Associations
Organizations
Academic Programs
Miscellaneous
Associations
American
Planning Association
http://www.planning.org/
Association
of Collegiate Schools of Planning
http://www.acsp.org/default.htm
National
Association of Regional Councils
http://www.narc.org/
Urban
Affairs Association
http://www.udel.edu/uaa/
The
Urban History Association
http://www.unl.edu/uha/UHA.html
Organizations
The
Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/
Nonpartisan research and education organization focusing on
social,
economic, and governance problems in the U.S. A
broad range of
research topics, from children and education to the
economy and tax
policy, are covered.
Urban
Land Institute
http://www.uli.org
Organization committed to providing responsible leadership
on land
use issues. Most content on site is for members only.
CEOs
For Cities
http://www.ceosforcities.org/
National bipartisan alliance of mayors, corporate
executives,
university presidents, and nonprofit leaders working to
accelerate
urban economic growth by strengthening public-private
partnerships
across sectors and cities. At this site you will find
research reports,
statistics, and position papers.
Metropolitan
Area Research Corporation (MARC)
http://www.metroresearch.org/
Non-profit research and geographic information systems
(GIS)
organization that studies social and economic disparity and
inefficient growth patterns ("sprawl") in
metropolitan areas.
Center
for an Urban Future
http://www.nycfuture.org
The Center for an Urban Future
is a think tank focusing on issues
that have an impact on low-income and working-class
neighborhoods
in New York City. Click on "Research
Center" for a list of reports by
topic.
Center
on Urban and Metropolitan Policy - Brookings Institute
http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/urban.htm
A program center of the Brookings Institute that
"seeks to shape a
new generation of urban policies that will help build
strong
neighborhoods, cities and metropolitan regions."
On this site you
find reports, commentary and analysis, policy briefs, and
other
publications.
Congress
for the New Urbanism - CNU
http://www.cnu.org/
Non-profit organization committed to teaching architects,
city
planners, developers, and others about the principles of
new
urbanism. Resources page has links to reports,
bibliographies, and
an image gallery.
CUPR
- Center for Urban Policy Research
http://policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/index1.htm
CUPR is a part of the Edward J. Bloustein School of
Planning and
Public Policy at Rutgers University. Its research
focus includes
affordable housing, land use policy, the arts and cultural
policy, and
the costs of sprawl.
Taub
Urban Research Center, New York University
http://www.urban.nyu.edu
The Taub Urban Research Center is a part of NYU's
Wagner School of
Public Service. On this site you will find full-text
research reports on
many topics pertaining to New York City.
Academic Programs
Graduate
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University
http://www.arch.columbia.edu/gsap
Department
of City and Regional Planning,
Cornell University
http://www.dcrp.cornell.edu
Department
of Urban Studies and Planning,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://sap.mit.edu/departments/dept_of_usp.html
Urban
Planning Program,
New York University
http://www.nyu.edu/wagner/urban.planning
Edward
J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University
http://policy.rutgers.edu
Department
of Urban and Regional Planning,
University at Buffalo
http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/planning/index.htm
CUPPA
- College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs,
University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/
Department
of City and Regional Planning,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.planning.unc.edu/
Department
of Urban Affairs and Planning,
Virginia Tech University
http://www.uap.vt.edu
Miscellaneous
Cities
and Buildings Database - University of Washington Libraries
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/
Search or browse the University of Washington Libraries'
digital
image collection of cities and buildings. The
database contains over
5,000 images from all over the world.
Cyburbia
http://www.cyburbia.org/
Portal to resources on urban planning. Internet
directory includes
categories like Demographics, Planners and Urbanists, Land
Use
Zoning, Urban Design, and more.
County
and City Data Book
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
Official housing and population data from the 2000 census
for all
U.S. counties, cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and
places of
2,500 or more inhabitants.
