About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) is the professional body of spatial planners in Bangladesh. The Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners is double-blind, peer-reviewed and is published both online (open access) and in print version. Authors do not pay any publication fee or any other charges.

BIP invites all academics, researchers, and practitioners in the field of planning and development to submit papers for publication in the Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners. The theme of papers must be relevant to theoretical or practical issues of spatial planning and may be related, but not limited, to the following fields:

  • Urban/city/town planning
  • Regional planning
  • Rural planning
  • Housing
  • Urban informality and slum upgrading
  • District/neighbourhood/area/site planning
  • Infrastructure/transport planning
  • Spatial data analyses
  • Socio-economic analyses of planning aspects
  • Environmental planning and disaster management
  • Resilient City
  • Nature-Based Solution (NBS)
  • Food, energy and urban system
  • Planning of public spaces
  • Project planning and development management
  • Planning for special groups and big events
  • Planning theory
  • Urban Planning and Public Health
  • Governance and planning policy

Also please note that the journal publishes commentary and/or critique on contemporary planning and development issues at home and abroad.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published annually.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Editorial Board

EDITOR

Professor Dr. Ishrat Islam
Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Dhaka-1342
Bangladesh

Executive Editor

Hosneara Alo
Board Member (Research and Publication)
16th Executive Board 2024-2025
Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP)
Bangladesh

MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD

 

Publisher

    Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP)