Author's Guidelines

Seventh Sustainable Development Conference
8-10 December, 2004, Holiday Inn, Islamabad

Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes

Abstract
A soft and printed copy of the abstract of not more than 400 words should be submitted by Friday, August 20, 2004 at the address given below. It should clearly state the title, theme, objectives, sources of data, and major expected findings. It should include the author's full name, a brief bionote as author of no more than 30 words, complete contact address (email as well as postal), telephone and fax numbers.

Paper
Upon approval of the abstract, a soft and printed copy of the paper should be submitted by Friday, October 22, 2004 at the address given below. It should be concise not exceeding a maximum of 8,000 words, approximately 25 type-written pages (1.5 line spacing, 12 font size, times new roman font), including all tables, figures and references. An abstract of 150 should be provided at the beginning of the paper. The paper should include the author's full name, a brief bionote as author of no more than 30 words, complete contact address (email as well as postal), telephone and fax numbers. Approved papers will be published by the SDPI in an edited volume.

Titles
Titles for the manuscript, tables and figures should be concise and clearly indicate the subject matter being dealt with.

Sections and sub-sections
Bold all sections and a maximum of 3 digits numbering of sub-sections (you should use 3.2.1, and avoid 3.2.2.1). Sub-section headings should start at the left margin.

Tables and figures
Present only important tables and figures that illustrate the points made. Tables and figures should be well designed and complete to avoid lengthy explanation in the text. Use 1, 2, and 3 for footnotes an asterisk (*) for the bionote. Each figure should be presented on a separate page and should not exceed half-a-page in size and should leave margins on both sides.

Syntax and language
Each paragraph should contain a full message and use simple language. Avoid lengthy sentences. Use US spellings.

References
For longer explanations, use footnotes, not endnotes. All references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper.

The SDPI writing manual suggests the following bibliography style for chapters in books:

For articles
Author's last name, first and middle name, title in upper case letters and in quotes, title of the book or journal capitalized and italicized, date of publication, page numbers.

Example: KHAN, Shaheen Rafi, "The environment-poverty nexus: Do poor communities really degrade the environment?" SDPI Research & News Bulletin , March-June 2000, pp. 1-4

Report without author
Example: D evelopment and Environment , Report and Working Papers of Experts convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Founex, Switzerland, Paris: Mouton, 1971

Book chapter
Example: NAJAM, Adil and SAGAR, Ambuj, "Avoiding a COP-out: Moving towards Systematic Decision-Making under the Climate Convention," Climatic Change , vol. 39, no. 4, 1998, pp. iii-ix; NAJAM and PAGE, Thomas, "The Climate Convention: Deciphering the Kyoto Convention", Environmental Conservation , vol. 25, no. 3, 1998, pp.187-194

For working papers, research reports, monographs, etc.
Example: HUNTER, David, SALZMAN, James and ZAELKE, Durwood International Environmental Law and Policy , New York: Foundation Press, 1998

M. LÉLÉ, Sharachchndra "Sustainable Development: A critical review," World Development , vol. 19, no. 6,1991, pp. 607-21

NAJAM and CLEVELAND, Cutler "Energy and Sustainable Development at Global Environmental Summits: An Evolving Agenda", Environment, Development and Sustainability , vol. 5, no. 2, 2003

For giving reference within the text
Example: According to media reports, an average of 630 violent deaths (95 per cent male) per year were recorded in the city during the ten-year period starting 1990 (Hisam, 2000, p. 23).

Reference in the bibliography for above
Hisam, Zeenat, "Karachi 2000", The News on Sunday , 2000, p. 23

Citing from the web
Internet source should provide a document title or description, a date (either the date of publication or update or the date of retrieval), and an address (in Internet terms, a uniform resource locator, or URL). Whenever possible, identify the authors of a document as well. Reference specific documents rather than home or menu pages and provide addresses that work.

Uzma T. Haroon
SDC Coordinator
Sustainable Development Policy Institute
# 3 UN Boulevard, Diplomatic Enclave-1, G-5
Islamabad, Pakistan