental changes at the local, regional, and global scales.

In addition to mitigation and adaptation concerns, these interactions also include related social and economic issues, such as the impacts of globalisation and financial crises, evidence-based liveability versus utopian, or purely theoretical, planning principles, restoring dignity to the marginalized beyond, but including, the basic principles of participation, environmental justice and sustainable resource utilisation.

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,680.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Adapting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda to the city level: Initial reflections from a comparative research project

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Sandra C., David, Sylvia, Joakim, Michael, Tarun, Nick, Ileana

• A systems approach to meeting the challenges of urban climate change

  Citation: 178

  Authors: Jo, Sam, Andrés

• Mega-events and urban regeneration in Rio de Janeiro: planning in a state of emergency

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Fernanda, Anne-Marie

• The three-dimensional causes of flooding in Accra, Ghana

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Clifford, E.

• A review of the main challenges to urban sustainability

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Ramin

• Sustainable cities: research and practice challenges

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Katie

• Are local climate adaptation policies credible? A conceptual and operational assessment framework

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Marta, Ibon, James, Elisa, Alexandra

• Linked for action? An analysis of transnational municipal climate networks in Germany

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Henner

• City-to-city learning within climate city networks: definition, significance, and challenges from a global perspective

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Wolfgang, Lorenzo, Sebastiaan, Chris

• Ten years of the City Statute in Brazil: from the struggle for urban reform to the World Cup cities

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Raquel