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.
Big Box Reuse
- http://www.bigboxreuse.com/
- Julia Christensen studies and explores how communities reuse empty big box buildings. Case studies, articles, and presentation schedule.
Center for Land Use Interpretation
- http://www.clui.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.
Cyburbia
- http://www.cyburbia.org/
- Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.
Ecology of Absence
- http://www.eco-absence.org/
- Documents abandonment of the built environment and speculates on geographic, sociological, ecological, and architectural factors. Most examples are in St. Louis, Missouri.
Europaforum Wien
- http://www.europaforum.or.at/
- Analyzes policies, conducts public dialogues, organizes conferences, and publishes works on urban issues in the European Union. In German and English.
Great Streets!
- http://www.greatstreets.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.
New Urbanism
- http://www.newurbanism.org/
- 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.
Ordinance.com
- http://www.ordinance.com/
- Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.
Parole
- http://parole.aporee.org/
- A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.
Planetizen
- http://www.planetizen.com/
- A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
PlannersWeb
- http://www.plannersweb.com/
- 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.
Planning Portal
- http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/
- Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.
Planum
- http://www.planum.net/
- Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world.
Smart City
- http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/
- 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.
Space.City
- http://space-city.net/
- Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
The Smarter Land Use Project
- http://landuse.org/
- Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration.
Urban Age
- http://www.urban-age.net/
- International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
Urban Environmental Management
- http://www.gdrc.org/uem/
- 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.
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.
Urbanology
- http://www.urbanology.org/
- Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia.
