November 2018

CIB Call for Papers Special Issue Encouraged JournalConstruction Economics and Building

Special Issue on Resilient Urban Regeneration for Sustainable Development
Introduction
You are invited to submit papers for the special issueof the CIB Encouraged Journal of Construction
Economics and Building.
Cities are currently facing numerous challenges tocope with population growth and rural urban drift andthese are having impact on quality of life and a range
of opportunities that urban environments can offer its
residents (Evans and Jones, 2009).
These challenges can largely be put into threefold:social, economic and environmental sustainability
disparities. Cities are intricate entwined collections andcentres of human interaction, creativity, knowledge,
diversity, culture, commerce and economic creativity(Elnokaly and Elseragy, 2011). With more than half ofhumanity living in cities and the number of urban
residents growing by nearly 73 million every year, it isestimated that urban areas account for 70 per cent of
the world’s gross domestic product and has therefore
generated economic growth and prosperity for many.
It is expected that two-thirds of the world population
will be living in urban areas (UN, 2018).

In this regards, urban regeneration concept has
become central and a key driver towards thesustainable development of cities (Akotia and Opoku,2018).
Urban regeneration practices provide the opportunity
to transform the decline areas as well as the entire
urban built environment. Roberts (2000:17) defines
urban regeneration as the “comprehensive andintegrated visions and actions, which lead to theresolution of urban problems and which seek to bringabout a lasting improvement in the economic,
physical, social and environmental conditions of anarea that has been subject to change”. Urban
regeneration is considered as means to regenerate andupgrade existing declined places towards theachievement of the sustainable development goals(SDGs).
There is also recognition that, the cross-cutting natureof urban planning, design and development issues has
an enormous impact on most of the sustainable
development goals (UN, 2018). The recent Habitat III
conference in Quito outlined the new urban planningand development agenda, which provides that, cities
are made sustainable, shape to ensure liveability,
provide homes and sustainable neighbourhoods. Theagenda frames global policy for cities and urban
regeneration for the next 20 years and beyond.

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ScopeReferences

This special issue seeks potential papers that address
sustainability issues of urban regeneration towards thedelivery of sustainable development goals (SDGs) forcities. High-quality research papers or best industry
practices and case studies are encouraged for thisspecial issue. Topics may include but not limited to thefollowing topics:

Akotia, J. and Opoku, A. (2018), Sustainable
regeneration project delivery in UK: A qualitativeAnalysis of practitioners’ engagement, Journal ofFacilities Management, Vol. 16(1), 87-100
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Regeneration and the SDGs
Urban regeneration and sustainable development
Social sustainability of urban regeneration
Resilient urban environment
Economic sustainability of urban regeneration
Environmental sustainability of urban regeneration
The role of sustainable housing
The role of sustainable infrastructure
Sustainable regeneration policies
Smart cities and communities
Planning, design, procurement and construction
processes involved in sustainable regenerationand infrastructure projects

Expressions of interest
Authors interested in submitting papers are invited tosubmit a 200 word abstract as per the journal
guidelines (see link below) before 14th January 2019
to Dr Julius Akotia (J.K.Akotia@uel.ac.uk)

Elnokaly, A. and Elseragy, A. (2011), Sustainableurban regeneration of historic city centres: lessons
learnt. In: World Sustainable Building Conference, 1821 October 2011, Helsinki
Evans, J. and Jones, P. (2009), Rethinking Sustainable
Urban Regeneration: Ambiguity, Creativity, and theShared Territory, Environment and Planning A:
Economy and Space, 40(6), 1416-1434.
Roberts, P. (2000), “The evolution, definition andpurpose of urban regeneration”. In P.
Roberts and H. Skyes (eds.), Urban Regeneration, A
Handbook, London: Sage Publications, p.9-36.
UN (2018), Sustainable cities and human settlements,
United Nations Sustainable development knowledge
platform, Available at:https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustaina
blecities (accessed 4 April 2018)
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Full paper Submission
Selected authors will be invited to submit full papers
using the journal guidelines available here.
Key Dates
Abstract submission deadline
Notification of accepted abstracts
Full Paper submission deadline
Final paper after review process
Expected publication date

14 January 201931 January 201929 June 201921 December 2019
March 2020

Guest Editors
Dr Alex Opoku
Associate Professor in Project Management & Quantity
Surveying
UCL Bartlett School of Construction & ProjectManagement
University College London
alex.opoku@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Julius Akotia
Senior Lecturer in Construction and ProjectManagement
University of East London
J.K.Akotia@uel.ac.uk

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