Leading the ‘Urban Sustainability’ Book Series with Springer

04 April 2022


In early February 2022, Prof. Ali Cheshmehzangi, Head of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, launched a book series with Springer.

Only less than two months from the start of this new book series, we have received 14 book proposal applications. The first volume of the book series was published on the 20th of March 2022. Another four volumes are either in the publishing process or pre-publishing/checking process. These first five volumes are:

(1) Green Infrastructure in Chinese Cities (published on 20 March 2022)

(2) Urban Redevelopment and Traffic Congestion Management Strategies

(3) Gentrification in Chinese Cities: State Institutions, Space and Society

(4) Assessing Urban Transportation with Big Data Analysis

(5) ICT, Cities, and Reaching Positive Peace

About this book series

The Urban Sustainability Book Series is a valuable resource for sustainability and urban-related education and research. It offers an inter-disciplinary platform covering all four areas of practice, policy, education, research, and their nexus. The publications in this series are related to critical areas of sustainability, urban studies, planning, and urban geography.

This book series aims to put together cutting-edge research findings linked to the overarching field of urban sustainability. The scope and nature of the topic are broad and interdisciplinary and bring together various associated disciplines from sustainable development, environmental sciences, urbanism, etc. With many advanced research findings in the field, there is a need to put together various discussions and contributions on specific sustainability fields, covering a good range of topics on sustainable development, sustainable urbanism, and urban sustainability. Despite the broad range of issues, we note the importance of practical and policy-oriented directions, extending the literature and directions and pathways towards achieving urban sustainability.

The series will appeal to urbanists, geographers, planners, engineers, architects, governmental authorities, policymakers, researchers of all levels, and to all of those interested in a wide-ranging overview of urban sustainability and its associated fields. The series includes monographs and edited volumes, covering a range of topics under the urban sustainability topic, which can also be used for teaching materials.

Our editorial members come from different academic backgrounds and expertise related to urban sustainability research. They are leading scholars from various leading institutes across the globe, and we are grateful to have them on board.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Ali Cheshmehzangi, ABE Department, UNNC

With 26 excellent leading ‘Editorial Members’

Dr. Yvette Baninla (The University of Bamenda, Cameroon)

Prof. Michael Batty (University College London (UCL), UK)

Dr. Simon Elias Bibri (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Prof. Gabriela Celani (University of Campinas, Brazil)

Dr. Sylvia Croese (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Dr. Ayotunde Dawodu (University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China)

Prof. Martin de Jong (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

Prof. Peilei Fan (Michigan State University, USA)

Prof. Andrew Flynn (Cardiff University, Wales, UK)

Prof. Baojie He (Chongqing University, China)

Prof. Tim Heath (University of Nottingham, UK)

Dr. Leila Irajifar (The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia)  

Dr. Ruoyu Jin (London South Bank University, UK)

Prof. Simon Joss (Glasgow University, Scotland, UK)  

Prof. Shinji Kaneko (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Prof. Shinji Kaneko (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Prof. Deo Prasad (The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia)

Prof. Rob Raven (Monash University, Australia)

Prof. Luciana Bongiovanni M. Schenk (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Dr. Maycon Sedrez (University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China

Dr. Ayyoob Sharifi (Hiroshima University, Japan)

Dr. Zhaohui Su (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA) 

Prof. May Tan-Mullins (James Cook University, Singapore)

Dr. Xin Wang (Tongji University, China) 

Dr. Linjun Xie (University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China)

Dr. Fangzhu Zhang (University College London (UCL), UK) 

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The ‘Urban Sustainability Book Series’ is open for book proposal applications. All published books and chapters will be indexed by Scopus. Before acceptance, book proposal applications and submissions go through rigorous peer review evaluation and internal checks. Proposed book titles and contents must be relevant to the ‘Urban Sustainability’ research area and respective audiences.

All submissions must follow the submission guidelines, policies, and ethics, according to the provided materials on the book series webpage.