Projections, the MIT Journal of Planning aims to provide the most in-depth, innovative treatment of cutting-edge ideas in planning. Each volume is devoted to a different topic of interest to planning scholars, students and professionals. Projections is a unique collaboration between graduate students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT and an Editorial Board composed of leading scholars in the areas most closely linked to the topic under consideration.

Volume 4, Urban Resilience and Recovery, will investigate the rebuilding processes following sudden urban disasters.

Tragedy has forced planning professionals and scholars to develop expertise in human and natural disaster management, from the stabilization of public health to the restoration of civic infrastructure. However, the recovery of a city from trauma extends beyond the challenges of restoring basic urban systems. What does the recovery process reveal about the balance of power in the society seeking to rebuild? Which institutions and policies are resilient and which are not? Whose vision of the future is built, and why? What range of alternative strategies is considered and who develops those strategies? What process of consensus dictates the form of commemoration? What is the involvement of the planning profession?

Volume 4 invites contributions that speak to these issues. Submissions may focus on the economic, political, or cultural forces that have enabled cities to rebuild and to recover. Articles might alternatively examine the recovery experience of a specific city, from trauma to reconstruction to remembrance. Our goal is to assemble a broad-ranging investigation into urban resilience and recovery.

As a peer-reviewed publication, Projections welcomes original, high quality submissions at the vanguard of planning theory and practice. The Editorial Board for Volume 4 will bring together leading academics and practitioners whose work focuses on rebuilding cities after acute trauma; the Board will include speakers from the 2001-2002 MIT Resilient Cities Colloquium.

Feature article submissions should not exceed 6,000 words. Shorter articles, such as research briefs or student research notes, should not exceed 1,000 words. All submissions should be written according to the standards of the American Psychological Association's Publication Manual. Footnotes should be placed at the end of the document. Please double-space all parts of the manuscript and leave one-inch margins on all sides. Tables should be separated from the text, not exceeding a width of 3.5 inches. Images should be provided in .tif format, not exceeding a width of 5 inches and a resolution of 600 dpi (a width of 3000 pixels).

Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate to the address below. Manuscripts may also be sent via email to projections@mit.edu.

The deadline for submission is December 30, 2002.