New Volume of Urbana Posted

A new volume of Urbana: Urban Affairs and Public Policy  has now been posted. (see http://www.urbanauapp.org/  ,)


The three articles include authors from Latin America (Brazil and Mexico) and the United States, continuing the international view of urbanism that has bee the hallmark of the Journal since its inception more than fifteen years ago.  The articles are presently 'under review.'  Comments from the readers of the articles are welcome and should be addressed to Dr. Michael A. McAdams,  Managing Editor at michaelamcadams@yahoo.com .
or submitted on the webpage under the list of articles or  by going to the Contact webpage. This is a moderated site and the Managing Editor has the prerogative not to  post any comments that are not appropriate for an academic journal.

Urbana, also has a new server and its webpage has been given a 'facelift' to improve its  useability and design. The new website includes all volumes of Urbana back to 1995, which includes articles in Pdf format from the printed volumes before the Journal  became 'electronic.

If you are involved in academic research  and have a manuscript that you think is appropriate for Urbana,, please sent them to the Managing Editor at  michaelamcadams@yahoo.com
See instructions on the Urbana webpage for formatting etc.  If you are still working on a research manuscript and would like to determine if Urbana would be interested in publishing it, you are also welcome to contact the Managing Editor to discuss its contents etc. Abstracts would be appreciated, if your manuscript is still in the draft stage or you are still conducting your research.

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