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Urban Planning and Design

This guide is intended as a starting place for urban planning and design students and reseachers. It covers essential resources and tools to conduct research on urban planning and design

Finding Articles

Recommended Article Databases

Scopus multidisciplinary bibliographic database indexing articles and conference proceedings
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Index for journal articles on architecture, urban design, landscape, and city planning

ProQuest Central multidisciplinary database indexing journal articles on different topics including urban planning

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Recommended Peer-Reviewed Journals

Remeber that you may always use Document Delivery Services (DDS) to order articles not found in the library's collections

Environment and Planning A

Environment and Planning B (Planning and Design)

Environment and planning B (Urban analytics and city science)

Environment and Planning C (Government & policy )

Environment and Planning D (Society & Space)

Habitat International

Housing Studies

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

International Planning Studies

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (order articles via DDS)

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Journal of planning literature

Journal of the American Planning Association

Journal of Urban Design

Journal of urban planning and development (ASCE)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Landscape Design

Planning Theory

Planning Theory and Practice

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Urban Design and Planning