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404 Listings - DR (10/10)404 Listings - DR (10/10) Europaforum Wien - http://www.europaforum.or.at/
Analyzes policies, conducts public dialogues, organizes conferences, and publishes works on urban issues in the European Union. In German and English.
On Target - DR (9/10)On Target - DR (9/10) Ordinance.com - http://www.ordinance.com/
Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.
6 Listings - DR (8/10)6 Listings - DR (8/10) Ecosystem Anthologies: Land Use - http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/anthologies/landuse/index.html
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.
On Target - DR (7/10)On Target - DR (7/10) Planning Resource - http://www.planning.haynet.com/
UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.
1,256 Listings - DR (7/10)1,256 Listings - DR (7/10) Online NewsHour: New Urbanism - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/
Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.
On Target - DR (7/10)On Target - DR (7/10) CityMayors - http://www.citymayors.com/
News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.
On Target - DR (7/10)On Target - DR (7/10) Resource for Urban Design Information - http://www.rudi.net/
Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.
294 Listings - DR (6/10)294 Listings - DR (6/10) National Geographic - The New Suburb? - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/sprawl/
Explore a virtual new urbanist neighborhood. Includes comparisons to typical suburban developments, lesson plans, links, and an image gallery.
82 Listings - DR (6/10)82 Listings - DR (6/10) California Land Use Planning Network - http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/
LUPIN (Land Use Planning Information Network) is an information service that supports and addresses California land use planning issues via the CERES web.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Smart City - http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/
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.
1,172 Listings - DR (6/10)1,172 Listings - DR (6/10) Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law - http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/land_use.html
An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.
1,172 Listings - DR (6/10)1,172 Listings - DR (6/10) Urban Planning, 1794-1918 - http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm
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.
9 Listings - DR (6/10)9 Listings - DR (6/10) Planetizen: News - http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_all.xml
Links to planning news, reports, and editorials in the media.
9 Listings - DR (6/10)9 Listings - DR (6/10) Planetizen: Announcements - http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_announce.xml
Information on RFPs, RFQs, conferences, educational opportunities, press releases, and other current events.
9 Listings - DR (6/10)9 Listings - DR (6/10) Planetizen: Radar - http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_radar.xml
Automatically updated collection of syndicated planning content.
9 Listings - DR (6/10)9 Listings - DR (6/10) Planetizen: Jobs - http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_jobs.xml
Current job postings.
9 Listings - DR (6/10)9 Listings - DR (6/10) Planetizen - http://www.planetizen.com/
A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) The Social Developer - http://www.hillside.ca
An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Urban Residue - http://www.urbanresidue.com/
Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.
1,007 Listings - DR (6/10)1,007 Listings - DR (6/10) Sense of Community Project - http://www.msu.edu/user/socomm/
A study of social capital in urban blocks of Lansing, Michigan demonstrating its relationship to quality of life and social behavior.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) PlannersWeb - http://www.plannersweb.com/
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.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Urban Planning Now - http://www.urbanplanningnow.com/
Job postings and links to planning employers.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Urban Photo - http://www.urbanphoto.net/
Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) The Smarter Land Use Project - http://landuse.org/
Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Urbanology - http://www.urbanology.org/
Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Jobs In Planning - http://www.jobsinplanning.com/
Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Planning Portal - http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/
Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.
31 Listings - DR (5/10)31 Listings - DR (5/10) ArchNet - http://archnet.org/
An online community and resource for architects, urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Urban Planet - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Tidepool - http://www.tidepool.org/
Environmental, community, and economic news for the bioregional community of western North America.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Planning Help - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Megacities - http://www.megacities.nl/
Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Periferia - http://www.periferia.org/
Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) CharretteCenter.net - http://www.charrettecenter.net/
Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Great Streets! - http://www.greatstreets.org/
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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Urban Futures - http://www.urbanfutures.org/
A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) New Urbanism - http://www.newurbanism.org/
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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) The Mayors' Institute on City Design - http://www.archfoundation.org/micd/
Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Center for Land Use Interpretation - http://www.clui.org/
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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Building Better Communities Network - http://www.bettercommunities.org/
An information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Parole - http://parole.aporee.org/
A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.
100 Listings - DR (4/10)100 Listings - DR (4/10) The Social Life of Cities - http://www.wfu.edu/sociology/sociallifeofcities/
A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture.
328 Listings - DR (3/10)328 Listings - DR (3/10) Land Use Law - http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/
Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.
5 Listings - DR (3/10)5 Listings - DR (3/10) Urban Environmental Management - http://www.gdrc.org/uem/
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.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Neighborhood Planning - http://www.neighborhoodplanning.org/
Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Timeline of New Urbanism - http://www.nutimeline.net/
A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.
40 Listings - DR (3/10)40 Listings - DR (3/10) Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners - http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm
Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Space.City - http://space-city.net/
Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Urbanicity - http://www.urbanicity.us/
An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Planum - http://www.planum.net/
Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Planning and Regulatory Services Online (PARSOL) - http://www.parsol.gov.uk/
National United Kingdom program providing planning and regulatory standards, toolkits, specifications, schemas, and systems for use by local governments.
199 Listings - DR (2/10)199 Listings - DR (2/10) Observatoire de la Ville Interieure - http://www.ovi.umontreal.ca/
Collects and disseminates information on Montreal's indoor and underground city. In French and English.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Cyburbia - http://www.cyburbia.org/
Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Cyburbia Forums - http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/external.php?type=rss
Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment.
2,371 Listings - DR (2/10)2,371 Listings - DR (2/10) Urban Planning Topics - http://www3.sympatico.ca/david.macleod/UTOPS.HTM
Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.
7,463 Listings - DR (2/10)7,463 Listings - DR (2/10) Wikipedia: Urban Planning - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning
Encyclopedia entry covers planning's role in aesthetics, safety, transportation, suburbanization, and the environment. Includes lists of famous planners and planned communities.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Think - http://www.think08.co.uk/
An annual conference at ExCeL London about sustainability in the built environment.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Urban Age - http://www.urban-age.net/
International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Ecology of Absence - http://www.eco-absence.org/
Documents abandonment of the built environment and speculates on geographic, sociological, ecological, and architectural factors. Most examples are in St. Louis, Missouri.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Planning-applications.co.uk - http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/
Free online guide to the UK town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Big Box Reuse - http://www.bigboxreuse.com/
Julia Christensen studies and explores how communities reuse empty big box buildings. Case studies, articles, and presentation schedule.

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