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Urban Affairs Review Template

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About the Urban Affairs Review format

Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, Urban Planning and Governance, Electoral Systems and Political Participation. Over its lifetime it has published 1,709 papers, which have received 50,003 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Urban Affairs Review, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Urban Planning and Governance Electoral Systems and Political Participation Public Policy and Administration Research Housing Market and Economics
ISSN1078-0874
Citation impact (2-yr)1.67
h-index104
i10-index852
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Illinois Chicago
Journal websiteuar.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Urban Affairs Review per year

50
2014
43
2015
65
2016
50
2017
50
2018
61
2019
56
2020
58
2021
52
2022
52
2023
72
2024
75
2025

Citation impact of Urban Affairs Review by publication year

1.5K
2014
1.5K
2015
2K
2016
1.3K
2017
1.2K
2018
1.5K
2019
853
2020
671
2021
564
2022
297
2023
214
2024
79
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Urban Affairs Review

Building Community Capacity

Robert J. Chaskin · 1 Jan 2001

The notion of community capacity building is both explicit and pervasive in the rhetoric, missions, and activities of a broad range of contemporary community development efforts. However, there is limited clarity about the meaning of capacity and capacity building at the neighbor-hood level. The author suggests a definitional framework for understanding and promoting community capacity,…

The Political Ecology of Uneven Urban Green Space

Nik Heynen, Harold A. Perkins, Parama Roy · 4 Aug 2006

This article investigates the role of urban political economy, private-public property relations, and race and ethnicity in the social production of Milwaukee's urban forest. By integrating urban-forest canopy-cover data from aerial photography, United States Census data, and qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews, this analysis suggests that there is an inequitable distribution of urban canopy…

Displacement or Succession?

Lance Freeman · 25 Jan 2005

This article examines the extent to which gentrification in U.S. neighborhoods is associated with displacement by comparing mobility and displacement in gentrifying neighborhoods with mobility and displacement in similar neighborhoods that did not undergo gentrification. The results suggest that displacement and higher mobility play minor if any roles as forces of change in gentrifying neighborhoods.…

New Directions in Planning Theory

Susan S. Fainstein · 1 Mar 2000

The author examines three approaches to planning theory: the communicative model, the new urbanism, and the just city. The first type emphasizes the planner’s role in mediating among “stakeholders,” the second paints a physical picture of a desirable planned city, and the third presents a model of spatial relations based on equity. Differences among the…

The Evolution of Urban Regime Theory

Karen Mossberger, Gerry Stoker · 1 Jul 2001

Urban regime theory came to prominence with the publication of Clarence Stone’s study of Atlanta in 1989, although earlier work by Fainstein and Fainstein (1983) and Elkin (1987) has also been influential. Since then, regime analysis has been extensively used to examine urban politics both inside North America and beyond. The authors argue that the…

Urban Affairs Review template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Urban Affairs Review format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Urban Affairs Review template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Urban Affairs Review use?
Urban Affairs Review uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Urban Affairs Review, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Urban Affairs Review?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Urban Affairs Review document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Urban Affairs Review template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Urban Affairs Review format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Urban Affairs Review?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Urban Affairs Review PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Urban Affairs Review template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Urban Affairs Review template cost?
You can start writing in the Urban Affairs Review template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Urban Affairs Review PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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