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- A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.|
» ArchNet
An online community and resource for architects, urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world. » Big Box Reuse
Julia Christensen studies and explores how communities reuse empty big box buildings. Case studies, articles, and presentation schedule. » Building Better Communities Network
An information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services. » California Land Use Planning Network
LUPIN (Land Use Planning Information Network) is an information service that supports and addresses California land use planning issues via the CERES web. » Center for Land Use Interpretation
Research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. It employs a variety of methods to pursue its stated aim, engaging in research, classification, extrapolation, and exhibition. » Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
Reports, analysis, commentary, special features, and books from The Brookings Institution. » CharretteCenter.net
Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes. » CityMayors
News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues. » Cyburbia
Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries. » Ecology of Absence
Documents abandonment of the built environment and speculates on geographic, sociological, ecological, and architectural factors. Most examples are in St. Louis, Missouri. » Ecosystem Anthologies: Land Use
This guide to online resources serves the information and communication needs of individuals and organizations working to protect our environment and create a sustainable future. » Europaforum Wien
Analyzes policies, conducts public dialogues, organizes conferences, and publishes works on urban issues in the European Union. In German and English. » Great Streets!
Profiles of cities with thriving main streets, an examination of the details that make them successful, and a look at the fictional River City in the movie The Music Man. » Jobs In Planning
Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. » Land Use Law
Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University. » Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law
An overview provided by the Cornell Law School. » Megacities
Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years. » National Geographic - The New Suburb?
Explore a virtual new urbanist neighborhood. Includes comparisons to typical suburban developments, lesson plans, links, and an image gallery. » Neighborhood Planning
Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues. » New Urbanism
The revival of our lost art of place-making, it is essentially a re-ordering of the built environment into the form of complete towns. New Urbanism promotes the creation and restoration of compact, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, towns, and cities. » Observatoire de la Ville Interieure
Collects and disseminates information on Montreal's indoor and underground city. In French and English. » Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners
Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. » Online NewsHour: New Urbanism
Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples. » Ordinance.com
Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required. » Parole
A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication. » Periferia
Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean. » PlannersWeb
Topical material on zoning ordinances, land use, comprehensive plans, master plans, subdivision regulation, transportation, housing, urban design, takings-property rights, and the impacts on cities and towns. » Planning Help
Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions. » Planning Portal
Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas. » Planning Resource
UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum. » Planning and Regulatory Services Online (PARSOL)
National United Kingdom program providing planning and regulatory standards, toolkits, specifications, schemas, and systems for use by local governments. » Planning-applications.co.uk
Free online guide to the U.K. town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans. » Planum
Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world. » Resource for Urban Design Information
Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines. » Sense of Community Project
A study of social capital in urban blocks of Lansing, Michigan demonstrating its relationship to quality of life and social behavior. » Smart City
A weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that looks at urban life. Host Carol Coletta talks with public policy experts, designers, elected officials, developers, planners and others in discussions of urban issues. » Space.City
Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism. » The Mayors' Institute on City Design
Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design. » The Orange Empire of Southern California
Profiles, news, and commentary for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan region. » The Smarter Land Use Project
Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration. » The Social Developer
An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers. » The Social Life of Cities
A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture. » Tidepool
Environmental, community, and economic news for the bioregional community of western North America. » Timeline of New Urbanism
A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences. » Urban Age
International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking. » Urban Environmental Management
A grouping of urban planning researchers from around the world. It looks at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments. » Urban Futures
A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems. » Urban Photo
Promotes and explores urban issues through photography. » Urban Planet
Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions. » Urban Planning Now
Job postings and links to planning employers. » Urban Planning Topics
Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues. » Urban Planning, 1794-1918
An international anthology of primary source material for the study of how urban planning developed up to the end of World War I. Includes articles, conference papers, and reports. » Urban Residue
Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas. » Urbanicity
An introduction to the concept of urbanicity. » Urbanology
Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia. » Wikipedia: Urban Planning
Encyclopedia entry covers planning's role in aesthetics, safety, transportation, suburbanization, and the environment. Includes lists of famous planners and planned communities. |
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