American Planning Association
www.planning.org
Best Practices Database
This searchable database contains over 2150 proven
solutions to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing
world.
www.bestpractices.org
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BTS compiles, and makes accessible information on the Nation's transportation
systems.
www.bts.gov
Carfree Cities
Carfree cities past, present, and future. Solutions to the problem of the urban
automobile.
www.carfree.com
Congress for the New Urbanism
Advocates for the restructuring of public policy and development practices to
support the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within coherent
metropolitan regions.
www.cnu.org
HUD User
An information source for housing and community development researchers and
policymakers.
www.huduser.org
International Economic Development Council
Created by the merger of CUED and AEDC, the IEDC carries on the mission of its parent organizations in offering a wide variety of services to economic development practitioners and others.
http://www.iedconline.org
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Improving the quality of debate and disseminating knowledge of critical issues
in land use and tax policy through professional development courses, research
and publications.
www.lincolninst.edu
Municipal Code Corporation
Over 500 Codes listed by State!
www.municode.com
Planetizen
Planning and Development News, Jobs, & Events. Includes a list of the
50 best planning and development websites for 2002.
http://www.planetizen.com/
Planners Web
City and regional planning resources, including Planning Commissioners Journal.
www.plannersweb.com
Planning and Markets Journal
An online journal devoted to the study of planned interventions versus market
approaches.
www-pam.usc.edu/
Reason Foundation
A nonprofit libertarian research organization that promotes innovative public policy solutions.
http://www.reason.org
Smart Communities Network (U.S. Department of Energy)
Information and services on how your community can adopt sustainable development as a strategy for well-being.
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/
Smart Growth Online
Development that serves economy, community, and environment.
http://www.smartgrowth.org/default.asp
Terrain
A journal of the built and natural environment.
http://www.terrain.org
TRIS Online
400,000 bibliographic records covering transportation research published
in books, journal articles; technical reports and other media; coverage of Federal,
state, local and association publications ; coverage of the literature from
the 1960s to the present, with some coverage of prior years ; selected links
to full text or sources of full text ; links to the IRRD database for further
coverage of international transportation
ntl.bts.gov/tris
The Urban Institute
A nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization.
www.urban.org
Urban Land Institute
The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide leadership in the responsible
use of land to enhance the total environment.
http://www.uli.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home