Urban Design Discourse (UDD)
A Peer-Reviewed, Open-Access Scientific Journal Published by Tarbiat Modares University
e-ISSN: 3116-0212 • Quarterly (Four Issues per Year) • Website: udd.modares.ac.ir

About the Journal
Urban Design Discourse (UDD) is a scientific, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Tarbiat Modares University. The journal operates under the supervision of the Urban Design Division of the Department of Urban Planning and in collaboration with the Iranian Scientific Association of Landscape.
UDD focuses on expanding the concepts and theories related to the field of urban design and on elaborating the dominant discourses in this field. As the only specialized journal in Iran dedicated to publishing the achievements of urban design knowledge, it reduces researchers' need to refer to other journals with similar scopes and aims to fill the existing gap in this area.

Aims and Scope
UDD publishes original, high-quality scientific articles in various areas of urban design and urban landscape, including but not limited to:
• Theories and concepts of urban design and elaboration of the dominant discourses in the field;
• Public space and urban open space;
• Environmental quality and urban landscape;
• Identity, sense of place, and place attachment;
• Regeneration and enhancement of the quality of urban fabrics;
• Walkability and human-centered mobility;
• Urban resilience, sustainability, and health;
• Novel analytical and data-driven methods related to urban design.

Publication Information
Title: Urban Design Discourse (UDD) / Gofteman-e Tarrahi-e Shahri
Owner and Publisher: Tarbiat Modares University
e-ISSN: 3116-0212
Publication Frequency: Quarterly — four issues per year
Publication Language: Persian, with English title, abstract, keywords, and bibliographic information
Review Type: Double-blind peer review
Access Type: Open Access
Article Processing / Publication Charge: Applicable, according to the tariff announced on the journal website (udd.modares.ac.ir)
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Language Policy and International Accessibility
Articles are published primarily in Persian and include an English title, abstract, keywords, and bibliographic information in order to enhance their international accessibility and retrievability.

Peer-Review Policy
All manuscripts, after an initial editorial screening for alignment with the principles of UDD as well as structural and thematic review, undergo a double-blind peer-review process in which the identities of authors and reviewers remain anonymous to each other.
Each manuscript is evaluated by three expert reviewers (outside the editorial team), selected by the Editorial Board on the basis of expertise.
Reviewers are expected to assist the Editor-in-Chief in the evaluation and final decision on manuscripts and to help authors improve their manuscripts through the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.

Open Access and Licensing
Urban Design Discourse is published with an open-access policy, and the full texts of articles are freely available immediately upon publication.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Under this license, users may redistribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the article for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source, the original license is cited, and any changes made are indicated.
Commercial use requires separate permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright ownership must be stated in accordance with the authors' formal agreement with the journal.

Copyright and Self-Archiving Policies
Copyright remains with the authors, and authors grant UDD the right of first publication in accordance with the journal's open-access license.
Authors may deposit the published version of the article in institutional or subject repositories and on their personal academic websites, in accordance with the article's Creative Commons license. Inclusion of the DOI and the full citation of the article is mandatory.

Digital Preservation and Long-Term Archiving
The journal is committed to the long-term preservation of its published scholarly content. Articles and their metadata are stored for long-term preservation and archived in the ISC (Islamic World Science Citation Center), Magiran, and SID databases.

Publication Ethics
Respecting publication ethics regulations, this journal follows the rules of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the executive regulations of the Law on Prevention and Countering Fraud in Scientific Works.

Publication Charges
Urban Design Discourse charges a publication fee. The amount and payment method are in accordance with the tariff announced on the journal's official website at udd.modares.ac.ir.