Brief Introduction
The paper submission deadline for the conference Urban Operation and Governance Under High-Quality Development is 24:00, September 15, 2024. This conference serves as a sub-forum of the 2024 Guangdong Social Sciences Academic Annual Conference hosted by Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School.
In October 2024, the academic conference Urban Operation and Governance Under High-Quality Development will be held at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. Rooted in the research paradigm of urban science, this conference will rationally discuss the existing problems in China’s urban operation and governance. It empowers urban operation and governance through interdisciplinary integration and technological innovation. Guided by forward-looking new development philosophies, it intends to provide forward-looking policy references for future agendas in China’s high-quality urbanisation via practical urban operation and governance practices.
We sincerely invite you to submit papers for this academic annual conference. Detailed notices are as follows:
01 Organisers
Undertaker: School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing for Public Service Supply
Co-organisers: Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy; Editorial Department of Urban Insight
02 Conference Theme & Suggested Topics
Main Theme: Urban Operation and Governance Under High-Quality Development
Suggested topics include but are not limited to the following:
Digital Urban Governance
AI and New Technologies Empowering Public Service Supply
Supply and Demand of Public Services Under Regional Integration
Operation and Governance of Megacities
TOD Living Circles and Innovative Communities
Urban Planning and Municipal Finance
Asset Management of Urban Infrastructure
Maintenance and Governance of Community Buildings
Urban Regeneration and Housing Issues
Population Ageing and Urban Governance
As a sub-forum of the 2024 Guangdong Social Sciences Academic Annual Conference, this conference will collect and evaluate papers in accordance with the requirements of the annual conference.
03 Paper Submission Requirements
Authors may set paper titles independently. Papers intended to compete for Excellent Papers of the Provincial Social Sciences Annual Conference shall be limited to 8,000 words or fewer. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethics and shall not have been published previously.
A complete paper shall consist of title, abstract, keywords, name and serial number of research funding projects supporting the paper (if applicable), main text, figures and tables, notes, and references. See the attached document for detailed formatting rules.
Submitted papers must be original unpublished works by the authors. Authors shall bear full legal liability for their manuscripts. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Citations of others’ works must clearly list the authors and source information in the references section.
04 Additional Submission Rules
Submit the complete electronic manuscript in *.doc format to urban_operation@163.com. The email subject shall follow the format: "Conference Submission + Author Name + Paper Title".
Page 1 of the manuscript must state the paper title, author names, affiliated institutions/universities, contact phone numbers and email addresses. Page 2 shall carry the paper title, abstract and keywords without any author information. The main text shall start from Page 3. No information that may reveal the author’s identity or background shall appear from Page 2 onwards.
05 Submission Deadline
24:00, September 15, 2024
Note: The conference is tentatively scheduled to take place at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School in October 2024. Please follow the official WeChat account of the Guangdong Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing for Public Service Supply for updates.
06 Paper Evaluation
Invited experts will conduct blind peer review solely based on the academic quality of each paper. Remuneration will be provided for selected excellent papers.
With the authors’ consent, excellent papers screened by the expert panel may skip external review and directly enter the final review round of the journal Urban Insight.
Excellent papers selected by this conference are eligible to participate in the overall Excellent Paper selection of the main session of the Guangdong Social Sciences Academic Annual Conference.
07 Contact Information
Contact Person for Paper Submission: Cao Shiyin
Tel: 0755-26035313; 15915459312
Submission Email: urban_operation@163.com
Attachment: Paper Format Specifications
Page Layout: Typeset on A4 paper (210mm × 297mm). Top margin ≥35mm, bottom margin ≥30mm, left binding margin ≥26mm, right margin ≥26mm.
Paper Title: No.3 standard Song typeface; subtitle: Small No.3 standard Song typeface.
Author Names: Small No.3 regular script.
Abstract: The word "Abstract" in Small No.4 boldface; abstract content in Small No.4 regular script.
Keywords: The word "Keywords" in Small No.4 boldface; keyword content in Small No.4 Song typeface, separated by spaces.
Main Text Hierarchy: Headings are marked sequentially as "1.", "(1)", "1.", "(1)". Level-1 headings: Small No.4 boldface; Level-2 headings: Small No.4 regular script; Level-3 headings: Small No.4 bold Song typeface; main text content: Small No.4 Song typeface.
Footnotes: All notes shall be footnotes renumbered per page, marked with ①, ②, ③… for multiple notes on one page; footnote content in Small No.5 Song typeface at the bottom of each page.
References: Placed after the main text. The word "References" in Small No.4 boldface; reference entries in Small No.4 Song typeface, numbered [1], [2], [3]…
Author Information: The heading "Author Information" in Small No.4 boldface; content in Small No.4 Song typeface, listed in order: name, gender, institution, position/title, contact number, mailing address, email address.
Page Numbers: Arabic numerals "1", "2", "3"… centred at the bottom of each page.
