[Urbanstudy] Critical Planning 20 - Call for Papers - The Future

[Critical Planning Journal]

*Critical Planning*

*UCLA Urban Planning Journal*

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

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*The Future*

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*Volume 20, Fall 2013*



Increasingly, the future is anticipated as the point of culmination for
current political struggles and urban inequalities. The future defines our
present cities with impending political restructuring, new technologies and
the looming threat of the catastrophic consequences of climate change. As
we prepare for and begin to experience these alterations, many trends have
developed in the field of urban planning, most likely changing our cities
forever.



Digital cities are emerging with technologically sophisticated
surveillance, logistics and social networks and are marked by the pervasive
spread of embedded computing. The worldwide political and economic
restructuring of the last several decades will most likely continue its
volatile reshaping of city spaces and hierarchies. Neoliberalism,
globalization and the advanced industrialization of formerly peripheral
economies have clouded our understandings of the future even further.
Perhaps the future event promising the biggest impact on our cities is
climate change. Although the world as a whole is warming, the local impacts
will be varied. Undoubtedly, a reevaluation of our cities’ critical
infrastructure must be performed as planners attempt to prepare for
worsening natural disasters, rising sea levels and high-energy prices.



These alterations, both as engines of economic dynamism and as forces
redefining human life will be pivotal in the form and workings of future
cities. Are planners preparing for this future properly? How will cities be
altered in the near and long term future as climate impacts accumulate?
What is the future role of planning amidst new technologies and ways of
life?



For its 20th volume, Critical Planning invites critical research papers,
book reviews, essays, literary journalism projects, poetry, and artistic
projects that investigate and speculate on the future trajectories of
cities and the role of urban planning. Possible topics include, but are by
no means limited to:



· Climate changes

· Information technologies and logistics

· Green technologies and energy

· Politics and resistance

· Shrinking cities and emerging economies

· Social networks and digital communities





Critical Planning is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication. Feature
articles are generally between 5,000 and 7,000 words, while shorter
articles are between 1,000 and 3,000 words. Essays range from 1,000 to
7,000 words. Poetry submissions should be fewer than 600 words or 4 poems,
whichever is shorter. We encourage submissions that incorporate
cross-disciplinary, multi-scalar, multi-sited, transnational, or
mixed-method approaches. We also welcome submissions of photographs, maps,
art, or design projects related to the topic The Future for publication in
the journal.



The 2013 Edward W. Soja Prize for Critical Thinking in Urban and Regional
Research will be awarded to the best article published in the 20th volume
of Critical Planning. The prize celebrates the lifetime achievements of
this critical thinker whose work continues to open new research directions
for the theoretical and practical understanding of contemporary cities and
regions. Preference will be given to authors speaking to critical issues
outside the research agendas of traditional funding agencies and
institutional donors. A cash prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the author
of the winning article.



Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis, and we highly encourage
early submissions. Feel free to contact us by email to discuss your ideas.
All academic submissions should be written according to the standards of
the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition. Please follow the journal’s
additional style guidelines for submissions. Manuscripts should be
submitted by 5 PM PST on January 15th, 2013 as .doc attachments via email
to critplan at ucla.edu, or mail two hard copies (postmarked by the same date)
to:



Critical Planning

c/o Managing Editors

UCLA Department of Urban Planning

School of Public Affairs

3250 Public Policy Building

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656

USA




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Critical Planning
UCLA Department of Urban Planning
School of Public Affairs
3250 Public Policy Building
Box 951656
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
USA
critplan at ucla.edu
www.criticalplanning.org
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