Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures welcomes chapter contributions on topics related to urban and regional issues.

Chapters, on a topic related to urban and regional issues, can be authored, or co-authored with expert colleagues, with several chapter lengths available:

• Short 750–2,000 words
• Medium 2,000–4,000 words
• Longer central topics from 5,000 to 10,000 words

The deadline for a chapter submission is anytime between now and October 31st, 2021.

Contributions, should not be written as a research paper. Content should be tertiary in nature.

The Encyclopedia provides readers (practitioners, academics, researchers etc.) with expert interdisciplinary knowledge on how urban centres and regions are becoming resilient, resource-efficient, environmentally friendly, liveable, socially equitable, integrated, and technology-enabled centres and regions.

Instructions

If this is of interest, please message me on LinkedIn with your:

• Chapter title
• Submission date (anytime between now and October 31st, 2021)
• Contact email address

Topics

Topics welcomed include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Agriculture and Food (what sustainable agricultural techniques are best in semi-arid regions?)
• Airports and ports (how can ports lower their emissions?
• Air pollution (how can green infrastructure reduce air pollution?)
• Autonomous vehicles and drones (what regulatory frameworks are required for effective drone usage?)
• Building energy (how can building efficiency be improved in government facilities?)
• Blue-Green Infrastructure (what are the barriers to cities mainstreaming blue-green infrastructure?)
• Climate change mitigation/adaptation (how can coastal communities increase resilience?)
• Coastal zones (how can coastal communities protect their groundwater resources from saltwater intrusion?)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (what are the roles of organisations in reducing inner-city inequalities?
• Disaster risk reduction (how can regions reduce fire risks while preserving natural habitats?)
• Ecological restoration (What types of wildlife corridors are there?
• Education (how can young people be more environmentally aware?
• Electric vehicles (Market-based instruments to increase EV usage)
• Energy efficiency and conservation (the use of energy benchmarking to reduce commercial energy usage
• Energy management (reducing energy usage in wastewater treatment plants)
• Energy systems (developing decentralised energy systems)
• Energy security (how can regional power distributions be best built?)
• Financing (what fiscal tools are available to enhance regional sustainable development?)
• Forestry (afforestation to reduce carbon emissions)
• Food waste (survey of food waste policies)
• Green buildings (what green infrastructure is available to reduce energy, water, resource usage in new buildings and retrofits?)
• Green cities (What is a green city?)
• Green Infrastructure (What are the multiple benefits of green infrastructure?)
• Groundwater management (Managed Aquifer Recharge strategies)
• Food security (How can inner-city food security be enhanced for low-income communities?)
• Health (the role of nature in enhancing mental health)
• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (Case studies of energy-efficient HVAC systems)
• Housing and development (informal settlements and the SDGs)
• ICT/Telecommunication (smart grids and smart meters in energy)
• Indigenous and vulnerable communities (Resilient, renewable energy communities in extreme climates)
• Informal settlements (informal settlements and rainwater harvesting for water security)
• Infrastructure (developing low-carbon infrastructure)
• Intelligent transport (efficient public transport in cities)
• Irrigation (smart irrigation systems)
• Linear transportation (how can low-carbon linear transportation be developed?)
• Low-carbon transport (What policies are best to encourage cycling in sprawling cities?)
• Market-based instruments (a survey of market-based instruments to promote recycling and reuse of products and materials)
• Nature-based solutions (how can nature-based solutions restore floodplains while protecting life and infrastructure?)
• Natural water retention measures (survey of natural water retention measures at urban to regional level)
• Organic farming (a survey of organic farming best management practices)
• Pollution and waste (Air pollution policies)
• Public-Private Partnerships (best practices in developing PPPs)
• Recycling (developing inner-city recycling centres)
• Renewable energy (survey of renewable energy systems)
• Resilient communities (how can a resilient community be developed over time?)
• Resilient organisations (what international standards and practices are available to enhance the resilience of organisations?)
• Roads and rail (renewable energy-powered rail systems)
• Soil management (best practices to protect soils)
• Social equity and community health and well-being (how can community health be improved in low-income suburbs and regions?)
• Smart agriculture (the role of ICT in agriculture)
• Smart city (what is a smart city and the key policies required to ensure their effectiveness?)
• Smart lighting (reducing energy consumption and light pollution)
• Smart grids (smart grids to lower energy usage and carbon emissions)
• Smart meters (smart meters and their use in businesses and households)
• Solar energy (floating solar systems on reservoirs)
• Stakeholder engagement (engaging stakeholders in regional development projects)
• Sustainable Development Goals (An overview of the interconnected relationship of SDGs and urban and regional development)
• Sustainable agriculture (best management practices to protect soil, conserve water, and reduce nutrient use)
• Transportation and Mobility (low/zero-carbon transportation)
• Utilities (energy and resource efficient utilities)
• Urban agriculture (urban policies to encourage urban agriculture)
• Waste-to-energy (waste-to-energy technologies)
• Waste management (waste management and soil remediation)
• Water conservation and efficiency (Encouraging water-efficient agricultural and industrial processes)
• Water reuse and recycling (water recycling to create climate-resilient water supplies)
• Water security (what is water security? And its role in achieving SDG 6)
• Water Sensitive Urban Design (case studies from Australia)
• Waterway transportation (mitigating climate change-related low-flows?)
• Wildlife corridors (urban wildlife corridor and their multiple benefits)
• Wind power (offshore wind power development)
• Zero carbon housing and buildings (policies to encourage passive houses and retrofits)