Instructions for Paper Submission

Submit papers by email to atraver@ccpe.csulb.edu.

Paper Submission Requirements:

• Authors must submit completed papers by September 15, 2009.
• Papers will be included in the Conference CD.
• Best papers will be selected for possible publication in a special journal issue.

Paper format:

1. Length limitation:  Maximum paper length is 7,500 words, including abstract, references, tables, and figures.  Graphics, tables, figures count as 250 words each.
2. Typed in 1.5 space with margins of at least one inch all around, font size 11 pt or larger
3. All tables, figures, diagrams and maps should be included in the paper text.
4. A limited number of explanatory notes are permissible, and they should be indicated serially within each article by subscripts 1,2,3 etc. The notes themselves should be listed at the end of the paper text.
5. References should be indicated in the text by the surnames of the author(s) with the year of publication as shown below. References to more than one publication by the same author in the same year should be distinguished alphabetically with a, b, c, etc. The abbreviated author and the date reference should be placed in parentheses unless the name forms part of the text. The relevant page(s) may be given if necessary.  Examples:

(Ball, 1998), (Edwards, 2002a), (Haughton and Hunter, 1994, p. 130) demonstrated that ….

If no person is named as author, the name of the appropriate body should be used, e.g., (US Bureau of the Census, 1996).

The full list of references should be typed in alphabetical order, double-spaced between references, on a separate sheet at the end of the article, in form of the following examples:

JARGOWSKY, P. (2002) Sprawl, concentration of poverty, and urban inequality, in: G. Squires (Ed.) Urban Sprawl: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses, pp.39-72. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute

YEOH, B. S.A. (2004) Cosmopolitanism and its Exclusions in Singapore, Urban Studies, 41, pp. 2431- 2445.

More information:

Genevieve Giuliano
2009 National Urban Freight Conference Chair
METRANS Transportation Center
School of Policy, Planning and Development
650 Childs Way
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Phone: 213-821-1025
Fax: 213-740-0001
Email: giuliano@usc.edu

Instructions for Presentations: All sessions are 90 minutes. Presentations should each be around 15 minutes. That gives time in each session for questions and answers. You are responsible for bringing any handouts that you choose to use. The session moderator will contact each presenter to arrange to have the presentations loaded on to one laptop computer--PC only, no MAC.