Editorial Team

37 editors and editorial board members in 14 countries/regions. Australia  [1],  Cyprus [3], China [2], Egypt [4], Hong Kong [1], Iraq [1], Morocco[1],  Nigeria  [3], Portugal [1], Romania [1], Saudi Arabia [1], Turkey [9],  UK [5], USA [3]. 

Editor-in-chief

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hourakhsh Ahmad Nia, Alanya  University, Alanya, Turkey. 

+90 506 189 99 66 

    hourakhsh.ahmadnia@alanyauniversity.edu.tr

Managing editors

 

 

Professor Dr. Jianfa Shen, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

   jianfa@cuhk.edu.hk

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd, Alanya University, Alanya, Turkey.

+90 506 189 99 77

        rokhsaneh.rahbarianyazd@alanyauniversity.edu.tr

Academic editors

 

- Professor Dr. Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, Director of the Doctoral School of Urban Planning, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest, Romania.

-Professor, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova.

-Senior Researcher, National Institute for Research and Development in Constructions, Urbanism and Sustainable Spatial Development URBAN-INCERC, Bucharest, Romania.

   alexandru_petrisor@yahoo.com

 

Professor Dr. José Manuel Pagés Madrigal, University of East Africa Kampala, Uganda

+20 109 723 16 50 

         jose.madrigal@guc.edu.eg

International Editorial Board members
Section A: Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Section Coordinator:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jieling Xiao, Birmingham City University, UK
Subsection: citizenship Rights, authenticity and practices
Topics: Place Branding, environmental design and wellbeing, Social identities, walkable cities, participatory projects.

      jieling.xiao@bcu.ac.uk

Section Editors

Professor Dr. Steffen Lehmann, School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Subsection: nature and place, urban Infill development
Topics: low carbon cities, zero waste and sustainable consumption, green urbanism, climate-adaptive buildings.

    Steffen.Lehmann.Cities@gmail.com

Professor Dr. Harold Takooshian, Fordham University, USA
Subsection: urban psychology, quality of urban life
Topics: social psychology, public health, human behavior and cities, multiculturality: inequalities and diversities, social distress.

    takooshian@fordham.edu

 

Section B: Territorial dynamics
Section Coordinator:

Professor Dr. Vida Maliene, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, UK / Department of Land Use Planning and Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania.
Subsection: affordable housing and socio-economic relations
Topics: economic development, Affordable Housing, urban regeneration, landscape and economic benefits, sustainable housing affordability, land value.

     V.Maliene@ljmu.ac.uk

 

Section Editors

Professor Dr. Eziyi O. Ibem, University of Nigeria, Nigeria.
Subsection: Architectural Built Environment
Topics: Urban Residential Environments, green infrastructure, Place attachment, city resilience, housing quality, environmental sustainability.

eziyi.ibem@unn.edu.ng

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Alqahtany, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Subsection: sustainable urban planning
Topics: affordable housing,  sustainable housing, housing challenges, environmental efficiency.

       amalqahtany@iau.edu.sa

Section C: Urban Transformation studies
Section Coordinator:

Professor Dr. Yung Yau, Lingnan University, Institute of Policy Studies & Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Hong Kong
Subsection: housing economics, urban sociology
Topics:  urban regeneration, housing studies, domestic waste, urban renewal, urban rehabilitation.

     yungyau@ln.edu.hk

Section Editors

Professor Dr. Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Subsection:  urban transformation, heritage studies
Topics: urban morphologies, housing studies, socio-spatial studies, historical continuity, heritage and digital age.

     gamal.abdelmonem@ntu.ac.uk

   

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Victor Udemezue Onyebueke, University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Subsection: contemporary city’s topics.
Topics: slums, Informal cities and public spaces, globalization, community development, political economy.

  victor.onyebueke@unn.edu.ng

Professor Dr. Carlo Alberini, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
Subsection: contemporary city’s topics.
Topics: Mediterranean architecture and urbanism, port-cities, sustainable urbanism, port planning.

  carlo.alberini@um6p.ma

Professor Dr. Özge Yalçıner Ercoşkun, Gazi University, Turkey
Subsection: emerging cities, smart cities, sustainable urban development, technological cities of the future.
Topics: Metaverse and blockchain, 3d modelling cities, built environment modelling, Geo-social networks for urban studies, social capital, green economy.

   ozgeyal@gmail.com

Professor Dr. Ana Bordalo Instituto Superior Manuel teixeira Gomes, Portimão, Portugal, ISMAT.Portugal
Subsection: urban laboratory
Topics: urban accessibility, urban mobility, communities of life, waterfront city, urban laboratory. p2994@ismat.pt

Dr. Vahid Javidroozi, Department of Digital Transformation, Faculty of Computing, Engineering, and Built Environment,  Birmingham City University, UK
Subsection: smart city development
Topics: city process change, supply chain management, Urban Computing, enterprise systems management. Business Process Change. 

   Vahid.Javidroozi@bcu.ac.uk

Editorial Advisory Board

Dr. Hoang Phong LE, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) & Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, Viet Nam

   lhphong@hcmulaw.edu.vn

Professor Dr. John I. Gilderbloom, University Of Louisville, USA

   john.gilderbloom@louisville.edu , jgilde02@sprynet.com

Professor Dr. Gehan Selim, Faculty Of Engineering And Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK 

  G.Selim@leeds.ac.uk

Professor Dr. Mee Kam Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China 

   meekng@cuhk.edu.hk

Professor Dr. Hasim Altan, Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design, Cyprus

     hasim.altan@arucad.edu.tr

Professor Dr. Cigdem Varol, Department of City and Regional Planning, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

    cvarol@gazi.edu.tr

Professor Dr. Dalia Abdelaziz Elsorady, Department of Architecture, King Salman International University, Egypt

   dalia.elsorady@pua.edu.eg , Dalia.elsorady@ksiu.edu.eg

Professor Dr. Alaattin Kanoğlu, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey 

   alaattin.kanoglu@alanya.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alev Erarslan, Istanbul Aydın University, Department of Architecture, Turkey 

  aleverarslan@aydin.edu.tr

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bukola A. Adewale, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

    bukola.adewale@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

Professor Dr. Aykut Karaman, MSGSU , Altınbaş University, İstanbul, Turkey
Subsection: rural scales
Topics: rural development, eco-development, integrated regeneration of small scales

    Aykutkaraman2@gmail.com

 English Language Editors

copyeditor:

Dr. Timothy Onosahwo IYENDO, Department of Architecture, Nile University of Nigeria, Nigeria

  t.iyendo@gmail.com ; Timothy.iyendo@nileuniversity.edu.ng

proofreader:

Harry Jake Wadsworth, Girne American University, K.K.T.C., Cyprus.

 

Production Editor

Dr. Husam Husain, German University in Cairo, Egypt

     Narmin.babazadeh@emu.edu.tr

Dr. Narmin Babazadeh Asbagh, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

     Narmin.babazadeh@emu.edu.tr

 

 

EndNote Editor

Prof. Dr. James Chakwizira, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Venda; Extra-Ordinary Professor, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa; Board Member, South African Council of Planners.

     26878208@nwu.ac.za , james.chakwizira@univen.ac.za

Site Administrators

Dr. Mehmet KARAKOÇ, Alanya University, Alanya, Turkey. (Head of the Department of Computer Engineering) mehmet.karakoc@alanyauniversity.edu.tr

Batuhan Yildiz, Girne American University, K.K.T.C., Cyprus.  Tell:+90 548 849 8507 batuhanyildiz1992@gmail.com

Cover Design

Azat Saydam, Alanya University, Alanya, Turkey. 

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