Geography, Planning and Development

Journal news

BBC coverage of Landscape and Urban Planning article

A study published in Landscape and Urban Planning, which illustrated a link between the lack of green spaces and higher stress levels among people living in urban areas described as deprived, is covered in a BBC article entitled Lack of contact with nature ‘increasing allergies’. The journal article can be read via ScienceDirect.

Current research on Cities

Edited by Andrew Kirby and running as a supplement to Cities, Current Research on Cities is designed to be the first meta-journal in urban studies, drawing on the potential of digital information to provide powerful support to the researcher, practitioner and teacher in a rapidly expanding field of great global importance.

Editor Professor Andrew Kirby also runs the URBAN blog for researchers, teachers and other professionals, from all backgrounds, who are interested in any aspect of cities in any part of the world. The purpose is to provide usable, immediate information across the urban spectrum. Read the Current Research on Cities supplement issue, published in Cities, published on SciVerse ScienceDirect.

First multimedia Computers, Environment and Urban Systems articles

Rich point clouds in virtual globes – A new paradigm in city modeling?
Stephan Nebiker, Susanne Bleischand Martin Christen

3D feature surface properties and their application in geovisualization
Haik Lorenzand Jürgen Döllner

First multimedia Applied Geography articles

Geospatial video for field data collection
Jacqueline W. Mills, Andrew Curtis, Barrett Kennedy, S. Wright Kennedy and Jay D. Edwards

Statistical counterpoint: Knowledge discovery of choreographic information using spatio-temporal analysis and visualization
Ola Ahlqvist, Hyowon Ban, Noel Cressie and Norah Zuniga Shaw

New feature for Journal of Historical Geography

Historical Geography at Large is a new section of the journal devoted to reviews and commentaries on work beyond the traditional confines of the academy. The insights of historical geographers are being put to work in a wide variety of public arenas, including exhibitions, magazines, television and the digital media. In these contexts new research in historical geography finds new audiences, while these media also offer the possibility of more dialogic and more participatory models of knowledge creation.

Special Issues

Most downloaded articles

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Conferences

The Future of Cities
6 February - 7 March 2012
Chatham House, London, UK

Association of American Geographers
24 – 27 February 2012
New York, USA

GIS Research UK
Lancaster, UK
11 – 13 April 2012

Urban Affairs Association
Pittsburgh, USA
18 – 21 April 2012

Royal Geographical Society
Edinburgh, UK
3 – 5 July 2012

AESOP Annual Congress
Ankara, Turkey
11 – 15 July 2012

Social sciences