Agencies 94
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Urban Economics - Economics, Social Sciences, Science 24
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 PlanetizenPlanetizen
 
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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ArchNetArchNet
 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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Big Box ReuseBig Box Reuse
 Julia Christensen studies and explores how communities reuse empty big box buildings. Case studies, articles, and presentation schedule.
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Building Better Communities NetworkBuilding Better Communities Network
 An information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services.
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California Land Use Planning NetworkCalifornia 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.
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Center for Land Use InterpretationCenter 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.
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CharretteCenter.netCharretteCenter.net
 Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes.
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CityMayorsCityMayors
 News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.
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CyburbiaCyburbia
 Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.
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Ecology of AbsenceEcology of Absence
 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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Ecosystem Anthologies: Land UseEcosystem 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.
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Europaforum WienEuropaforum Wien
 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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Great Streets!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.
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Jobs In PlanningJobs In Planning
 Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
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Land Use LawLand Use Law
 Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.
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Legal Information Institute: Land Use LawLegal Information Institute: Land Use Law
 An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.
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The Mayors' Institute on City DesignThe Mayors' Institute on City Design
 Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design.
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MegacitiesMegacities
 Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.
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National Geographic - The New Suburb?National Geographic - The New Suburb?
 Explore a virtual new urbanist neighborhood. Includes comparisons to typical suburban developments, lesson plans, links, and an image gallery.
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Neighborhood PlanningNeighborhood Planning
 Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.
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New UrbanismNew 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.
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Observatoire de la Ville InterieureObservatoire de la Ville Interieure
 Collects and disseminates information on Montreal's indoor and underground city. In French and English.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional PlannersOccupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners
 Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Online NewsHour: New UrbanismOnline NewsHour: New Urbanism
 Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.
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Ordinance.comOrdinance.com
 Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.
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ParoleParole
 A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.
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PeriferiaPeriferia
 Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean.
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PlannersWebPlannersWeb
 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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Planning and Regulatory Services Online (PARSOL)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.
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Planning HelpPlanning Help
 Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.
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Planning PortalPlanning Portal
 Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.
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Planning ResourcePlanning Resource
 UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.
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Planning-applications.co.ukPlanning-applications.co.uk
 Free online guide to the UK town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.
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PlanumPlanum
 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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Resource for Urban Design InformationResource for Urban Design Information
 Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.
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Sense of Community ProjectSense of Community Project
 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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Smart CitySmart 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.
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The Smarter Land Use ProjectThe Smarter Land Use Project
 Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration.
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The Social DeveloperThe Social Developer
 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 CitiesThe Social Life of Cities
 A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture.
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Space.CitySpace.City
 Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
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ThinkThink
 An annual conference at ExCeL London about sustainability in the built environment.
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TidepoolTidepool
 Environmental, community, and economic news for the bioregional community of western North America.
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Timeline of New UrbanismTimeline of New Urbanism
 A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.
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Urban AgeUrban Age
 International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
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Urban Environmental ManagementUrban 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.
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Urban FuturesUrban Futures
 A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.
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Urban PhotoUrban Photo
 Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.
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Urban PlanetUrban Planet
 Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.
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Urban Planning, 1794-1918Urban 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.
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Urban Planning NowUrban Planning Now
 Job postings and links to planning employers.
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Urban Planning TopicsUrban Planning Topics
 Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.
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Urban ResidueUrban Residue
 Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.
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UrbanicityUrbanicity
 An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.
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UrbanologyUrbanology
 Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia.
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Wikipedia: Urban PlanningWikipedia: 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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