The journal THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES IN URBAN MANAGEMENT (TERUM) was founded by the Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services (CCASP), Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, in November 2006.

Between 2006 and 2008 the journal was published under the name CERCETARI PRACTICE SI TEORETICE IN MANAGEMENTUL URBAN with the ISSN 1842 - 5712.

Between 2009 and 2019 the journal was published in both in electronic and print form with the ISSN 2065-3913 for the print version and 2065-3921 for the electronic version.

Beginning with 2020 the journal is published only in electronic form with the E-ISSN 2065-3921.

All papers are published open access under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence. This ensures that they receive the maximum dissemination because there are no barriers to access. This licence allows readers to disseminate and reuse the paper, but always requires them to grant the authors and the first publication full credit.

TERUM is a peer-reviewed journal, issued quarterly (in February, May, August and November) in electronic form.

THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES IN URBAN MANAGEMENT is an international journal, which advances theory, research and practice in urban management.

The journal aims to provide theoretically and empirically informed analysis on social, economical and technical issues related related to urban development and management.

Embracing a multidisciplinary approach to the field, TERUM publishes papers on a wide range of topics related to urban management:

• urban planning
• urban development
• urban design
• urban policies
• urban infrastructure management
• municipal environmental policies
• urban sustainable management
• urban transportation
• urban simulation
• urban modelling
• geographic information and planning support systems
• urban technologies
• local governance
• housing policy and finance
• urban environmental development and pollution control
• inner city renewal and heritage
• real estate and project management
• urban poverty
• urban affairs
• any other topic relevant to the above fields.

The journal is addressed to diverse communities, including, but not limited to, academics, managers, economists, engineers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, anyone with a serious interest in urban management.

The contributions suitable for TERUM should fall into one of the following categories:

• Full-length research papers presenting important new findings in the field (max. 20 pages);
• Article and book reviews in the field (2-5 pages);
• Case studies describing new developments (max. 20 pages);
• Academic discussion papers dealing with medium to long-term trends and predictions (max. 20 pages)

The submitted papers should be original, unpublished, and not in consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission to the journal.