Urban Forum

Journal Title：Urban Forum

this Journal Publishes Papers, Which Engage Broadly With Urban Processes, Developments, Challenges, Politics And People, Providing A Distinctive African Focus On These Themes.  Topics Covered Variously Engage With The Dynamics Of Governance, Everyday Urban Life, Economies And Environments. The Journal Uses Empirical Data To Reinforce And Refine Theoretical Developments In Urban Studies, Draws On The Specificities Of The African Context, And Opens Up Geographically Diverse Conversations On African Cities. Urban Forum Welcomes Papers That Provide Rich Evidence From African Cities And, In Doing So, Builds Debate And Theory That Often Remains Peripheral To Urban Scholarship.  The Journal Is Open To Research Based On A Range Of Methodologies, But Prioritizes Qualitative Analysis And Interpretation. With This Mix, Research In Urban Forum Demonstrates The Ordinary And The Exceptional Nature Of Urbanization In African Cities.

本期刊发表的论文广泛涉及城市进程、发展、挑战、政治和人民，为这些主题提供了独特的非洲焦点。涵盖的主题涉及治理、日常城市生活、经济和环境的动态。该期刊使用实证数据来强化和完善城市研究的理论发展，借鉴非洲背景的特殊性，并开启关于非洲城市的地理多样化对话。《城市论坛》欢迎提供来自非洲城市的丰富证据的论文，并在此过程中建立通常与城市学术研究无关的辩论和理论。该期刊对基于多种方法的研究持开放态度，但优先考虑定性分析和解释。通过这种结合，《城市论坛》的研究展示了非洲城市城市化的平凡和特殊性质。

Urban Forum由Springer Nature出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖Social Sciences - Urban Studies全领域，平均审稿速度 ，影响因子指数1.2，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。