Aims and scope of Journal of Geography and Regional Development
Considering the concepts mentioned in the title of the journal, the scope of the journal includes diverse issues related to geographical sciences. The main mission of the journal is publishing articles that can identify, analyze, and offer effective solutions to a significant problem in the field of geographical sciences. The manuscripts should be related to the topics specified by the journal and have not presented in any conference or published by another journal or magazine. Some of the main themes of this journal are:
- Regional development
- Social geography
- Urbanization and globalization
- Sustainable rural development
- Rural housing
- Urban and rural management
- Diversity of rural economy
Purposes and vision
Journal of Geography and Regional Development aims to enhance the readership’s knowledge on theoretical and practical foundations of the role of geography in regional development through receiving, reviewing and publishing professors, researchers, and students’ scientific works. The journal tries to share with all researchers, students, managers and policy makers, the latest scientific findings that can contribute to solving geographical problems in various parts of Iran. Publishing electronic version of the manuscripts on the journal’s database/website would be an important means for achieving the aims and the vision of the journal. Accordingly, the priorities and policies of the journal are as follows:
- Publishing and sharing applied and basic research on rural, urban, and regional planning purposes
- Promoting practical methods of using the science of geography in the field of management, rural and urban planning in the form of a region simultaneously and continuously
- Offering practical solutions to solve the main problems of rural, regional, and urban living environment in a way that improve the well-being and satisfaction of residents and consequently prevent the excessive expansion of cities