Read what others have to say about Environment & Urbanization...

"The only journal that I don’t push to the side of my desk when it arrives. I eagerly check its contents and before I know it the journal is on the desk of a colleague or postgrad. It is uncannily relevant. Probably because it is rooted in the real policy debates of our day. And because it takes cities seriously. It exudes a love for cities which, warts and all, are the main habitat for us all."

Peter Newman,
Professor of City Policy,
Murdoch University, and
Director of Sustainability Policy Unit,
Western Australian Government

"I use Environment and Urbanization constantly for teaching and research. It is the most reliable source for how conditions are changing and how people are helping shape the new settlements of an urbanising world. I have learnt a huge amount from it."

Professor Anne Power,
Department of Social Policy,
London School of Economics

"Environment and Urbanization is where I go to find out what's happening in urban development. As the sole journal which provides a platform for the public sector, the academic community, the corporate world and the non-government, it's a one-stop shop and essential reading for anyone involved in the field."

Tova Solo,
The World Bank

"What I especially appreciate about this journal is that (a) it contains many pieces from our colleagues in Asia, Africa and Latin America; and (b) that it taps NGO work, academic work, agency work -- in short the very wide range of sources that we need, in order to understand the extremely diverse and changing nature of this very important subject."

Richard Stren,
Professor of Political Science,
University of Toronto

"An essential resource for anyone interested in reducing urban poverty and improving urban livelihoods. It provides a unique international meeting place for the sharing of experiences, resources, and research-based information. It bridges the gap between research and practice in ways that no other publication does."

James Garrett,
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

"Environment & Urbanization is quite simply outstanding -- really excellent articles on really important topics. Personally I look forward to reading papers on, even those just touching on water and sanitation.
There's always something interesting to learn, and the various views expressed are not constrained by the narrow interests of the multilaterals or multinationals. Each issue is a superbly refreshing read!"

Professor Duncan Mara,
School of Civil Engineering,
University of Leeds

"By far the best, most accessible journal for policy and applied research on the ‘brown agenda’ of the environment of cities. It is the one source that combines good scholarship with extensive reporting on real world efforts to improve the urban environment. Its steady commitment to improving the plight of the poor provides a constant companion for everyone -- government official, NGO, scholar and student, concerned citizen alike -- who wishes to help make the urban and urbanizing world environmental just and liveable for all."

Mike Douglass,
Professor of Urban & Regional Planning,
University of Hawaii

"Environment and Urbanisation has emerged as a leading source on urban trends in Southern countries. As a forum of debate and exchange there is no equivalent source of rich comparative material that reports so directly or authoritatively from cities of the south. It has done more to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to report on key developments in the little studied cities of the south than any other academic or popular urban studies journal."

Professor Susan Parnell,
University of Cape Town

"An important contribution to the kind of authoritative exchange of information and experience that all those involved in the field, particularly in respect of the Third World, will find useful"

Maurice Strong,
Secretary General,
UN Earth Summit (1992), and
UN Conference on the Human
Environment (1972).

"In this journal, more than any other, urban theory and research gets to meet
urban policy and practice - and the party is very lively! Its particularly strong in its analysis of governance and civic participation at the community level."

Roger Hart,
Children's Environments Research Group,
New York

"I have receiving the Journal since 1994, after I finish my MSc in Housing for Development in the Development Planning Unit of the University College of London. Since then I have been working both at
the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism in Chile and in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile. Environment and Urbanization has been extremely useful for our work in both institutions, the academic and the public sector. Some of the articles of Latin American experiences are useful in the daily work. We also have use them as case studies for the students on the Diploma Course on Housing, run by the Institute of Housing of the University of Chile."

Viviana Fernández Prajoux,
Departamento de Urbanismo,
Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo,
Universidad de Chile.

"Environment and Urbanization fills a very important niche in the literature of urbanization processes in the developing world. The case-study approach of most of its articles provides practical insights into the socio-economic and environmental dynamics and interrelationships of urbanization processes which should better guide urban managers and policy-makers in their efforts to more effectively manage the urbanization process. It is written in simple non-esoteric language, most often by actors operating on the ground. Environment and Urbanization ought to be a handy companion of all those concerned with or interested in the challenges of urbanization and urban management in developing world regions."

Don Okpala,
Chief,
Urban Economy and Finance Branch, UN Habitat