Focus and Scope

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Management (JIPM) welcomes any articles from various disciplines, such as Public Policy, Urban Planning and Design, Environment and Sustainable Development, Economics and Fiscal Policy, Creative Financing, Taxation and Finance, Law, Engineering, Sociology, and other fields related to infrastructure policy and management.

The topics may include but not limited to:

  1. Public-Private Partnership for infrastructure development
  2. Economic and financial aspects, including creative financing schemes and asset management (funding and investment, taxation, life-cycle cost, , risk mitigation and management, cost and budgeting, public private partnership, innovative financing, data management and technology integration, capacity building)
  3. Infrastructure policy (governance and public policy innovation, bureaucratic reform, and institutional arrangements)
  4. Urban and rural planning (land use, zoning regulation, housing, smart/healthy cities, heritage preservation, ICT for spatial planning and management)
  5. Sustainability and waste management (environment, energy, climate change, resource use and efficiency, smart and green technology, city resilience)
  6. Law and regulations (contractual agreements, safety regulations, data privacy, cyber security, land use, and zoning regulations)
  7. Engineering (design and technical specifications, quality control and assurance, geotechnical issues, material selection and durability, innovative technology, architecture, smart architecture)
  8. Community development and social engineering (infrastructure development and social inclusion, community resettlement, community resilience and participation, social justice)
  9. Transportation issues (road, railway, seaport, airport)
  10. Digital application for infrastructure innovation (artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)