ancient cities

y a select group of scholars to writing of entries
to editing the completed volumes:
Step 1—A select group of senior scholars world-
wide was invited to serve on the editorial board;
these individuals were selected to represent the
breadth of study across disciplines and international
focus of the field.
Step 2—A master list of topics for the book was
created from multiple sources. First, a preliminary
list of headwords was created from the indexed
keywords from articles published the previous five
years in major journals in the field, indexed entries
in textbooks in the field, and a page-by-page
search of indexed keywords from representative
books in several urban studies disciplines. We also
invited members on urban studies e-mail lists
(including scholars in many disciplines and from
many countries) to submit their suggestions for
entries. The resulting list was then reviewed by the
entire editorial board, and we then made a series
of additions and subtractions. We also included
topics that are not readily found in published
sources to date but that we felt were just on the
cusp of becoming mainstream, given their
treatment in recent journal articles. Time will tell
the extent to which we have accurately forecast
the viability of these topics.
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Step 3—We sought to recruit an international
group of scholars from the many disciplines and
professional fields that comprise urban studies. As
we finalized our list of entries, members of the
editorial board identified contributors for each
entry, and invitations were sent to these persons.
We invited authors from all career stages, ranging
from established senior scholars to promising young
doctoral students, as well as practitioners from
many fields. In relatively few cases our invitations
were declined (usually due to time commitments
from senior scholars), but in these cases we often
received suggestions of authors who were then
invited to contribute to the encyclopedia.
Step 4—Contributors were provided with guidelines
and instructions regarding the preparation of their
entries.
Step 5—The editors reviewed each of the submitted
draft entries in their area of study and requested
revisions from the authors when necessary. Most
entries were revised at least once prior to their
acceptance for the encyclopedia.
Step 6—The senior editor reviewed the copyediting
for all of the entries.
Ray Hutchison