Knowledge: urban and regional planning
See Also:
- arts → architecture
- science → social sciences → economics → urban economics
- science → social sciences → geography
- science → social sciences → public administration
- society → history → by topic → social history → urban history
- society → issues → housing
- society → issues → property rights
Links
- 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.
- The Social Developer
http://www.hillside.ca - An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Urban Planning Now
http://www.urbanplanningnow.com/ - Job postings and links to planning employers.
- Ordinance.com
http://www.ordinance.com/ - Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.
- 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.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm - Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/land_use.html - An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cyburbia
http://www.cyburbia.org/ - Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.
- 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.
- 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.
- Parole
http://parole.aporee.org/ - A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.
- 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.
- Urban Residue
http://www.urbanresidue.com/ - Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.
- Urban Photo
http://www.urbanphoto.net/ - Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.
- CityMayors
http://www.citymayors.com/ - News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.
- 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.
- Megacities
http://www.megacities.nl/ - Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.
- 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.
- Periferia
http://www.periferia.org/ - Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean.
- CharretteCenter.net
http://www.charrettecenter.net/ - Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Planning-applications.co.uk
http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/ - Free online guide to the U.K. town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.
- 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.
- Jobs In Planning
http://www.jobsinplanning.com/ - Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
- Urbanicity
http://www.urbanicity.us/ - An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.
- 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.
- Planetizen: Jobs
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_jobs.xml - Current job postings.
- Planetizen: Announcements
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_announce.xml - Information on RFPs, RFQs, conferences, educational opportunities, press releases, and other current events.
- Planetizen: News
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_all.xml - Links to planning news, reports, and editorials in the media.
- Planetizen: Radar
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_radar.xml - Automatically updated collection of syndicated planning content.
- 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.
- 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.
- Urban Planet
http://www.urbanplanet.org/ - Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.
- Planning Help
http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/ - Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.
- Online NewsHour: New Urbanism
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/ - Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.
- Planning Resource
http://www.planning.haynet.com/ - UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.
- Cyburbia Forums
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/external.php?type=rss - Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment.
- Land Use Law
http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/ - Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.
- Space.City
http://space-city.net/ - Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
- The Orange Empire of Southern California
http://www.orange-empire.com/ - Profiles, news, and commentary for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan region.
- 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.
- Urban Age
http://www.urban-age.net/ - International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
- Neighborhood Planning
http://www.neighborhoodplanning.org/ - Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.
- 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.
- Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
http://www.brook.edu/es/urban/urban.htm - Reports, analysis, commentary, special features, and books from The Brookings Institution.
- Tidepool
http://www.tidepool.org/ - Environmental, community, and economic news for the bioregional community of western North America.
- 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.
- Resource for Urban Design Information
http://www.rudi.net/ - Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.
- 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.
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