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Urban Planning Portals

• About Planning.org
• Cyburbia
• Planetizen
• Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Planning and Community Development Links
• Planners Web.com
• Resource for Urban Design Information
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
• University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library Website
  City and Environmental Planning
• University of Texas Urban Transportation Planning Links
• Urban Data
• Urban Futures
  Note: Organ of the “Reason Foundation,” a free-market group.
• Urbanicity
• Villes, Regions, Monde (French-Canadian site)
  

Professional Sources

• Association of European Schools of Planning
• Center for Collaborative Policy
• Florida Center for Community Design and Research
• Guide to Graduate and Undergraduate Education in Urban and Regional Planning, 11th Edition (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning)
• International Association for People-Environment Studies Publications Search
• Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech
• Michigan Land Use Institute
• National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education (University of Maryland)
• Planning Accreditation Board
• UCLA Institute ofTransportation Studies
• Urban Affairs Association
• Urban Winds (Copenhagen, DK)

Book Stores

• Peter Miller Architectural Bookstore
  1930 First Avenue, Seattle WA 98101
  206.441.4114

Dictionaries/Encylopedias

Electronic

• Dictionary of Architecture (Oxford Reference Online)
  Note: Describes structural vocabulary, stylistic terms and includes biographies on the major architects throughout Western History.
• Dictionary of Ecology (Oxford Reference Online)
  Note: Describes terms in the fields of environmental pollution, molecular ecology, and the management of habitats; it also includes biographies of eminent ecologists and scientists in related fields.
• Encyclopedia of Housing (NetLibrary)

Paper

• Dictionnaire de l'urbanisme et de l'aménagement
  Pierre Merlin et Françoise Choay; coordination générale
  Pierre Merlin Paris: Presses universitaires de France, c1988
  Location: HT169.F8 D52 1988 Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
• Elsevier's Dictionary of Physical Planning: in six languages, English, French, Italian, Dutch, German, and Swedish
  Gordon Logie, (Amsterdam; New York : Elsevier ; New York, NY, U.S.A.: Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1989)
  Location: HT166 .L62 1989 AUP Reference
• Encyclopaedia of Planning
  Graham Ashworth (London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1973)
  Location: NA9010.5 .A83 AUP Reference
• Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs
  Neil Larry Shumsky, ed.
  (Santa Barbara Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998)
  Location: HT123 .E5 1998 Odegaard Reference and Suzzallo Reference
• Encyclopedia of Urban Planning
  Arnold Whittick, editor-in-chief
  (New York, McGraw-Hill, 1974)
  Location: HT66 .E5 AUP Reference and Odegaard Reference
• Glossary of Land Resources English-French-Italian-Dutch-German-Swedish
  Gordon Logie (Amsterdam; New York : Elsevier ; New York, NY, 1984)
  Location: HD107.7 .L63 1984 AUP Reference
• International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture
  Randall Van Vynckt, ed.
  (Detroit: St. James Press, c1993)
  Location: NA40 .I48 1993 v.1-2 AUP Reference
• International History of City Development
  E. A. Gutkind (NewYork:Free Press Glencoe 1964-)
  Location: 301.36 G985i AUP General Stacks
• Language of Planning: A Glossary of Selected Land Use Planning and Zoning Words and Phrases
  Patrick M. Malone (Olympia, Wash. : Washington State, Planning and Community Affairs Agency, Local Govt. Services Division, 1981)
  Location: HD111 .M352 1981, Natural Sciences Stacks and Suzzallo Stacks; HD111 .M35 AUP Reference, 1977 edition
• New Illustrated Book of Development Definitions
  Harvey S. Moskowitz and Carl G. Lindbloom
  (New Brunswick N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, c1993
  Location: HT167 .M683 1993 AUP Reference; HT 167 .M68 AUP General Stacks, 1980 edition
• Town planning glossary: 10,000 multilingual terms in one alphabet for European town planners
  Marco Venturi (Munchen ; New York : Saur, 1990)
  Location: HT166 .V40 1990 AUP Reference
• Urban Research in the Developing World
  Richard Stren, ed.
  (Toronto: Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, 1994-)
  Location: HT110 .U722 1994 Suzzallo/Allen Stacks

Job Hunting

• American Society for Public Administration Career Center Jobs
• American Society of Landscape Architects Job Link
• Employment Resources for Students
     (Florida State University Department of Urban and Regional Planning)
• Job-e-Job
• National Association of Regional Councils Employment Opportunities
• National Community Development Association Job Board
• National Housing Institute Jobs
• Planners Network
• UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library, Job Hunting in Planning, Architecture, & Landscape Architecture
• Public Administration Jobs and Internships
• Public Housing Authorities Directors Association Employment Opportunities
• State of Oregon Jobs Page
• Urban Planning Jobs
• Urban Planning Now.com
• U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Urban and Regional Planners
• Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association Job Postings
• Washington State Department of Personnel Human Resources

