Who reads Urban Land?
Some 40,000 ULI members worldwide receive Urban Land. They
include real estate development professionals, developers, city
land planners, public officials, professional services providers,
investors, and academics, who practice their vocations around the world.
The pass-down readership is approximately 90,000.
What kinds of articles does Urban Land look
for?
Urban Land covers topics within the field of land use and real
estate development, including trends and innovations in different
product areas (i.e., residential, office, industrial, retail, hotel, and
resort/recreational); noteworthy development projects; exemplary
approaches to growth management; experiences with the development
approvals process; environmental issues and public policy; urban design
and planning; the economic, demographic, and financial climate for
development; the business of development; and particular markets. (See below for a detailed list of core topics.) The
diversity of concerns within the magazine’s audience is reflected
in the diversity of topics covered. Intended for busy professionals,
articles should be challenging, well argued, and clearly written. Some
of the most successful pieces are by professionals speaking to other
professionals.
Feature articles generally run 1500 to 2,000 words.
Dialogues are 1000-word opinion pieces. Developments
are short, 300 to 700-word newsworthy articles about projects and
events. Land Writes address development/land use issues and
research. Proactive covers the practice of development/land use,
and contains columns such as Capital Markets, At Issue
(legal/legislative/public policy concerns), In Practice
(development business), Smart/Green Growth (responsible
practices), Solution File (solutions to land
use/development/design problems), Profiles, and In Print,
Etc. (reviews, no longer than 700 words, of books, reports, videos,
and museums).
When submitting material to Urban Land . . .
Propose ideas by E-mail, not by phone. (Individual contacts,
addresses, and manuscript due dates are shown on the editorial
calendar.) Provide high-quality, four-color graphics:
- electronic files at 300 dpi and dimensions of image at least 4 x 6
inches
- 35mm slides
- transparencies
- photographs, maps, renderings, and site plans
Electronic files can be transferred by E-mail or on CDs or DVDs.
(Detailed editorial and graphics specifications, as well as copies of
the magazine, are available upon request by contacting Clair Woolley at
cwoolley@uli.org.)
Core Topics
