Urban Studies期刊2024年城市研究批判与概念进展（Critical and Conceptual Advances in Urban Studies）征稿倡议的第二个主题已经发布并接受投稿，该主题为： “城市想象与城市未来”（Urban Imaginations and Urban Futures）。本刊欢迎探讨城市及城市理论中“想象”与“未来”之间关系的实证和理论性论文。这些论文应具有概念上的新颖性，并能清晰推动当前和新兴的全球城市研究辩论。
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Call for Papers: Critical and Conceptual Advances in Urban Studies - Urban Imaginations and Urban Futures
Markus Moos [1], Michele Acuto [2], and Shenjing He [3]
1 Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
2 Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
3 Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong
Introduction
Urban futures as discursive frame in urban policy and scholarship
How to prioritise urban futures: greener? smarter? more sustainable? more equitable? Can we achieve multiple futures? How are some futures (e.g., efficient) used to justify overriding other futures (e.g., just)?
How imagination is worked into or offers alternatives to the logic of capital expansion Growth and urban futures, no growth, slow growth, degrowth, shrinkage/contraction etc. Sustainable futures as breaks from the current trend – do we require new urban forms?
Rhetoric of having to build the future city ‘quickly’ Planning as ‘slowing’ progress toward future city solutions How is the urban unfolding temporarily (in time) into the future? The future city as ‘unfolding’ Use of urgency and future needs to justify current decisions Time and temporal frames for urban economies and development: 24-hour cities
Futures in planning, policy, and politics Future global agendas: climate, sustainable development, socio-economic shifts Conceptions of the future and relations to power structures Relative role of state, market, etc. in shaping the urban imagination How the urban is imagined, tools used to do so, and by whom – and implications for equity, environment etc. Inter-referencing, policy mobility and transfer in future city policy-making
Planetary urbanisation trends and discourses Future of the ‘city’ and alternative frames to current urban trajectories Urbanisation beyond the city Urban aspiration/imagination inspired by the past or cross-cultural referencing How does global capital construct the urban in the global south, global north etc.? How do planning and other professions, policies etc. channel urban imaginaries around the globe? (e.g., from Vancouverism to Dubaization to Singapore model). Are we seeing a convergence or divergence of urban future imagination? Future imaginaries of urban governance: city states, the demise of the city, urbanised global governance, multi-scalar governance, urban-rural intersection etc.
Critical investigation and application of methods of anticipating futures How is technology used to create and sell visions of the future? Scenario planning and its implications Use of images to convey meaning and constructing the urban Cross-cultural/country referencing and policy mobility as a methodological question
What does it mean for urban studies when defined in different ways? How the future is constructed in our minds – as a break from now, as inherently better, or worse, as utopian, dystopian … etc. Urban imaginations from: above vs. below, within vs. outside, past and present (e.g., histories of future imaginaries) etc. Fictional imaginations, their role in urban studies/policy, and impact on shaping understanding/expectations/conceptions of the future
Co-created or co-produced urban futures The urban as a locale for imagination – Why? What does it mean? Implications? Collective imaginations in shaping/driving change
Submission Guidelines
Authors interested in contributing to this theme have two options for submission: 1) full-length paper submission, and 2) abstract submission for prioritised assessment.
Note that we strongly encourage authors to submit abstracts and papers before the suggested deadlines. We will process abstract and paper submissions as and when received. The invited full manuscript submissions will be prioritised during the internal screening and external review processes at the Journal to facilitate rapid response. In addition, unlike standard special issues that are published as a group when they are ready, the Journal is committed to the timely publication of the accepted papers under this call. The Journal will curate the accepted papers as an online collection and publish them individually in hardcopy as and when they are ready.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions about the call or enquiries about suitability of topics/papers. All papers submitted are first considered by Journal editors and if deemed suitable and of sufficient novelty then undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
Full-Length Paper Submission:
Urban Studies encourages researchers to respond to this call through existing paper submission mechanisms at the Journal as soon as possible if you have a full-length paper ready for submission. To do so:
Submit your full-length papers at any time to Urban Studies via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cus.
Ensure your cover letter explicitly states that the submission is in response to this call, and please include the call’s full title Urban Imaginations and Urban Futures in your cover letter.
The standard peer-review process of the Journal will apply, including pre-screening by a theme lead. If the paper passes pre-screening, it will undergo review by external reviewers in the normal way.
Abstract Submission for Prioritised Assessment:
We encourage researchers who are still in the process of data collection, analysis, and/or writing to submit an abstract of 500 words outlining your research by Friday 12 July 2024 or earlier to our administrator Julia Macbeth at Julia.Macbeth@glasgow.ac.uk. Specifically:
Abstracts will be reviewed on a rolling basis and those selected for advancement to a full manuscript invitation will be informed by Friday 2 August 2024 or earlier.
If invited, the submission of the full manuscript will be by Friday 25 October 2024 or earlier. All invited manuscripts will be peer-reviewed following the standard USJ guidelines.
Note that we strongly encourage authors to submit abstracts and papers before the suggested deadlines. We will process abstract and paper submissions as and when received. The invited full manuscript submissions will be prioritised during the internal screening and external review processes at the Journal to facilitate rapid response. In addition, unlike standard special issues that are published as a group when they are ready, the Journal is committed to the timely publication of the accepted papers under this call. The Journal will curate the accepted papers as an online collection and publish them individually in hardcopy as and when they are ready.
Thank you for your consideration. We appreciate your interest and are excited to receive your contributions, which will help advance the dialogue on urban imaginations and urban futures.
