- Urban Institute
Analyzes policies, evaluates programs, and informs community development to improve social, civic, and economic well-being. Research findings are shared with policymakers, program administrators, and the public online and through reports and scholarly books.
www.urban.org
- German Institute of Urban Affairs
Identifying long-term prospects for urban development and providing expert advice to municipal authorities to help them solve their problems.
www.difu.de
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Nonprofit educational institution based in Cambridge, MA and established to study and teach land policy, including land economics, and land taxation.
www.lincolninst.edu
- Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
IHS is an international training institute providing training, institutional development, advisory services, and research in the field of urban management, housing, and urban environment.
www.ihs.nl
- Canadian Urban Institute
Nonprofit organization seeking to provide solutions to important issues that have an impact on the quality of life in urban areas.
www.canurb.com
- Megacities 2000 Foundation
Assemble knowledge and understanding for all imaginable disciplines, in an attempt to draw up a "Codex Megacities".
www.megacities.nl
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Housing/Australian_Housing_and_Urban_Research_Institute__AHURI_
- Center for an Urban Future
Dedicated to incubating and promoting equitable and practical solutions to complex urban problems.
www.nycfuture.org
- Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)
The UDIA is a federation of five state associations that aim to promote the urban development industry in achieving sustainable urban development.
www.udia.com.au
- Downtown Research & Development Center
Independent organization that offers news and information on downtown revitalization, development, and planning.
www.downtowndevelopment.com
- Wayne State University - Center for Urban Studies
Conducts applied research and tests demonstration projects. It also provides technical assistance and a wide variety of data to many constituents.
www.cus.wayne.edu
- University of Minnesota - Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)
Applied research and technology center connecting faculty and students with nonprofit and public agencies working on urban issues in Minnesota.
www.cura.umn.edu
- Rutgers University - Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Graduate degrees in city and regional planning, urban studies, community health, and public policy.
policy.rutgers.edu
- Cleveland State University@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Departments_and_Programs/Maxine_Goodman_Levin_College_of_Urban_Affairs
- Australian Institute of Urban Studies
Independent nonprofit organisation concerned with all aspects of urban affairs.
www.aius.org.au
- Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research
Interdisciplinary venue for scholars to exchange ideas and collaborate on projects focusing on the urban political economy.
www.albany.edu/mumford
- Bruton Center for Development Studies
Conducts research on urban and regional development by linking theory and advanced methods and applying them to issues of policy significance in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond. Includes a study on local housing conditions.
www.bruton.utdallas.edu
- Centre for Urban History
Inter-disciplinary research center engaged in the study of urban development principally in Britain and Europe, from classical times until the twentieth century.
www.le.ac.uk/urbanhist
- Institut d'Estudis Metropolitans de Barcelona
Urban studies, sociological surveys and local administration. In Spanish.
blues.uab.es/iemb
- Portland State University - Institute of Metropolitan Studies
Service and research center serving the region and furthering the urban mission of Portland State University.
www.upa.pdx.edu/IMS
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