Planetizen
- A public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. Urban planning and development news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
- http://www.planetizen.com/
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/
Resource for Urban Design Information
- Multimedia resource for teaching, research, and professional activity in urban design and its related disciplines.
- http://www.rudi.net/
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/
Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
- Reports, analysis, commentary, special features, and books from The Brookings Institution.
- http://www.brook.edu/es/urban/urban.htm
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/
Neighborhood Planning
- Educational resource for understanding and improving neighborhoods. Includes a number of detailed examinations of topical issues.
- http://www.neighborhoodplanning.org/
Urban Age
- International conference series on the future of cities. Conference information, archives, foci, and networking.
- http://www.urban-age.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/
The Orange Empire of Southern California
- Profiles, news, and commentary for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan region.
- http://www.orange-empire.com/
Space.City
- Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit hosts lectures and events on architecture, public art, and urbanism.
- http://space-city.net/
Land Use Law
- Includes articles, cases, ordinances, statutes, and photographs from Professor Daniel R. Mandelker of Washington University.
- http://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/
Planning Resource
- UK planning portal. Includes news, employment, appeals, education, documents, consultants directory, and forum.
- http://www.planning.haynet.com/
Online NewsHour: New Urbanism
- Companion site to PBS program includes core concepts, interviews, discussions, criticisms, comparisons, and examples.
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newurbanism/
Planning Help
- Campaign to Protect Rural England project provides information on how citizens can influence local planning decisions.
- http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/
Urban Planet
- Urbanist message boards with areas for general and regional discussions.
- http://www.urbanplanet.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/
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/
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
Urbanicity
- An introduction to the concept of urbanicity.
- http://www.urbanicity.us/
Jobs In Planning
- Employment opportunities for planning professionals, with a focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
- http://www.jobsinplanning.com/
The Mayors' Institute on City Design
- Works to transform mayors into advocates for good design by hosting symposiums on urban design.
- http://www.archfoundation.org/micd/
Planning-applications.co.uk
- Free online guide to the U.K. town planning system. Lodge an appeal and review development plans.
- http://www.planning-applications.co.uk/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
Megacities
- Annual Dutch lecture series. Includes full text archives from prior years.
- http://www.megacities.nl/
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/
CityMayors
- News about the world's cities and how their mayors are dealing with today's urban issues.
- http://www.citymayors.com/
Urban Photo
- Promotes and explores urban issues through photography.
- http://www.urbanphoto.net/
Urban Residue
- Papers on the nature of public space and profiles of progressive urban areas.
- http://www.urbanresidue.com/
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/
Parole
- A thesaraus of modern concepts in urban development. For each there is a definition, bibliography and its source publication.
- http://parole.aporee.org/
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/
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/
Cyburbia
- Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries.
- http://www.cyburbia.org/
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/
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/