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Manage Growth in the West
Land conservation and more in “New Geographies of the American West.”
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Sustainable Town Planning
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Directory Sites
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.
www.plannersweb.com
An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.
www.hillside.ca
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.
www.library.cornell.edu
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.
www.newurbanism.org
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.
www.clui.org
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.
www.ecoiq.com
A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.www.planetizen.com
Job postings and links to planning employers.
www.urbanplanningnow.com
Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.
www.ordinance.com
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.
www.gdrc.org
Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners
Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
stats.bls.gov
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.
ceres.ca.gov
Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world.
www.planum.net
A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.
www.urbanfutures.org
Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.
www3.sympatico.ca