The University of Arizona

PLANNING WEBLIOGRAPHY

ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
TUCSON, ARIZONA

Super block plan, Radburn, by Stein & Wright, 1929, © CAPLA, The University of Arizona
 

GATEWAYS

Cyburbia - an urban planning portal from University at Buffalo.

EcoGateway Sustainable Land Use - features links to sites from around the country concerned with smart growth.

Planetizen - a fabulous resource for all things Planning. Self-identified as the Planning and Development Network. Look for jobs, read news articles, look for calls for papers, and don't forget to check out the Top 50 Web sites. You'll want to bookmark this one!

Urban Planning and Regional Planning from Google - this links to the Urban Planning section of Google's directory.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Planning Association - considered the best source for planning information on the Web.

Arizona Planning Association

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning - consortium of university programs in urban planning.

Community Development Society - members represent a variety of fields; an organization for community development practitioners and citizen leaders from around the world.

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Urban Land Institute - association of real estate development professions.

GOVERNING BODIES

Arizona Legislature

Arizona Local Government Internet Resources from ASU

City of Nogales

City of Phoenix

City of Tucson

Environmental Protection Agency

Library of Congress - the place to research pending Federal legislation.

Municode - Tucson Code of Ordinances

Pima County

SITES

CensusScope - created by the Social Sciences Data Analysis Network at University of Michigan, CensusScope aims to be an easy-to-use tool for investigating demographic trends.

Geoplace - a handy resource for GIS publications (print and electronic).

Government Publications at UA - created by the Government Documents and Maps librarians at University of Arizona libraries.

High Country News - online paper devoted to issues of the American west.

Innovative Urban Planning - compiled by Jay Shuffield of Columbia University, this site contains an overview of planning approaches as well as links to planning resources.

Planners Web - don't miss the archived articles. Be sure to sign up for updates.

Statistics Resource Planner - created by University of Arizona librarians for statistics seekers.

Urban Planning 1794-1918 - this international anthology of articles, conference papers and reports was selected, edited and provided by a professor at Cornell University and documents the history of urban planning through the end of World War I. The site includes bibliographies and finding aids.

Western Futures - devoted to development, land use, and population trends in the American west.

Western Planner - published eight times per year by Western Planning Resources, Inc. (a nonprofit organization) and designed to serve state, regional and local planners in the western United States.

 

This list of sites was assembled by Paula Wolfe, with help from the Planning faculty at the University of Arizona. If you find a broken link or if you have a site that you think would be a good addition to this list, please e-mail Paula Wolfe.

2/17/04 McCord