Web links, news stories, commentary, university offerings and employment regarding urban planning, growth management, smart growth and new urbanism.

Professional association organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning.

Sustainability section.

An independent magazine for architecture, the city and visual culture.

An online community and resource for architects, urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world.

Information about the mobility habits of urban people including urban planning, transportation planning and psycho-social habits. Based on several studys which were published in Europe, Germany.

This is a peer-reviewed journal published annually by the graduate students of the Dept. of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley.

The national professional institute and certification body for the planning profession in Canada. Business, conferences, initiatives, services.

Canadian planning resources in the internet classified based on institutional approach.

Leads the way in debunking the smart growth myth and presenting alternative policy solutions. Media, policymakers and organizations around the country increasingly look to Cascade for land use and transportation policy advice.

Non-profit public policy research foundation named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.

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.

A "think and do tank" where faculty, staff, and students pool their expertise, resources, and commitment to address a wide range of issues facing cities, towns, and suburbs.

Brookings Institution research center focuses on cities and their metropolitan areas, and the impact upon them of government policies, private sector actions, and national trends. Includes articles and research studies.

Interactive information tools for town building professionals and development groups. The Charrette is an interdisciplinary design process used in neighborhood planning and community development.

47th World Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP): "cities and markets - shifts in urban development". 5-8 October 2003, Vienna

Network of journalists, speakers and advisers committed to competitive, equitable and sustainable 21st century metropolitan regions.

Mission is to empower local officials serving on Planning Boards and Zoning Boards of Appeals to make effective and judicious decisions by providing them with educational opportunities and access to information.

An Asia-Pacific regional network of local authorities, with an agenda empahsizing urban development.

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.

Victoria, British Columbia-based organization using mapping as a tool to get citizens involved in planning.

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.

Community planning and visualization software, created by the Orton Family Foundation, allows rural and urban communities to manage their growth through GIS-based 3D modeling tools.

a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that was founded in 1993. Works with architects, developers, planners, and others involved in the creation of cities and towns, teaching them how to implement the principles of the New Urbanism.

Exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.

International professional organization of librarians, information specialists, planners, researches, and educators in the field of planning librarianship.

Inspiration, ideas and support for creative community involvement in urban design

Student-run journal established in 1993 by the UCLA Department of Urban Planning. Serving as a forum to debate issues that impact cities and regions, particularly in the context of planning and policy making.

Virtual community centered on urban planning issues, including race, class, and gender. List-serv, gallery, links.

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 ar

An annotated collection of resources including urban renewal, historic preservation, land use regulations and urban zoning sites of use to planners, architects, and concerned citizens.

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.

Xia Zhang's personal page explores the interrelationship between architecture, urban design, landscape ecology, planning.

A statewide non-profit organization that promotes sensible alternatives to suburban sprawl and urban decay.

Site was created by students at the University of Virginia, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture to be useful to a broad audience, including both citizens and decision-makers from across the country.

This is a selected list of guides to resources in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the web prepared for the students and faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.

Site presents examples of innovative planning in the United States, France and Spain. Special attention is given to public space and transportation.

LAHUB believes that the complexity glossed over by utopian schemes is a source of urban interest, vitality and future growth and hopes to raise issues, put forth ideas and give voice to unheard constituencies through various medias.

An overview provided by the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute.

The EcoIQ.com Land Use website is for everyone interested in making smart choices about land use in our communities -- choices that are both economically and ecologically intelligent.

This tool can also be used to help students practice the process of scientific investigation and resolve environmental issues.

An information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich and diverse environments.

Directory of links set up for Cornell's planning students; but is useful for anyone involved or interested in Urban Planning.

The nation's oldest and largest resource for advocacy and research on issues affecting American cities and towns.

Convenes people and organizations concerned about neighborhoods, a conduit of information about programs and policies, and an advocate for neighborhoods and community and neighborhood-based organizations.

Bi-monthly newsletter covering "smart growth," livable communities, and traditional neighborhood development.

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

Directory of resources on downtown revitalization and surburban sprawl, land use, and criticisms.

New Urbanist projects, people prominent in New Urbanism, and articles and books about New Urbanism.

Urban and regional planner job information from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration requried.

A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.

The Daily Plan Net News, articles and publications about architecture and urban planning from around the Internet and the world.

A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.

a voice for progressive professionals and activists concerned with urban planning and social justice.

Joins professionals, activists, academics, students and public and providing them with access to forthcoming events, published magazines and various other information on planning.

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.

Land use planning based on social, economic, and physical factors.

Site dedicated to the study of planned interventions versus market approaches.

PIA is the peak Australian planning professional organisation that seeks the general advancement of Regional and Town Planning, and promotes the artistic and scientific development of regions, cities and towns.

