Town and Regional Planning

Aims & Scope

Town and Regional Planning is a South African accredited journal for independently adjudicated research articles on applicable topics in town, urban and regional planning.

Each peer refereed article is indicated as such in the journal.

The editorial staff considers articles in English and Afrikaans, written from any responsible point of view on subjects in any applicable field of scholarship, i.e. town, urban and regional planning.

Authors are requested to write their manuscripts in a manner and style that is intelligible to specialists and non-specialists alike.

Research contributions, which are peer reviewed, are: Review Articles, Research Articles, and Perspective Articles.

Book reviews are also considered.

The format for these categories can be found in the Guidelines to Authors.

Town and Regional Planning is endorsed by the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN) the statutory Council of nominated members to regulate the Planning Profession in South Africa.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

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 does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Poor development control as flood vulnerability factor in Suleja, Nigeria

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Bamiji, Ayobami

• Housing as urbanism: A policy to discourage urban sprawl and provide well-located and affordable housing in South Africa

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Brendon

• Planning for sustainable livelihood development in the context of rural South Africa: A micro-level approach

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Menini, Carel

• Building resilience to climate change in vulnerable communities: A case study of uMkhanyakude district municipality

  Citation: 11

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• Urban land reform in South Africa: Pointers for urban policy and planning

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Marie, Philip, Sarah, Neil, Margot, Alison

• Adaptive resistance amidst planning and administrative failure: The story of an informal settlement in the city of Kitwe, Zambia

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Ephraim Kabunda

• A multisensory approach to measure public space quality in the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Nicholas, Maléne

• Exploring some of the complexities of planning on ‘communal land’ in the former Transkei

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Tanja

• Customary system as ‘constraint’ or ‘enabler’ to peri-urban land development: Case of Kisumu city, Kenya

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Edwin, Musyimi

• Spatial economic evolution of the airport-centric developments of Cape Town and OR Tambo international airports in South Africa

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Masilonyane