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Town and Regional Planning is a South African accredited journal for independently adjudicated research articles on applicable topics in town, urban and regional planning. The editorial staff considers articles in English. Authors are requested to write their manuscripts in a manner and style that is intelligible to specialists and non-specialists alike. Research contributions, which are peer reviewed, are: Review Articles, Research Articles, and Perspective Articles. Book reviews are also considered. The format for these categories can be found in the Submission Guidelines.
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Journal Title: Town and Regional Planning
Journal Acronym: Town and Regional Planning
Journal Publisher: University of the Free State
Journal or Publisher Affiliation: University of the Free State
Journal ISSN (Online): 2415-0495
Journal ISSN (Print): 1012-280X
Country of Publication: South Africa
Publication Started: 1974
Frequency: Annually
Discipline: Interdisciplinary or Multidisciplinary
Journal or Publisher Address: The editor: Town and Regional planning Department of Town and Regional planning University of the Free State PO Box 339 Bloemfontein South Africa 9300
Journal Official Email: trp@ufs.ac.za
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Journal Editor: Dr Abraham Matamanda and Dr Mariske van Aswegen
Journal Managing Editor: Ms Alna Beukes
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Submission Guidelines: Town and Regional Planning publishes articles in English. The desired length for an article is between 4 000 and 8 000 words, (excluding references list) written in third person.
A copy of the typed article must be submitted in electronic format via the online portal.
Formatting: MS Word, Times New Roman, font size 12, single line spacing. Paragraphs start on a new line and are not indented. All illustrations, figures, and tables must be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Tables must be provided in editable format and not as images. Text in Tables must be in single line spacing, Times New Roman, font size 10. Table borders must be ΒΌ pt width.
Articles on an applicable topic in town, urban and regional planning, well presented, written in any easy style and already proofread, will be considered for publishing.
The Editor reserves the right to alter articles where necessary with regard to the style and presentation to bring it in line with the
Publication Ethics: The editorial team and management are committed to be ethical and fair in publishing high quality articles and work hard to ensure the content we publish is ethically sound and do not encourage misconduct, or knowingly allow misconduct to take place. Any cases of ethical misconduct are treated seriously and will be dealt with in accordance with the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and flowcharts. Editors, authors, and reviewers will also adhere to the Town and regional planning
Additional Info: Copyright: Copyright is transferred to the author(s) when an article is accepted for publication.
Publishing rights: When an author/s publish an article in Town and Regional Planning, the author/s enter into a non-exclusive publishing agreement. This means that author/s may upload a second copy to institutional repositories.
All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0); readers are welcome to reproduce, share and adapt the content without permission
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Town and Regional Planning is a South African accredited journal for independently adjudicated research articles on applicable topics in town, urban and regional planning. The editorial staff considers articles in English. Authors are requested to write their manuscripts in a manner and style that is intelligible to specialists and non-specialists alike. Research contributions, which are peer reviewed, are: Review Articles, Research Articles, and Perspective Articles. Book reviews are also considered. The format for these categories can be found in the Submission Guidelines.