Agencies
Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMAT, Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization, Centralina Council of Governments, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission, Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organizati, City of Farmers Branch, Texas - Planning Division, City of Glendale, California - Planning Division, City of Myrtle Creek Planning Department, City of Rochester Neighbors Building Neighborhoods, Cross River Partnership
Community and Economic Development
Action for Market Towns, BP Darcy Development Limited, Center for Community Economic Development, Centre for Community Enterprise, CEOs for Cities, Change Communications, Coalition of Community Development Financial Insti, Collaborative Economics, Community Development Finance Association, Community Development Finance Institution Fund
Consultants
Acadian Zoning Services, LLC, Angus Matheson Associates, Barnes Planning, Behan Planning Associates, Benchmark, Inc., Calthorpe Associates, Camoin Associates, Charrette Center Inc., Chesapeake Group, Inc., Christopher A. Joseph & Associates
Directories
About Planning, Canadian Planning Resources, Downtown Revitalization Resources, F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library, Guides to City and Regional Planning Research, Links For Planners, Neighborhoods Online, New Urbanism Resource Site, Online Planning Resources, PlanWeb
Education
Academic Departments, AESOP - The Association of European Schools of Pla, Asian Planning Schools Association, Association of Canadian University Planning Progra, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning, Cal Poly Pomona American Planning Student Associat, Catanese Center for Urban and Environmental Soluti, Center for Urban and Regional and Policy, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, Citizen Planner Training Collaborative
Organizations
American Planning Association, Canadian Institute of Planners, Australian Institute of Urban Studies, Australian Institute of Urban Studies: Queensland , Australian Institute of Urban Studies: Western Aus, California Planning Roundtable, Canadian Association of Certified Planning Technic, Hong Kong Institute of Planners, Illinois Association of Regional Councils, International Federation for Housing and Planning, International Society of City and Regional Planner, Irish Planning Institute
People
Burnham, Daniel, Calthorpe, Peter, Duany, Andres, Gans, Herbert, Garreau, Joel, Hayden, Dolores, Howard, Ebenezer, Kemmis, Daniel, Krier, Leon, McHarg, Ian
Projects
Architekturgestalten.info, Arcosanti, Auroville Center for Urban Research, Baycity Revival Redevelopment Plan, Chandigarh, Charlestown at Buildout - Modeling Development and, Chicago Metropolis 2020, Disney's Celebration, Dos Lagos, Harmony
Publications
An Inquiry into Post-War New Towns in Britain, Archis, Asphalt Nation, Berkeley Planning Journal, Brookings Institution Press Online Library, California Planning & Development Report, Cascade Policy Institute: Growth Management, Cities Back From the Edge, City Journal, City of Bits
Transportation
Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Bike Plan Source, Carfree Cities, Census Transportation Planning Package 2000, Center for Urban Transportation Research, CityTrans China, EPA - Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Let's Walk to School..., Live from the Third Rail, Live from the Third Rail
Weblogs
Architectulation = Architecture + Articulation, Atlantalarry, Atlantalarry, BaySense, BaySense, Beyond Brilliance, Beyond Brilliance, Beyond Stupidity, Beyond Stupidity, Bird to the North, Bird to the North
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.
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.
Building Providence
Provides construction status of building and planning projects, public meeting information, and links about Providence, Rhode Island.
California 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.
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.
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.
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.
Cyburbia Forums
Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment.
Ecology of Absence
Documents abandonment of the built environment and speculates on geographic, sociological, ecological, and architectural factors. Most examples are in St. Louis, Missouri.
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.
English Historic Towns Forum
Offers support and guidance on conservation area management, traffic and visitor management, urban regeneration and design, and other planning issues.
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.
Infrastructure.ie
Presents categorized information and maps of Ireland's physical, social, and enterprise infrastructure.
International Design and Environment Research Netw
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.
International Network for Traditional Building, Ar
Worldwide organization supporting traditional architecture, urbanism, and crafts through education and advocacy.
Jobs In Planning
Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Land Use Law
Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.
Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law
An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.
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.
Municipal Research & Services Center of Washin
Providing city and county profiles and codes, articles on a wide range of subjects affecting municpalities, a database of state court opinions, the administrative code and statutes, directories, news, and links.
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
Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.
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: Urban and Regional
Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Online NewsHour: New Urbanism
Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.
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.
Partners for Livable Communities
Nonprofit helps to creating livable communities by by promoting quality of life, economic development, and social equity.
Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Civic research group that identifies and documents strategies for creating strong communities.
Planetizen
A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
Planetizen: Announcements
Information on RFPs, RFQs, conferences, educational opportunities, press releases, and other current events.
Planetizen: News
Links to planning news, reports, and editorials in the media.
Planetizen: Radar
Automatically updated collection of syndicated planning content.
PlannersWeb
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.
Planning Help
Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.
Planning Portal
Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.
Planning Resource
UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.
Planning-applications.co.uk
Free online guide to the U.K. town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.
Planum
Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world.
Project for Public Spaces
Nonprofit technical assistance, research, and educational organization whose mission is to create and sustain public places that build communities.
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Associat
Promotes good planning and government through research, analysis, public education, and advocacy.
Sense of Community Project
A study of social capital in urban blocks of Lansing, Michigan demonstrating its relationship to quality of life and social behavior.
Smart 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.
Space.City
Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
Suburbia Project
A collection of essays covering urban and suburban design, transportation modalities, habitat preservation, urban farming, and social and environmental economics.
Sustainable City
A non-profit organization dedicated to achieving a sustainable future for San Francisco.
Sustainable Communities Network
Connects citizens with resources to implement innovative processes and programs to restore the economic, environmental, and social health and vitality of their communities.
The Land Centre
An internet clearinghouse providing instant access to information about real estate and land use through our network of webpages.
The Mayors' Institute on City Design
Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design.
The Orange Empire of Southern California
Profiles, news, and commentary for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan region.
The Planning Exchange
Non-profit engaged in the exchange of information on urban and rural regeneration and development, primarily in the UK.
The Smarter Land Use Project
Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration.
The Social Developer
An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.
The Social Life of Cities
A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture.
This Land is Ours
An introduction to the planning process prepared by the League of Women Voters.
Tide Pool - Growth Management
Goal is to provide the bioregional community with a daily source of the news they need to create a conservation based economy.
Timeline of New Urbanism
A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.
Urban Age
International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit (Ureni
Information about European funded regional and urban development, innovation, and planning tools and strategies.
Urban Ecology
An organization dedicated to building ecologically and socially healthy cities.
Urban 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.
Urban Futures
A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.
Urban Land Institute
Nonprofit education and research institute with focus on the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. Information on urban planning, growth, and development.
Urban Planet
Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.
Urban Planning Topics
Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.
Urban 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.
Urban Residue
Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.
Urbanology
Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia.
Village At
Providing information about land use issues and sustainable land development.
Wikipedia: Urban Planning
Encyclopedia entry covers planning's role in aesthetics, safety, transportation, suburbanization, and the environment. Includes lists of famous planners and planned communities.