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Web Sites

Planetizen -
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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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.

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Big Box Reuse - http://archnet.org/
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 Network - http://archnet.org/
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 Network - http://archnet.org/
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 Interpretation - http://archnet.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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CharretteCenter.net - http://archnet.org/
Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes.

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

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Cyburbia - http://archnet.org/
Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.

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Cyburbia Forums - http://archnet.org/
Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment.

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Ecology of Absence - http://archnet.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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Ecosystem Anthologies: Land Use - http://archnet.org/
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 Wien - http://archnet.org/
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! - http://archnet.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.

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

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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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Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law - http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/
An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.

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Megacities - http://www.megacities.nl/
Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.

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

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Neighborhood Planning - http://www.megacities.nl/
Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.

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New Urbanism - http://www.megacities.nl/
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 Interieure - http://www.megacities.nl/
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 Planners - http://www.megacities.nl/
Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Online NewsHour: New Urbanism - http://www.megacities.nl/
Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.

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Ordinance.com - http://www.megacities.nl/
Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.

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Parole - http://www.megacities.nl/
A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.

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Periferia - http://www.megacities.nl/
Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean.

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PlannersWeb - http://www.megacities.nl/
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) - 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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Planning Help - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.

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Planning Portal - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.

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Planning Resource - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.

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Planning-applications.co.uk - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
Free online guide to the UK town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.

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Planum - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
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 Information - http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.

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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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Smart City - http://www.msu.edu/user/socomm/
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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Space.City - http://www.msu.edu/user/socomm/
Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.

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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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The Smarter Land Use Project - http://www.micd.org/
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 Developer - http://www.micd.org/
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.micd.org/
A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture.

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Think - http://www.think08.co.uk/
An annual conference at ExCeL London about sustainability in the built environment.

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Tidepool - http://www.tidepool.org/
Environmental, community, and economic news for the bioregional community of western North America.

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Timeline of New Urbanism - http://www.tidepool.org/
A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.

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Urban Age - http://www.tidepool.org/
International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.

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Urban Environmental Management - http://www.tidepool.org/
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 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.

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Urban Photo - http://www.urbanfutures.org/
Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.

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Urban Planet - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.

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Urban Planning Now - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
Job postings and links to planning employers.

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Urban Planning Topics - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.

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Urban Planning, 1794-1918 - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
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 Residue - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.

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Urbanicity - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.

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Urbanology - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
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 Planning - http://www.urbanplanet.org/
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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