Online version of the British journal Planning Magazine. Includes news, features, appointments, consultants index and forum.

Selected european planning journals ,an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, information, events from the town and regional planning world.

PlanWeb is designed by town planners for town planners. Site is experimental so please send us feed-back on what you think, together with any news items or interesting sites.

An inquiry into the successes and failures of the British New Towns built in the immediate Post-War period

Posturbanism: An archive of contemporary thought on the city What and why is posturbanism? Posturbanism is the synthesis of two principle notions: the city is an analogue of the mind, and the idea of formlessness as it pertains to urban existenc

Nonprofit technical assistance, research and educational organization whose mission is to create and sustain public places that build communities

Writings on the modern urban condition.

Consultants in rural community planning. Aim to provide a fully integrated approach to the sustainable management and development of the rural environment.

Covering planning, general built environment, economic development, Geographical Information Systems, international development, local government, regional development.

Studying social capital on urban blocks in Lansing, Michigan to demonstrate its relationship to quality of life and to pro-social behaviors.

The Sierra Club challenge to sprawl campaign.

Nationwide coalition promoting a better way to grow; one that protects farmland and open space, revitalizes neighborhoods, keeps housing affordable, preserves scenic and historic resources, and makes communities more livable.

This guide summarizes the basic steps in a smart growth visioning and planning process. It reviews techniques that can be used at each step.

Provides information about the Smart Growth planning movement.

Different ways to achieve community growth that is economically sound, environmentally sensitive and promotes a high quality of life are examined by the Urban Land Institute.

Citizens guidebook presenting a viable solution to sprawl and shows how to help create/gain approvals for land development that improves property values, reduces traffic congestion, enhances natural and historic resources, and builds community spirit

Site pioneers the use of new computer modelling techniques that forecast the effects of design decisions on functional performance.

Wal-Mart, Home Depot, K Mart, Target. We don't care what the logo says -- We help communities stop the big box bulldozers!

A website about comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl.

Provide resource information on issues surrounding urban sprawl.

Network of planning students in European cities. The central task is to foster co-operation and communication between European planning students.

Site for exploring the history, technology, and the sensations of community. Join in to discuss urban and suburban design, transportation modalities, habitat preservation, urban farming, social and environmental economics.

A non-profit organization dedicated to achieving a sustainable future for San Francisco.

SCN identifies quality resources on sustainability and to disseminate them in a timely way to the public.

U.S. Department of Energy's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development website.

A journal of the built and natural environments, featuring articles, essays, editorials, poetry, fiction, artwork, and the "UnSprawl" case studies.

An internet clearinghouse providing instant access to information about real estate and land use through our network of webpages.

Non-profit engaged in the exchange of information on urban and rural regeneration and development, primarily in the UK.

The insiders guide to managed growth in Southern California.

An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.

An introduction to the planning process prepared by the League of Women Voters.

Believes that big government that are centrally planned, budgeted, and controlled by prescriptive laws ญญ do not work. As an alternative, research now aims to find small government means, such as user fees, markets, and incentives, to protect the env

Goal is to provide the bioregional community with a daily source of the news they need to create a conservation based economy.

A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.

Links to planning department, academic programs and consultants.

Digital technology can aid in visualizing growth options, allow wide sharing of those visions, and speed up the learning process to turn visions into reality.

Information about European funded regional and urban development, innovation, and planning tools and strategies.

Regularly published guide to the reports and research that are generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies.

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.

Strives to change the climate and terms of the debate over urban policy by developing and promoting voluntary, private-sector, and market-oriented solutions to urban problems.

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.

Grassroots website established in 1999 to promote urbanism and explore issues through photography.

An international anthology of articles, conference papers, and reports, this site consists of primary source material for the study of how urban planning developed up to the end of World War I.

Consideration of relationship between urban planning and aspects of Feng Shui practice.

A complete collection of urban planning employment resources, well organized and updated regularly. Winner of the Argus Clearinghouse Seal of Approval.

Site has job postings, links to other web site resources, and information about planning.

Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.

URCs have been promoted by the government and established by local partners, in order to achieve a focused, integrated regeneration strategy for key towns and cities.

Issues surrounding city and suburban environments and built communities. Category on the About.com network which consists of over 700 Guide sites neatly organized into 36 channels.

Links to online resources regarding housing, environment and other topics. From University of California, San Diego Social Sciences and Humanities Library.

Urbanology is a practical training school for community developers from the Eugene Community Trust.

Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia.

A portal to the urban simulation community at the crossroads between urbanism and technology to visualize, analyze and simulated the built environment in 3D.

Providing information about land use issues and sustainable land development.