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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. |
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Cyburbia - http://www.cyburbia.org/
Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries. |
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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. |
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PlannersWeb - http://pcj.typepad.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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Resource for Urban Design Information - http://www.rudi.net/
Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines. |
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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. |
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Urban Age - http://www.urban-age.net/
International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking. |
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http://www.planum.net/ - 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners - http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm
Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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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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CityMayors - http://www.citymayors.com/
News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues. |
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The Mayors' Institute on City Design - http://www.micd.org/
Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Jobs In Planning - http://www.jobsinplanning.com/
Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. |
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The KunstlerCast: The Tragic Comedy of Suburban Sprawl - http://kunstlercast.com
A weekly podcast about suburban sprawl, the end of cheap oil and urban planning. Featuring James Howard Kunstler, author of "The Geography of Nowhere." |
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ATLAS Guide - http://www.atlasplanning.com/
Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS) guide to the town planning process in the UK in relation to large, complex or strategic development projects. |
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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. |
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Online NewsHour: New Urbanism - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/
Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples. |
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Planetizen: Jobs - http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_jobs.xml
Current job postings. |
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Planetizen: News - http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_all.xml
Links to planning news, reports, and editorials in the media. |
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Urbanology - http://www.urbanology.org/
Provides solutions in the fields of urban development, design, architecture and new media. Explores, documents, archives, researches and intervenes in urban spaces around the world, including projects in the last ten years in Mumbai, Tokyo, New York and Bogota. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The Social Developer - http://www.hillside.ca
An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers. |
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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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Land Use Law - http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/
Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University. |
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Space.City - http://space-city.net/
Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism. |
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Urban Residue - http://www.urbanresidue.com/
Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Urbanicity - http://www.urbanicity.us/
An introduction to the concept of urbanicity. |
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User Based City - http://userbasedcity.blogspot.com/
Blog exploring the possibility of a user based city, one that is not planned from above but grows from the bottom. |
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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. |
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UrbanWorkbench - http://urbanworkbench.com
Blog about sustainability in urban design and community development, where ideas are fleshed out, concepts are discussed, and new technologies reported on and reviewed. |
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Cyburbia Forums - http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/external.php?type=rss
Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment. |
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http://archnet.org/ - 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. |
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Planning Resource - http://www.planningresource.co.uk//
UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum. |