The following journal(s) have issued a call for papers:
Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Special Issue on Challenges in Transportation Planning for Asian Cities
Guest Editor: Ashish Verma, Dept. of Civil Engg., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Assam, India (ashishv@iitg.ernet.in)
Most of the Asian cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Tokyo, Hanoi, Asthana, Bandung etc., to name a few) are typically characterized by high-density urban areas, absence of proper control on land use, lack of proper roads and parking facilities, poor public transport, lack of road user discipline etc. This results in the transportation problems, namely accident, congestion, and pollution, taking a very different and much severer shape than those in cities of developed countries. The transportation planning issues faced by most of the Asian cities may be summarized as one or more of the following:
- Rapid urbanization and motorization leading to sharp increase in travel demand, whereas the supply has largely remained unmatched with the demand.
- Poor public transport (poor service network and frequency, mostly unregulated, poor level of service, etc.).
- Imbalanced modal-split.
- Focus still remains on moving vehicles rather than people and goods.
- Lack of road user discipline.
- Poor traffic law enforcement.
- Heterogeneous traffic, which introduces complexities in modelling the transportation system
- Lack of lane discipline while driving, leading to inefficient use of capacity, more congestion and other allied effects.
- Poor infrastructure to promote Non Motorised Transport (NMT) may be as a good main mode or a good access mode.
- Poor integration, particularly within public transport modes making them less attractive.
- Issue of funding for transportation projects. Most of the countries don’t have effective mechanism to fund large infrastructure projects.
- Little or no appreciation of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures, as effective and sustainable solutions.
- Lack or absence of guidelines suited for cities of developing countries.
- Poorly regulated goods transport, etc.
The above transportation issues elicit several interesting questions for Asian cities:
- What methodologies/approaches have been developed to evolve effective and sustainable solutions for Asian cities?
- How the methodologies/approaches of cities in developed countries need be modified so that they can be adopted in Asian cities?
- What new technologies or approaches, that do not currently exist, still need to be developed?
- What are the technological barriers and research frontiers that merit immediate investigation?
The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of Urban Planning and Development (JUP&D) is to address questions like the above and present a group of ground-breaking research papers that address the challenges in transportation planning of Asian cities. The objective is to produce an archival snapshot of the state of knowledge in this field and formulate strategies for future research directions.
Authors wishing to submit papers, for this special issue, should refer to ASCE website http://www.pubs.asce.org/authors/index.html for information and submission guidelines. Manuscripts may be submitted to ASCE at journal-submissions@asce.org, beginning immediately but no later than June 1, 2008. All submissions should clearly mention that the same need to be considered for the special issue.
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Recent Developments in CO2 Emission Control Technology
Guest Editors: Maohong Fan and Radisav Vidic
Due to rising concerns about climate change, a considerable amount of recent research has focused on technologies for the control of carbon dioxide emissions, resulting in a significant progress in this area. In order to report the latest technological developments in this field and provide new resources for scientists and engineers to further advance their current research related to CO2 emission control, ASCE is pleased to announce a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering focusing on the separation, capture, and sequestration of CO2.
Prospective authors are requested to prepare manuscripts according to the guidelines published at http://pubs.asce.org/authors/journal/index.html and should submit their articles to ASCE through their online website at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jrneeeng/default.asp. Authors should address their cover letters to Special Issues Editor Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou and also indicate the title of the special issue.
A detailed timeline for publication of the special issue is given below:
Schedule
| Submission deadline: |
April 30, 2008 |
| First round of reviews: |
June 30, 2008 |
| Final decision: |
August 30, 2008 |
| Accepted manuscripts due: |
September 30, 2008 |
| Publication: |
No later than March of 2009 |
If you have questions regarding this special issue, please contact Maohong Fan at mfan3@mail.gatech.edu or Radisav Vidic at vidic@pitt.edu.
Journal of Energy Engineering
Special Issue on Electricity Transmission Investment Planning and Management in the New Environmental Era
Transmission Investment Planning and Management in the New Environmental Era”, the latest one of a series of special issues addressing timely important energy topics. This special issue aims to address recent developments in power transmission investment planning which contribute directly or indirectly to the support of environmental targets. The objective is to cover multiple perspectives such as: incentives mechanisms, economic valuation schemes, reliability, rights allocation, and renewable-resources integration. This issue is expected to be published in late 2009.
