Geographical planning of space quarterly journal

Bibliographic Information

Title

Geographical planning of space quarterly journal

Title proper

 Āmāyish-i jughrāfiyāyī-i faz̤ā.

Other variant title

Majallah-i āmāyish-i jughrāfiyāyī-i faz̤ā

Print ISSN

2538-5739

Online ISSN

2538-4821

Subject Area and Category

• Review, analysis, and evaluation of the current state of geographical spatial planning in the country.

• Study and identification of the capabilities of geographical sciences in spatial planning and regional development with a planning-oriented approach for the future horizon.

• Planning for the optimization of the urban network, the hierarchical system of settlements, regional development, and overcoming spatial imbalances.

• Study, analysis, evaluation, and planning of transportation networks (air, land, and maritime) in line with regional capacities and planning criteria.

• Modeling and analysis of urban and regional spaces using GIS systems.

• Planning for large-scale industrial, military, and railway zones and regional development (studying and evaluating the status of such zones in the country, development strategies, rehabilitation, etc.).

• Analysis and design of geographical spatial planning documentation (studies, evaluations, and formulation of comprehensive and detailed plans) and proposing executive solutions, such as determining various land uses.

• Legal aspects of geographical spatial and regional planning in Iran.

• Urban planning.

• Coastal zone planning, including spatial analysis, foresight studies for land-use changes, landscape redesign, etc.

• Plans, strategies, and policies for decentralization in metropolitan areas.

• Strategies for the development and planning of rural areas:

  • Relocation of villages;

  • Preparation of documentation;

  • Development and improvement of the spatial, demographic, and economic structures of rural areas.

• Study of territorial dimensions and planning strategies around airports, industries, dams, and large-scale national facilities.

• Examination and explanation of the institutional infrastructure of geographical spatial planning in Iran.

• Management strategies for geographical spatial planning (through comparative studies, etc.).

• Study and proposal of appropriate solutions to reduce informal settlements and unbalanced urban and regional development (reducing north-south disparities).

• The government and geographical spatial planning.

• Feasibility studies, necessity assessments, and design of new, intermediate, and strategic cities across the country with a planning-oriented approach.

• Strategies for linking urban and rural areas in terms of geographical, spatial, and economic elements.

• Study of land management strategies as a vital tool for integrated territorial governance.

• Review, analysis, and evaluation of spatial, demographic, environmental, and economic crisis hotspots across the country and strategies to address them.

• Passive defense with a geographical spatial planning approach.

• Planning strategies in the fields of land and housing.

• Site selection and analysis of functional and service locations in space.

• Feasibility studies for the establishment and reinforcement of regional roles, including industrial clusters, national and international trade functions, etc.

• Environmental pollution and planning strategies to combat it.

• Study and analysis of spatial and territorial justice and related management programs.

• Sustainable development planning in regions.

• Geographical spatial planning strategies in sensitive, vulnerable, and border regions of the country.

Language

Persian (with English Extended Abstract)

Start Year

 2011

Frequency

Quarterly

Publisher

Golestan University

ORCID iDs

The ORCID identifier is required.

Type of Material

Serial (Periodical)

Type of Access

Open Access (OA)

OA Policies

The journal adheres to DOAJ's definition of open access.

Type of License

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Open Access Statement

All content of the Journal is published with open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) This license allows users to copy and redistribute the article under the following conditions:

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No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

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You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where an applicable exception or limitation permits your use.

No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

The Policy of Screening for Plagiarism

At least two independent reviewers will examine each manuscript submitted to the journal for publication. All manuscripts sent to the journal for publication will be checked for plagiarism before being sent to the reviewers. The journal has a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism.

Retraction Policy

An article may be retracted when its findings are no longer considered trustworthy due to scientific misconduct or error, it plagiarizes previously published work, or it is found to violate ethical guidelines. An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined owing to errors in the conduct, analysis, and/or reporting of the research. Violation of publication or research ethics may also result in a study’s retraction. The original paper will be marked as RETRACTED but a PDF version remains available to readers, and the RETRACTION statement is bi-directionally linked to the original published paper. Retraction statements will typically include a statement of assent or dissent from the authors.

Complaint Process

The authors have the right to complain and ask explanation if they perceive any misconduct in any applicable policies and ethical guidelines. The authors can raise their complaints by submitting a letter to the Journal Email. We follow the COPE guidelines on responding to whistleblowers, which includes protecting anonymity. All the complaints regarding delinquencies in the work processes are investigated according to the prevailing publication ethics practices. An author or any other scholar may submit their complaints about any issues related to:

- Authorship issues;

- Bias in the review process;

- Copyright violation;

- Deceiving in research results or wrong research results;

- Manuscript processing time is unusually late;

- Plagiarism;

- The peer-review comments are unsatisfactory;

- Unrevealed conflicts of interest; and  

- Violations of research ethics and integrity.

Policy for Dealing with Complaints

Once a complaint is received, at first, an acknowledgement is sent to the complainant with the assurance that appropriate action will be taken on a complaint within three working days excluding the complaint receiving date. The investigation process is initiated by the journal handling team according to the directions of the Editor-In-Chief. After the investigation is over, a meeting is held with a complete report on the complaint. The decision has been made and the same is forwarded to the concerned scholar through his/her submitted email ID. We consider complaints as an opportunity to enhance our existing Manuscript Processing System. All the received complaints are dealt with in a polite and timely manner with certainty.

Type of Publication (Processing Charges and Publication Charges)

According to the journal's management policy, the responsible author or authors are requested to pay a publication fee of 6,000,000 Rials.

Full-text access: Open Access

Revenue Sources

As the Center of Excellence in Geographical planning of space quarterly journal, Golestan University has supported most of the publishing costs of the Geographical planning of space quarterly journal, article processing charge in the journal is limited for authors. Therefore, publishing an article in the Journal requires a publication fee, of 6.000.000 Rials which will be billed to the submitting author following the acceptance of an article for publication. Apart from this Article Process Charge, there are no submission charges, page charges, or colour charges.

Advertising policy

The Geographical planning of space quarterly journal hasn’t accepted or published any advertisements on the journal website or articles.

Copyright owner / Copyright holder

Under  Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (June 20, 2003), the Journal of Urban Tourism (JUT), is fully open access, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Authors retain the copyright of their work and can deposit their publication in any repository. This means that articles can be freely redistributed and reused by the author and others as long as the article is properly cited. Published articles in the Journal can be deposited immediately into an online repository or social network without any cost. The Journal articles can be emailed to colleagues, printed, archived in a collection, included in course packs, and distributed without restrictions. Please read the full Creative Commons license for further information.

Authorship

The journal adheres that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:

·  Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND

·  Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND

·    Final approval of the version to be published; AND

·  Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

The consent of all authors, as well as related authorities/institutions, has been received before the submission of the manuscript. The order of the authors (as to be reflected in the published article) has been established. The adding or deleting of authors once the manuscript has been accepted for publication would have to be accompanied by a signed statement of consent from all authors. All authors have contributed significantly to the research. Authors are obligated to participate in the peer review process, providing retractions/corrections/amendments when necessary. All conflicts of interest/financial support have been declared. Any changes or corrections to a published work require the consent of all authors.

COPE

The journal follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.