Proposals should relate to the topics outlined above. Authors may submit only one paper per session topic. The same paper may not be submitted to multiple topics. An author can present no more than two papers.
Paper submissions must report on recently completed work and must be written in English. BIA Urban Regeneration Forum Congress welcomes papers from all circumstances, practitioners, planning officials, researches and academics. However, to enable the reviewers to make a reasonable assessment of the appropriateness of the proposed paper for the specific Congress, the proposal should include the following components:
>A brief description of the “problem”: the project, proposition or research question that is the subject of the paper.
>Background: basis in theory, policy framework, governance context, economic conditions for the project.
>Reference to two or more scholarly or official works, locating the research question or project in a specific discipline, intellectual tradition or planning context.
>A brief indication of the methods used in carrying out the work described in the paper.
>An outline of the principal results, outcomes, findings and lessons.
Submissions should be no longer than 2600 words (not including footnotes, captions and bibliography).