Image Databases

• Archnet Image Databases
• Cities and Buildings Database, University of Washington
• Digital Imaging Project, Bluffton College
  Note: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and
  sculpture from Classical Greece to Post-Modern
• Exploring Image Collections on the Internet: Resources at MIT and Beyond, MIT Rotch Visual Collections
• Image Project, San Jose State University
• http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/index.html
• Library of Congress, American Memory Project
• Maecenas, University of Buffalo
  Note: Images of the Classical World
• Periferia Architecture and Urban Design in the Caribbean
• University of Delaware Library Links to Digital Image Collections

Maps

• City of Seattle Guide to Maps
• City of Seattle Base and Planning Maps
• GoogleMaps
• Seattle Public School Maps
• Washington Geo-Spatial Data (WAGDA)
• University of Washington Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services Unit
  See Anne Zald, Librarian
• University of Washington Consortium for Geospatial Information

Professional Licensing

• Should Planners Be Licensed?  (American Planning Association)

Selected Seattle / Northwest Firms

• Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association Planning Firms and Agencies in Washington State

Software

• GeoSim Systems
• Regional Workbench
• CanVis Visual Simulation for Resource Planning
• Urban Planning Workbench (MIT)
• Urban SIM (University of Washington Center for Urban Simulation and Policy Analysis)

Professional Organizations

• Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association

United States

• American Association of Housing Educators (AAHE)
• American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)
• American Planning Association
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
• Code of Ethics
• American Public Transportation Association
• American Public Works Association
• American Real Estate and Urban Economics Institute
• American Real Estate Society
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
• Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
• Co-Housing Network
• Community Associations Institute
• Community Development Society (CDS)
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Directory of State and National Homeless and Housing Organizations (National Coalition for the Homeless)
• Fellowship of Intentional Communities
• Housing and Community Development Internet Pathfinder (State of California)
• Housing Information Gateway (Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Housing Information Center)
• Lincoln Institute for Land Policy
• National Association of Counties
• National Association of Development Organizations
• National Association of Home Builders
• Find Your Local Home Builders’ Association
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
• National Association of Regional Councils
• National Association of State Development Agencies
• National Association of Towns and Townships
• National Community Development Association
• National Housing Institute (NHI)
• Signposts: Housing National Organizations
• National League of Cities
• National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
• Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
• Regional Plan Association (RPA)
• Urban and Regional Information System Association (URISA)
• Urban Land Institute
• Urban Planning Professional Organizations (New York University)

International

• Canadian Institute of Planners
• European Network for Housing Research
• Global Eco-Village Network
• Global Planning Education Association Network
• International City County Management Association (ICMA)
• International Downtown Association
• International Economic Development Council
• International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP)
• Prince’s Foundation (UK)
• United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat)
• United Nations Population Information Network

Government Resources

• Seattle City Light
• Seattle Department of Planning and Development (DPD)
  • DPD Code Compliance
  • DPD Design Coordination
  • DPD Sustainable Building Program
  • Seattle Comprehensive Plan
• Seattle Parks and Recreation Department (PRD)
  • PRD Historic Resources Plan

Washington State and County

• County Commissioners Approve New Comprehensive Plan for King County on October 13, 1964 (HistoryLink.org)
• Growth Management Hearings Boards
• King County Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES)
  • King County Comprehensive Plan (KCCP)
  • King County Planning Sub-Areas
• King County Department of Transportation
• King County Establishes a Planning Department (HistoryLink.org)
• King County GIS Center Data Sets for Planning
• King County GIS Center Data Sets Maintained by DNRP
• King County Sources of Economic and Demographic Information
• King County Smart Growth
• Demographic Statistics by County
• Pacific Northwest State and Local Resources (University of Washington Libraries)
• State of Washington City and County Information
• State of Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
• State of Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
• State of Washington Environmental Hearings Office
• Growth Management Services
• State of Washington Office of Financial Management Forecasting Division
• Statistical Resources for Washington Local Governments (Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington)
• University of Washington Fact Book
• University of Washington Libraries Government Publications
• Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT Urban Planning Office
• Washington Trends

US Federal

• Rural Housing Service
• United States Census Bureau State and County Quick Facts
• Surface Transportation Board
  Note: Deals mostly with railroad regulation
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Topics in Urban Planning

• Urban Planning, 1794-1918: An International Anthology of Articles, Conference Papers, and Reports
  (Selected by Prof. John Reps, Cornell University)

Co-Housing

• Canadian Cohousing Network
• Cohousing Network
• Cohousing Network (UK)

