About the Journal

AIMS AND SCOPE

The Brazilian Journal of Urban and Regional Studies (RBEUR) is an online, open access journal that uses a Creative Commons license (Attribution CC-BY). Its aim is to contribute to the consolidation and disciplinary, thematic, and conceptual diversity of the national and international debate in the field of urban and regional planning and studies.

RBEUR is an initiative of the National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Urban and Regional Planning (known in Portuguese as ANPUR). This association, founded in 1983, draws together and represents graduate programs and teaching and/or research centers in the areas of urban and regional planning, urbanism, geography, economics, public administration, social sciences, law, regional development, and demography, amongst others.

The journal is aimed at a multidisciplinary audience comprising professors, researchers, students and professionals in the field of planning and urban and regional studies. The journal receives articles and reviews on a continuous flow basis for publication, in 3 languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish.

RBEUR was created in 1999, and has become established as the main periodical in the area of Urban and Regional Planning in Brazil. It was published in print until 2019, when it adopted an exclusively digital format of continuous publication. RBEUR is registered under electronic ISSN No. 2317-1529 and printed ISSN No. 1517-4115 (up to Volume 21), and covers the following thematic sections:

Planning and Public Policies 
Keywords: Urban and regional planning; Governing, participation and urban and regional management; Urban and regional policies and programs; Urban services; Housing policies; Planning methods, techniques and instruments; Financing urban and regional policies.

Space, Economy & Population
Keywords: Regional development; Spatial conflicts and tendencies of capitalism; Territorial integration, reconfiguration and economic imbalance; Population flows and migrations; Labor, income and socio-spatial mobility; Financialization and space production; Technological innovation.

Territory, Citizenship & Rights
Keywords: Public space; Social and socio-environmental justice; Inequality and socio-spatial segregation; Participation and technical assistance and new training profiles; Social movements, spatial appropriation and the right to the city; Actors, minorities and territorialities; Local and community development.

City, History & Culture
Keywords: History and memory of the city, urbanism, housing and architecture; Urbanization processes; Histories of politics and urban management; City, cultural heritage and urban culturalization; Urban configuration, images and representations of the city.

Environment, Management & Development
Keyword: Environmental policies; Sustainable development; Climate change, environmental justice; Rural development, new ruralities and rural/urban boundaries; Reserves and natural resources; Landscape, environmental memory, nature and urbanization.

 

THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS  

Articles should be submitted through the online journal systems (OJS), e-mail submissions will not be accepted. On receipt, they will be initially assessed for suitability by the Editorial Board, which will verify the relevance of the material in relation to the scope, format and academic standards of RBEUR.

Once approved in the initial assessment, articles (without author identification) will be submitted for assessment by two outside reviewers, linked to national or foreign institutions, and who have expertise in the specific area treated in the work (blind peer review).

Should there be a disagreement between the assessments of the two reviewers, the manuscript will be forwarded to a third outside reviewer, also recognized in the specific area of work, who will assess, like the first reviewers, and decide on the appropriateness or inadequacy of the manuscript, taking into account its academic quality. The assessments take into account:

  1. a) clear objectives;
  2. b) relevance of the methodology to the objectives;
  3. c) consistency between theoretical framework, objectives, methodology and results;
  4. d) domain and currentness of the bibliography;
  5. e) use of international literature references that analyze similar empirical cases, when applicable;
  6. f) quality of the written manuscript (writing and text structure);
  7. g) originality, pertinence and relevance to the theme for publication.

 

After the assessment, articles may be a) published without modifications; b) published with minor changes; c) re-submitted for a fresh assessment process after substantial changes; and d) rejected.

Approved articles are published up to a maximum period of 1 year after submission.

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

RBEUR is published in a single annual volume, following the format of continuous publication. Articles are published immediately after the review and formatting processes.