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Web Sites in Category Urban and Regional Planning
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Planetizen - 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.

Aspects of Modern Geography - Information about the mobility habits of urban people including urban planning, transportation planning and psycho-social habits. Based on several German studies.

Beyond Brilliance - Positive developments in transportation, urban planning, the environment, and related areas.

Beyond Brilliance, Beyond Stupidity - A pair of weblogs showcasing positive and negative developments in urban planning, architecture and design.

Beyond Stupidity - Negative developments in transportation, urban planning, the environment, and related areas.

Bruner Foundation - Provides annual award for urban excellence and forums for the discussion of issues related to urban architecture, planning, and revitalization.

Building Better Communities Network - An information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services.

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.

Citistates Group - Network of journalists, speakers and advisers committed to competitive, equitable and sustainable 21st century metropolitan regions.

City Comforts Blog - Weblog examining urban issues from a mildly libertarian standpoint.

City Comforts Blog - Weblog examining urban issues from a mildly libertarian standpoint.

CityMayors - News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.

CityNet - An Asia-Pacific regional network of local authorities, with an agenda empahsizing urban development.

Civil Pandemonium - Weblog for and by planning students at RMIT University in Victoria, Australia.

Common Ground - Community Mapping Project - Victoria, British Columbia-based organization using mapping as a tool to get citizens involved in planning.

Community Initiatives - An alliance of professionals dedicated to creating healthy and sustainable communities wherever people live, work, play and lead. Serves corporations, organizations, and community collaborations in producing transformative outcomes.

Community Planning Task Force Scotland - Community planning is a process where a local authority and other organisations come together to plan, provide and promote the well-being of their communities.

Congress for New Urbanism - A San Francisco based non-profit organization that works with architects, developers, and planners, teaching how to implement the principles of new urbanism.

Creating Quality Places - Fosters the design of quality places in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Includes principles, case studies, tools, and a forum.

Creative Spaces - Inspiration, ideas and support for creative community involvement in urban design

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design - Strategies and guidelines for building safer communities through good design.

Cyberhood - Virtual community centered on urban planning issues, including race, class, and gender. List-serv, gallery, links.

Cyburbia - This planning resource center contains one of the most comprehensive directories on the Internet relevant to the land use planning. Also contains information about related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas.

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.

European Port Cities - A partnership of universities and non-government organizations conducting research and developing plans for disadvantaged areas of Algeciras, Ceuta, Dublin, Hamburg, London, and Thessaloniki.

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.

Growth Management Toolbox - Site was created by students at the University of Virginia, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture to be useful to a broad audience, including both citizens and decision-makers from across the country.

Infrastructure.ie - Presents categorized information and maps of Ireland's physical, social, and enterprise infrastructure.

International Design and Environment Research Network - An independent network of professionals and academics developing multidisciplinary methods, strategies, and techniques for cities in transition.

International Making Cities Livable - Promotes the creation and restoration of compact, walkable, safe, mixed-use cities, towns, and neighborhoods through a continuing series of conferences.

Jobs In Planning - Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Land Use Law - An overview provided by the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute.

Land Use Planning Information Network - An information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich and diverse environments.

Local Government Commission - A nonprofit organization working to build livable communities. Covers topics including community design, economic development, sustainable energy sources, transportation, and waste prevention.

Los Angeles H* Urban Bureau - An urban design collaborative devoted to bridging the gap between the traditional development process and the community.

Megacities - Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.

Metropolis - An international association of global cities working towards developing solutions to issues affecting large cities such as urban planning and development, the economy, the environment, transport, infrastructure and communications.

Michigan Land Use Institute - A movement to halt sprawl and improve the economy, environment, and quality of life. Home to the Elm Street Writers Group.

National Geographic - The New Suburb? - Explore a virtual new urbanist neighborhood. Includes comparisons to typical suburban developments, lesson plans, links, and an image gallery.

National League of Cities - The nation's oldest and largest resource for advocacy and research on issues affecting American cities and towns.

Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization - Minnesota organization working to build partnerships between community-based organizations and local colleges and universities around community building activities.

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 - Career profile of urban and regional planners from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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.


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