Call for Papers
and Details for Submissions
Planning for Sustainable Transportation: an International Perspective
Deadline for submitting
abstracts - March 15, 2008
Deadline for submitting papers - June 15, 2008
Projections, the Journal of
the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, focuses on
the most innovative and cutting edge research in
planning. Each volume is devoted to a different topic of
interest to planning scholars, students, and professionals. As
a peer-reviewed publication, Projections welcomes original
high quality submissions at the vanguard of planning theory
and practice.
Volume 9 of Projections explores the diversity of and progress in
planning for sustainable transport. Transportation is one of the
central foci of researchers concerned with fostering sustainable
development. On one hand it is one of the main contributors to global
problems, such as global warming, on the other hand it is essential
for regional economic development and prosperity. Contributors to this
volume should focus on innovative sustainable transportation ideas,
their measures, best practices and applications that highlight and
resolve these conflicts. The sustainable transport debate is diverse
in countries around the world, mainly stemming from their unique
differences embedded in the region's cultural, social and economic
context. Acknowledging that each country faces its own challenges in
pursuing sustainability, this volume of Projections also welcomes
contributions that engage country focused or comparative debates
revealing differences or highlight planning similarities for transport
sustainability between countries around the world.
Deadline for abstract submissions (max. 250 words): March 15th, 2008
Deadline for full paper submissions: June 15th, 2008
Projections is a unique collaboration between graduate students in
the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT and an editorial
board composed of leading scholars in the areas most closely linked to
the topic under discussion. The editorial board for Volume 9 includes
leading academics and practitioners from around the world whose work
focuses on sustainable transportation. We welcome critical analysis,
theoretical papers, plans, observations and other forms of reflections
on the field of metropolitan, urban, rural, air or freight
transport.
Featured article submissions should not exceed 6,000 words. Shorter
articles, such as research briefs and student research notes, should
not exceed 1,000 words. All submissions should be written according to
the standards of the American Psychological Association publication
manual. Notes should be placed at the end of the document. Please
double-space all parts of the manuscript and leave one-inch margins on
all sides. Tables and images should be separated from the text, not
exceeding a width of 3.5 inches. Images should be provided in .Tiff,
not exceeding a width of 5 inches and a resolution of 600 dpi (a width
of 3,000 pixels.) Include a cover sheet with the title of the article,
the author's name, phone number, email address, and a two-sentence
biographical statement.
Submissions must be made electronically and in MS Word to: projections@mit.edu.
The last date for submitting abstracts is March 15, 2008. The editor will
respond with a decision on acceptance of abstracts by April 15, 2008. Full
papers are due by June 15, 2008. Decision on the papers will be
communicated by the editors by the end of September 2008. Projections, Vol. 9 is
scheduled to be published by December 2008.
For more information, please
contact Eva Kassens, Volume 9 Editor, at projections@mit.edu.
