Arcplan

‘Arcplan’: Arabic cities planning’, is a pioneer peer-reviewed, bi-lingual, open-access journal that engages debates and discussions on urban design and planning in the Arab world. The journal envisions the ‘Arab World’ as an inclusive spatial narrative between the boundaries of local and global. Situated between two continents Africa and Asia, and Europe’s southern borders, the Arab world is involved with multi-cultural regionalism that extends to the Middle-East, North-Africa, Levant, Mediterranean, and the Gulf. Additionally, the Arab World encounters major geographical exoduses and re-settlements between the three continents. ‘Arcplan’ focuses on the design and planning in the ‘Arabic City’. The journal encourages discussions on emergent practices and theories within the Arab world wider context, and aims to make these debates available to both the national and international planning audience. Arcplan aims to present a core publication for scholars and practitioners particularly interested in spatial development processes in theory, practice and methodology, in relation to arts, anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, politics, environmental studies and technology, and their manifestation in the urban-scape: open and public space, infrastructure, housing, urban regeneration, waterfront development, among others. Arcplan is published by In-planning http://www.inplanning.eu/, international online platform for high standard publications on spatial planning, in cooperation with ‘Khotout’ Association for Design Studies and Planning http://www.khotout.org/ Editors: Prof. Mohamed El Sioufi (Senior Guest Editor) - - Chiara Tornagi - Hassan Elmouelhi- Kareem A. Ismail - Mona Abdelwahab - Zeinab Tag-Eldeene Editorial Secretary: Salma Sherif Editorial Board: Prof. Jean Hillier (Advisor) - Akram El-Magdoub (Advisor) - Prof. Ahmed Youssry - prof. Ali Madanipour - prof. David Shaw - prof Dina Shehayeb- prof. Louis Albrecht- Dr. Peter Kellett- prof. Yasser El-sheshtawey