Contents Editorial

Purpose the purpose of Urbani izziv thematic issues is the scholarly treatment of spatial planning topics that researchers at the Urban planning institute of the Republic of Slovenia and their project partners deal with as part of specific projects. the aim is to publish material on a specific topic that is important for the discipline and may assist all players taking part in various spatial planning processes or activities at all decision-making levels (local, municipal, regional, national and international). Urbani izziv thematic issues are not the final publications of specific projects Frequency of publication Urbani izziv thematic issues are published irregularly. publication depends on funding and a sufficient number of articles. Structure and language Special issues of Urbani izziv contain: • discussion articles connected with spatial planning; • Other articles connected with spatial planning (interviews, reflections , presentations of projects, assignments, methods and techniques , best-practice examples, etc.). all of the material in thematic issues of Urbani izziv is published in english. Peer-review, inclusion in databases and funding articles published in thematic issues of Urbani izziv are not peer-reviewed. they are included in the Slovenian COBiSS database. Full articles are available on the Urbani izziv website and, subject to agreement, also on the website of the project the thematic issue is based on. thematic issues are financed by the project and the publisher.