Urban and Regional Planning

The Social Life of Cities - A collection of photo essays illustrating aspects of public space, collective memory, urban design, and architecture.
http://www.wfu.edu/sociology/sociallifeofcities/

Great Streets! - 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.
http://www.greatstreets.org/

Building Better Communities Network - An information clearinghouse and communication forum dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services.
http://www.bettercommunities.org/

Urbanology - Urban projects, ideas, and plans. Virtual tour in ghetto spaces, urban planning students network and philosophy for the Urban Planning Department of Columbia.
http://www.urbanology.org/

National Geographic - The New Suburb? - Explore a virtual new urbanist neighborhood. Includes comparisons to typical suburban developments, lesson plans, links, and an image gallery.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/sprawl/

Planning Portal - Government gateway to planning information throughout the UK. Provides information on plans, appeals, applications, contact details, research areas.
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/

Observatoire de la Ville Interieure - Collects and disseminates information on Montreal's indoor and underground city. In French and English.
http://www.ovi.umontreal.ca/

Smart City - 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.
http://www.smartcityradio.com/smartcityradio/

Urban Photo - Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.
http://www.urbanphoto.net/

The Smarter Land Use Project - Focuses on improving the quality of proposed developments in settled areas. Includes a citizens guidebook for achieving effective collaboration.
http://landuse.org/

Urban Residue - Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.
http://www.urbanresidue.com/

Think - An annual conference at ExCeL London about sustainability in the built environment.
http://www.think08.co.uk/

Timeline of New Urbanism - A searchable database of key events in the history of new urbanism, as well as historical influences.
http://www.nutimeline.net/

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.
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/

Planetizen: News - Links to planning news, reports, and editorials in the media. [RSS]
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_all.xml

The Mayors' Institute on City Design - Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design.
http://www.micd.org/

The Social Developer - An examination of issues in modern urban development and its influence on the lives of urban dwellers.
http://www.hillside.ca

ArchNet - An online community and resource for architects, urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world.
http://archnet.org/

Big Box Reuse - Julia Christensen studies and explores how communities reuse empty big box buildings. Case studies, articles, and presentation schedule.
http://www.bigboxreuse.com/

CityMayors - News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.
http://www.citymayors.com/

Urban Planet - Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.
http://www.urbanplanet.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.
http://www.clui.org/

Planning Help - Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.
http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/

Ordinance.com - Pay site with free sections providing land use ordinances, maps, design guides, and similar services. Registration required.
http://www.ordinance.com/

Urban Planning, 1794-1918 - 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.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm

Urban Planning Now - Job postings and links to planning employers.
http://www.urbanplanningnow.com/

Resource for Urban Design Information - Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.
http://www.rudi.net/

Ecology of Absence - Documents abandonment of the built environment and speculates on geographic, sociological, ecological, and architectural factors. Most examples are in St. Louis, Missouri.
http://www.eco-absence.org/

Megacities - Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.
http://www.megacities.nl/

Jobs In Planning - Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
http://www.jobsinplanning.com/

Legal Information Institute: Land Use Law - An overview provided by the Cornell Law School.
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Land_use

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Urban and Regional Planners - Career profile from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos057.htm

PlannersWeb - 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.
http://pcj.typepad.com/

Planetizen: Announcements - Information on RFPs, RFQs, conferences, educational opportunities, press releases, and other current events. [RSS]
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_announce.xml

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.
http://www.ecoiq.com/onlineresources/anthologies/landuse/index.html

Planning Resource - UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.
http://www.planningresource.co.uk//

Sense of Community Project - A study of social capital in urban blocks of Lansing, Michigan demonstrating its relationship to quality of life and social behavior.
http://www.msu.edu/user/socomm/

CharretteCenter.net - Information on planning, conducting, and implementing results from design charettes.
http://www.charrettecenter.net/

Periferia - Covers topics on architecture and urban design in the Caribbean.
http://www.periferia.org/

Cyburbia - Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.
http://www.cyburbia.org/

Planning and Regulatory Services Online (PARSOL) - National United Kingdom program providing planning and regulatory standards, toolkits, specifications, schemas, and systems for use by local governments.
http://www.parsol.gov.uk/

Tidepool - Environmental, community, and economic news for the bioregional community of western North America.
http://www.tidepool.org/

Urbanicity - An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.
http://www.urbanicity.us/

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.
http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/

New Urbanism - 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.
http://www.newurbanism.org/

Europaforum Wien - Analyzes policies, conducts public dialogues, organizes conferences, and publishes works on urban issues in the European Union. In German and English.
http://www.europaforum.or.at/

Space.City - Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
http://space-city.net/

Online NewsHour: New Urbanism - Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/

Urban Age - International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
http://www.urban-age.net/

Planetizen: Jobs - Current job postings. [RSS]
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_jobs.xml

Planetizen: Radar - Automatically updated collection of syndicated planning content. [RSS]
http://www.planetizen.com/feeds/rss_radar.xml

Land Use Law - Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.
http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/

Neighborhood Planning - Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.
http://www.neighborhoodplanning.org/

Urban Futures - A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, private-sector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.
http://www.urbanfutures.org/

Wikipedia: Urban Planning - Encyclopedia entry covers planning's role in aesthetics, safety, transportation, suburbanization, and the environment. Includes lists of famous planners and planned communities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning

Planning-applications.co.uk - Free online guide to the UK town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.
http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/

Cyburbia Forums - Discussions about planning, cities, and the built environment. [RSS]
http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/external.php?type=rss

Planum - Selected European planning journals, an extensive planning web guide, archives of plans, and events from the town and regional planning world.
http://www.planum.net/

Urban Planning Topics - Dedicated to providing information and resources on urban and regional planning and environmental issues.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/david.macleod/UTOPS.HTM

Parole - A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.
http://parole.aporee.org/