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Best Paper Award
As
part of efforts to maintain and raise the high quality of
papers, the Ninth Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium will be
awarding the following prize:
"Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi International
Prize" for the Best International Paper in Urban
Planning to the value of 5,000 USD
"Municipality of Sharjah Prize" in the GCC Author Category to the value of 1,500 USD
SUPS 8 Best Paper Award Winners:
The prize for the Best International Paper in Urban Planning sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi was awarded to:
- Dr Souheil El-Masri and Mr Fa’eq Mandeel , for their paper entitled “Urban Planning Institutions in Bahrain Co-ordination, Capacity Building and Information Management”
The American University of Sharjah, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning and Design, Prize for an authored paper from one of the GCC countriesis awarded to:
- Arch Maha S Al-Zubaidi and Arch Khalid K Sabie for their paper entitled “Towards Modern & Sustainable Cities in the Gulf Region”
Eligibility for entry into the SUPS9 Best Paper Award:
- Originality
Papers that are submitted to the SUPS 9 meeting in Sharjah, 2-4 April 2006 should be an original work by the author/s. Any paper submitted for consideration of Best Paper Award should not have been published, submitted for publication, or presented anywhere else prior to SUPS 9. Authors will be required to sign a declaration to this effect.
- International Prize
All papers will be eligible for consideration for this prize.
- GCC authored Prize
Papers on urban planning research and practice dealing with subjects relevant to Sharjah, the UAE, or the GCC countries having at least one author from a GCC country will be eligible for consideration.
- Blind Review of Papers
The names of authors and their contact details should be stated on a separate cover sheet that can be detached from the paper. Authors’ names should not appear elsewhere in the paper submitted for consideration for a prize.
Best Paper Award Criteria in Order of Importance:
1)
Contribution to Knowledge
Papers should provide an original contribution to knowledge in
one or more of the following:
Conceptual
and theoretical development
Empirical findings
Policy development
2) Quality of Debate
Papers should have a very high quality of debate in terms of the
following:
Understanding
of topic
Critical analysis of concepts, theories and findings
Consistency and coherency of debate
3) Methodology
Papers should have a strong methodological grounding both in
terms of conceptual framework and fieldwork activity (if relevant)
4) Depth
of Research
Papers should be well researched in terms of existing literature
with sufficient referencing of all sources used
5)
Relevance to the Theme
Papers must be relevant to the announced themes of the symposium
6)
Succinctness
Papers should be succinct in their discussion of ideas and presentation
of their findings
7) Structure
and Presentation
Papers should be well structured and presented in terms of logical
sequence of sections and use of tables and figures (if relevant)
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The Process of Scrutiny of the submitted papers:
- The process of scrutiny of submitted papers will normally involve two rounds of reading to reach a short list. In the early round(s) each paper will be read by at least two members of the BPA Committee. The papers that reach the final short list are read by all committee members. At each stage the papers are considered against the criteria stated above.
- All papers are reviewed by the committee “blind”.
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Best Paper Award Committee:
Prof
Barry Redding
Chairman of Best Paper Award Committee
Faculty of Engineering, Science & the Built
Environment
London South Bank University, UK
Dr
Richard Hanley
Editor, Journal of Urban Technology
New York City Technical College
The City University of New York
Brooklyn, USA
Prof
Stanley McGreal
School of the Built Environment
University of Ulster
Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom
Dr
Obaid Saif Al-Tunaiji
Director General
Sharjah Directorate of Town Planning & Survey
Dr
Angus McIntosh
Partner & Head of Research
King Sturge, London, UK
Dr
Amer Moustafa
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Design
American University of Sharjah
Dr Souheil El Masri
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
University of Bahrain
Bahrain
Dr
Seow-Eng Ong
Associate Professor & Director of Research
Centre for Real Estate Studies, Department of
Real Estate
National University of Singapore
Dr
Ludek Sykora, RNDr
Department of Social Geography and Regional Development
Faculty of Science, Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Dr
Ali Parsa
Reader in Planning & Director of Property
Research
Faculty of Engineering, Science & the Built
Environment
London South Bank University, UK
Mr Stephen Brown
Director of Research
RICS Foundation
London, UK
Important note:
The
Judges may decide that no award will be given
The
decision of the judges is final
Deadline
for submission of best paper is 25 February 2006
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