High-quality papers on the following aspects of electricity transmission investments are sought for this issue:
- transmission for renewable generation, including wind-power integration, solar-power integration, or integration of other distributed generation resources
- transmission investment incentives
- transmission expansion valuation
- transmission rights
- transmission capacity as a source of generation adequacy
Papers on related topics are also welcome. All papers will be subject to peer review. For manuscript requirements, please refer to the following web site http://www.pubs.asce.org/authors/index.html. Submit copies of the cover letter listing suggested reviewers and specifying the special issue title and the full manuscript as a Word or LaTex file (if sending LaTex, please also send a PDF copy) to ASCE at journal-submissions@asce.org by May 31, 2008.
Journals Department
ASCE
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Dr. Enzo Sauma, Guest Editor
Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile
Email: esauma@ing.puc.cl
Tel/Fax: 56 2 354-4272/4081
Dr. Chung-Li Tseng, Co-Editor
Australian School of Business
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Email: c.tseng@unsw.edu.au
Tel/Fax: 61 2 9385-9704/9313-6337
Legal Affairs Section
The American Society of Civil Engineers offers a Legal Affairs Section within the Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice (JPIEEP). The Legal Affairs Section is peer-reviewed and submissions to it are expected to be of the highest scholastic and literary standard. JPIEEP presents issues of broad professional interest and diverse views of engineering education and professional practice. Papers examine relationships between civil engineering and other disciplines, with emphasis on the engineer's obligations and responsibilities.
The legal affairs section of JPIEEP accepts papers and articles of the following four types:
- Scholarly papers on law related to, but not limited to, the following areas pertaining to civil engineering: Contract law and interpretation; professional responsibility and negligence; bidding law; negotiation, mediation, and alternate dispute resolution; arbitration; torts and insurance law; environmental law; environmental compliance; hazardous waste law; coastal and ocean law; real estate development and construction law; product liability laws; labor law; employment law; administrative law; government contract law; company reorganization and bankruptcy; corporation law; corporation tax law; subcontracting laws; claims analysis and presentations in all areas of civil engineering; land-use law related to getting projects designed and approved; and ADA law and regulations. The scholarly papers should ideally be 4000-9000 words in length and be adequately referenced. Use of endnotes are encouraged.
- Synopsis/snippets of court verdicts (800-2400 words)
- Reviews of books related to construction law (1000-2000 words)
- Forum/Viewpoint articles (1500-3500 words)
Submission guidelines for JPIEEP and resources for writing and preparing your article are available elsewhere on this Web site.
Special Issue on Graphical 3D Visualization in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Guest Editor: Vineet R. Kamat, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (vkamat@umich.edu)
Three-dimensional visualization offers considerable potential benefits in all stages of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) process, from initial planning and conceptual design to facility management and operations. It is a particularly useful communication, planning, and analysis tool for designers, engineers, and constructors who are challenged with ever-increasing complexities involved in designing a structure or piece of civil infrastructure, and then transforming that design into a completed facility.
Visualization of architectural and engineering designs has traditionally been the primary driving force for developments in three-dimensional visualization in the AEC industry. Three-dimensional visualization allows architects and engineers to clearly communicate their ideas and plans, and gain a better understanding of the physical space that is being designed. In relatively recent times, three-dimensional visualization is also being used to model and study the construction process at various levels of detail in an effort to efficiently transform designs into completed facilities. In fact, in their document titled “Vision 2020”, the Construction Industry Institute (CII) envisions that in the foreseeable future, an increasing number of facilities will be designed and constructed virtually before expending any real resources.
This exciting vision elicits several interesting questions:
- How far is the AEC industry from realizing this vision?
- What are the available enabling technologies that can be used to realize this vision and what is their range of capabilities?
- What new technologies, that do not currently exist, still need to be developed?
- What are the technological barriers and research frontiers that merit immediate investigation?
The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering is to address questions like the above and present a group of ground-breaking research papers that define the state-of-the-art in the field of three-dimensional visualization in AEC. The objective is to produce an archival snapshot of the state of knowledge in this field as we approach the end of the millennium’s first decade and formulate strategies for future research directions.
Authors wishing to submit papers should contact Vineet R. Kamat, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (vkamat@umich.edu) for information and submission guidelines. Manuscripts may be submitted beginning immediately.