{"id":372,"date":"2022-10-27T11:16:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.iurp.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:41:53","slug":"center-magazine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/en.iurp.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?page_id=372","title":{"rendered":"Center Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Planner and Development: Specialized Scientific Journal<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Issued by\u00a0 the Center of Urban and Regional Planning for Postgraduate Studies<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>University of Baghdad<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>P-ISSN: 1996-983X<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>E-ISSN: 1908-2960<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div id=\"cz_80351\" class=\"cz_80351 cz_title clr cz_title_ba_line cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><blockquote data-path-to-node=\"3\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">The journal aims to provide a rigorous academic platform for researchers, academics, and specialists in planning and spatial development. 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