Urban Governance

Aims & Scope

Urban Governance seeks to advance knowledge of how to make cities more liveable, inclusive, and sustainable.

We aim to provide a forum to address some of the most challenging issues facing cities and governance worldwide, to inspire academic research and debates, and to share knowledge, experience, and critiques on urban governance.

Contributors to and the readership of Urban Governance include academics, practitioners, and policy makers.

We welcome rigorous studies that develop new theoretical and empirical insights on and/or innovative method for the research and practice in urban governance, especially those contributing new theories and solutions from public administration perspective.

Topics covered include: urban governance; urban studies; urban theory; urban policy; urban politics; urban economic development; urban development and planning; urban infrastructure; urban adaptation; urban regeneration; urban sustainability governance; local governance; government; local government; public administration; government budget; public policy; civil services; civil society; public-private sector cooperation; citizen participation; regional collaboration; community development; livability and quality of life; housing; community; greening; neighborhood conservation; immigration and labor migration; healthy city; friendly city; social and cultural dynamics; social innovation; smart cities ;technological innovation; digital technology

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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.

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• Homepage
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• Author instructions
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• Review url
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• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
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• 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 2,000.00 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.

• The role of organizational capacity to foster digital transformation in local governments: The case of three European smart cities

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Mila, Greta, Maria, Alexander M.

• Measuring progress of smart cities: Indexing the smart city indices

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Calvin Ming Tsun, Alistair

• Urban resilience for building a sustainable and safe environment

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Naim, Yue ‘Gurt’, Yago, Zoe

• Integrating solar energy considerations into urban planning for low carbon cities: A systematic review of the state-of-the-art

  Citation: 46

  Authors: M.M., M.

• Urban resilience: Multidimensional perspectives, challenges and prospects for future research

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Naim, Yue, Emilie, Hasan

• Achieving sustainable environmental governance in Nigeria: A review for policy consideration

  Citation: 37

  Authors: David V.

• Assessing spatiotemporal dynamics of land surface temperature and satellite-derived indices for new town development and suburbanization planning

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Sukanya, Deepak, Rina

• Rethinking local and regional governance in China: An institutional design and development perspective

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Shui-Yan

• Health communication and trust in institutions during the COVID-19 lockdown in China's urban communities

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Fan, Zili

• Smart Cities in Nepal: The concept, evolution and emerging patterns

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Avani, Rajib