- About Planning
Featuring information about sites, publications, essays, and news related to land use planning, growth management, comprehensive planning, smart growth, and new urbanism.
www.aboutplanning.org
- Active Living by Design
Establishes and evaluates innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies, and communications strategies.
www.activelivingbydesign.org
- Affordable Housing Design Advisor
Bringing the power of design to affordable housing.
www.designadvisor.org
- Best Practices Database
Searchable database of solutions to the common social, economic, and environmental problems of urbanization.
www.bestpractices.org
- BLDGBLOG
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Blogging urban architecture, strange landscapes, and futuristic structures. See photos from buildings and spaces all over the world.
bldgblog.blogspot.com
- California Planning and Development Report
Monthly newsletter serving the California planning and development community.
www.cp-dr.com
- carfree.com
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Chronicles carfree cities of the past, present, and future. Also offers solutions to the problem of the urban automobile.
www.carfree.com
- City Comforts Blog
Daily postings about cities, architecture, urban design, land use, and transport from a slightly libertarian stance.
citycomfortsblog.typepad.com
- Common Sense
Features a collection of planning related essays by Richard Carson.
www.carsonessays.homestead.com
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Handbook
Details how the proper design and use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime.
www.cpted-watch.com
- Cyburbia
Portal for urban planners and others interested in cities and the built environment. Includes an urbanism wiki, image galleries, an online resource directory, and Cyburbia forums.
www.cyburbia.org
- Delirious LA
Research exhibits and essays on architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Includes architectural tours and driving guides, research abotu urban development, and commentary on specific sites and projects.
www.deliriousla.net
- Great Streets!
Provides design tips for creating more livable main streets and case studies of communities which successfully reclaimed their streets from through traffic.
www.greatstreets.org
- Pennsylvania's Neighborhood Traffic Calming Resource
Offers information, advice, and photos related to neighborhood traffic calming concepts.
www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/trafficcalming
- Planetizen
Planning and development news, jobs, events, and more.
www.planetizen.com
- Planners Web
Resources on city and planning, land use, zoning, and environmental issues. Includes the Planning Reports Center, which locates planning reports and documents from across the country.
www.plannersweb.com
- Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)
Portal for urban design including news, events, case studies, examples of best practice, design guides, book reviews, and a bookshop.
www.rudi.net
- Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
Recognizes those urban places which incorporate meaningful values, integrative processes, and good design.
www.brunerfoundation.org
- State and Local Consolidated Plans
Lists consolidated plans, annual action plans, and consolidated annual performance reports which grantees must provide for funding under the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, or ESG programs.
www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/conplan/local
- Urban Environmental Management
Repository of information related to UEM issues, looking at urban areas as the intersection of natural, built, and socio-economic environments.
www.gdrc.org/uem
- Urban Parks Online
Resources to help improve, restore, and revitalize urban parks, with info on parks funding, programming, management, and more.
urbanparks.pps.org
- Urban Planning Pages
Directory of international, government, GIS, and education planning resources.
www.pang.com/planning.html
- Urban Planning, 1794-1918
An anthology of articles, conference papers, and reports related to historic planning practices worldwide.
www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm
- UrbanPlanet Institute
Features articles, forums, development maps, and general discussions about urban planning.
www.urbanplanet.org
- Wikipedia: Urban Planning
Offering information on the history, aesthetics, safety, and transportation issues surrounding urban planning and design.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning
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