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CALL FOR PAPERS: URBAN INDIA 

The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is a premier institute for urban research in India. Its main aim is to assist and strengthen the decision-making process by making available to policy makers a critical and objective analysis of the urban situation as well as alternative sets of approaches to urban problems. 

Submissions of papers are invited for the institute's bi-annual journal URBAN INDIA on issues related to urban development, management and governance including urbanisation and urban policy, urban management, financing of urban infrastructure and services, urban poverty, urban environment, municipal finance, e-governance, and decentralisation besides others. The submission should not generally exceed 6000-8000 words including tables and references. 

Urban India is announcing three 'Call for contributions', as mentioned below. 

Call for contributions:

1. Case Studies / Projects Showcase (Guidelines attached)

2. Special Theme : Low Carbon Cities, (last date 15.2.13)

3. Special Theme : Urban Reforms, (last date 15.6.13)

Guidelines for Manuscript Submission 

Manuscripts should be submitted in duplicate to NIUA. Alternatively, they should be mailed to the Editorial team at NIUA urbanindia@niua.org . The length of the text should not exceed 6000 -8000 words including tables and references. An Abstract of 100 -150 words must be given. Illustrations, Maps and Graphs should be submitted on separate sheets. Material submitted to the Journal should not be published/ under review for publication elsewhere: a Declaration to this effect should accompany the manuscript. On acceptance of the manuscript for publication in the Journal, the author is required to submit the material in soft copy either by mail or on Compact Disk in MS Word format. Any complex Tables and Graphs must be submitted separately in Excel.

References should appear at the end of the main text before tables and figures. It should be double spaced and listed in alphabetical order by author's name. References should appear as follows:

For journal articles 

Tobin, J. (1958), Liquidity Preference as Behaviour Towards Risk, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 25, 65-86. Note that journal titles should not be abbreviated.

For contributions to collective works

Brunner, K., Meltzer, A.H. (1990), Money supply, in: Friedman, B.M., and F.H. Hahn, eds., Handbook of Monetary Economics, Vol. 1,357-396, North-Holland, Amsterdam.

For Books

Dornbusch, R. (1980), Open Economy Macroeconomics, Basic Books, New York.

Authors should send a brief resume indicating institutional affiliation, title of position, address, phone/fax number and email address.

All editorial correspondence and subscription enquiries should be addressed to

The Editor

Urban India 

National Institute of Urban Affairs, (NIUA) 

Core 4-B, First Floor, India Habitat Centre

Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003. 

Phone: 24617513, Fax: 011 - 24617513

Email: urbanindia@niua.org