About the Journal
Urban-Regional Ecology
UREUrban-Regional Ecology (URE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to interdisciplinary research on the ecological dynamics of urban and regional environments and human-dominated landscapes.
The journal provides a platform for researchers, ecologists, planners, environmental professionals, and policymakers to examine interactions between ecological systems, urbanization, regional development, and human societies.
Journal Information
Aims
Urban-Regional Ecology aims to advance interdisciplinary understanding of ecological processes and environmental challenges associated with urbanization, regional development, and human-dominated landscapes.
The journal seeks to promote research that connects ecological science with urban and regional planning, environmental management, sustainability, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and socio-ecological resilience.
URE encourages research that contributes to evidence-based environmental decision-making and supports dialogue among ecologists, planners, environmental scientists, engineers, social scientists, and policymakers. Particular attention is given to research that addresses practical and emerging challenges associated with sustainable and resilient urban-regional systems.
Scope
The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, theoretical contributions, empirical studies, methodological research, case studies, and policy-oriented analyses addressing urban and regional ecological issues. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Urban Ecosystems
Urban ecological processes, ecosystem structure and function, urban biodiversity, ecological interactions, ecosystem services, and environmental change in cities.
Regional and Landscape Ecology
Landscape ecology, regional ecological processes, land-use change, habitat connectivity, spatial patterns, ecological networks, and interactions across urban and regional landscapes.
Socio-Ecological Systems
Human-environment interactions, socio-ecological systems, community participation, environmental governance, social-ecological resilience, and relationships between society and ecological systems.
Ecological Technologies and Methods
Ecological monitoring, environmental assessment, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, ecological modeling, data-driven methods, and technologies for environmental research and management.
Sustainable Development and Planning
Sustainable urban and regional development, spatial planning, environmental planning, resource management, land-use planning, and approaches to integrating ecological considerations into development.
Ecological Technologies and Smart Cities
Smart-city technologies, environmental sensing, intelligent urban systems, digital environmental management, data-driven sustainability, and technology-enabled ecological planning.
Urban Health and Wellbeing
Environmental determinants of urban health, green and blue spaces, environmental exposure, healthy urban environments, human wellbeing, and ecological approaches to public health.
Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation
Urban resilience, climate adaptation, climate-related risks, disaster preparedness, environmental vulnerability, adaptive capacity, and resilient urban and regional systems.
Green Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions
Green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, urban forests, ecological corridors, green spaces, ecosystem-based adaptation, and ecological approaches to urban environmental management.
Journal Policies & Services
Peer Review
Manuscripts submitted to Urban-Regional Ecology undergo editorial assessment and peer review in accordance with the journal's editorial policies. The journal uses a double-blind peer review process to support fair, objective, and confidential evaluation.
Open Access
Published articles are freely and immediately accessible online in their final Version of Record without a subscription or embargo.
Articles are published under the CC BY 4.0 license, unless otherwise stated for specific third-party material.
Submissions
Authors are invited to submit original research that falls within the journal's scope and meets the journal's ethical, editorial, and scholarly requirements.
Publisher
Urban-Regional Ecology (URE) is published by Explorer Press Ltd.
The journal is committed to maintaining rigorous peer review, publication ethics, research integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly communication.
Urban-Regional Ecology (URE) supports interdisciplinary scholarly communication on urban and regional ecological systems, environmental sustainability, resilience, and human-environment interactions.