Fair Housing

• Fair Housing Accessibility First
• Fair Housing Act Design Manual (Revised 4/1998)
• Fair Housing Law
• Fair Housing Resource Center
• King County Office of Civil Rights Fair Housing in Washington State (Top 100 FAQ)
• National Fair Housing Advocate Online
• National Fair Housing Alliance
• National Housing Institute
• Northwest Fair Housing Alliance (Eastern Washington University)
• Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
• Local Housing Authority Sites
• State of Washington Housing Finance Commission Fair Housing Resources
• State of Washington Human Rights Commission Fair Housing
• Tenants Union Fair Housing Laws in Washington State
• US Code Fair Housing Act Title 8
• US Code Title 42 Chapter 45 Fair Housing
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
• Fair Housing Laws and Presidential Executive Orders

Green Planning/Sustainable Development

• Advanced Buildings Technologies and Practices
• ArchitectureWeek Library: Green Architecture
• Arcosanti
• Association for Environment-Conscious Building (AECB.net)
• Building Environmental Science and Technology
• Building Green.com
• Cal Earth
• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Cities for Climate Protection (Defunct 10/28/2005)
• Commons Open Society Sustainability Initiative
• Communications for a Sustainable Future (Defunct 10/28/2005)
• Cornell Center for the Environment
• Design Community
• Design Community E-Design Forum
• Earth Building Association of New Zealand
• Eco-Arch: Towards Ecological Architecture (Defunct 10/28/2005)
• Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
• Evergreen (Canada) (Defunct 10/28/1005)
• Green and Smart (London, UK)
• Green Architecture.com
• Green Structures and Urban Planning
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP)
• Renewable Energy Policy Project
• Smart Growth Network now Smart Growth Online
• Sustainable Architecture, Building, and Culture
• Sustainable Architecture, Building and Design
• Sustainable Long Island
• Urban Affairs Association
• Urban Ecology Australia
• Urban Environmental Management (WWW Virtual Library)
• Urban Landscape

Historic Preservation (U.S. and Canada)

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Washington, D.C.)
• American Association for State and Local History
• American Cultural Resources Association
• Arizona Preservation Foundation
• Association for Preservation Technology International
• Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA)
• California Missions Studies Association
• California Office of Historic Preservation
• California Preservation Foundation
• California Preservation Resources
• Canadian Association of Professional Heritage Consultants
• Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
• Chicago Architectural Foundation
• Chicago Landmarks (City of Chicago)
• City of Redondo Beach, CA, Preservation Links
• City of San Jose, CA Historic Preservation
• Colonial Williamsburg
• Connecticut Historical Commission
• Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
• Cooper Museum Historic Preservation Links (Upland, CA)
• Cornerstones Community Partnerships (New Mexico historic preservation group)
• Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (COPAR)
• El Paso Preservation Alliance
• Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives
• Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
• Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
• Friends of Terra Cotta (New York)
• Georgia Trust (Atlanta)
• Georgia Historic Preservation Division
• Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (Houston)
• Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
• Hearst Castle (San Simeon)
• Heritage Coalition of Southern California (Contact Glen Duncan, 323.344.8430)
  Heritage Conservation Network
• Heritage Preservation (Washington, D.C.)
• Heritage Society of Austin (Austin, TX)
• Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (National Parks Service)
• Historic Annapolis Foundation
• Historic Chattahoochee Commission (Alabama and Georgia)
• Historic Hawaii Foundation
• Historic Houses Association (UK)
• Historic Ketchikan (Alaska)
• Historic Preservation in Juneau, Alaska
• Hollywood Heritage Inc. (Hollywood, CA)
• Indiana Historic Architecture
• Indiana Historical Society
• Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy
• Landmarks Association of Saint Louis
• Landmark West (New York City Upper West Side)
• Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
• Las Vegas Citizen's Committee for Historic Preservation (New Mexico)
• Los Angeles Conservancy
• Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee
• Lower Chattahoochie Regional Development Center
• Maine Preservation
• Miami Design Preservation League
• Municipal Art Society (New York, NY)
• National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
• National Council for Preservation Education (University of Vermont)
• National Council for Preservation Education Allied Graduate Historic Preservation Degree and Certificate Programs
• National Historic Landmarks Program (U.S. National Parks Service)
• National Preservation Institute
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (U.S. National Parks Service)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection (University of Maryland Libraries)
• National Register Information System (U.S. National Parks Service)
• National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Parks Service)
• New Jersey Historical Trust
• New York Landmarks Conservancy
• New York Landmarks Preservation Commission
• New York Landmarks Sacred Sites Program
• North Carolina African American Network on Historic Preservation
• NYPL Guide - How to Research an Architectural Structure
• Ontario Heritage Foundation
• Partners for Sacred Places (Historic church architecture)
• Past Foundation
• Preservation Action (Preservation Lobbying)
• Preservation Action Council of San Jose
• Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
• Preservation Briefs (U.S. National Parks Service)
• Preservation Directory.com (Directories of historic preservation groups in U.S. and Canada by state or province)
• Preservation League of New York State
• Preservation North Carolina
• Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
• Preservation Wayne (Detroit, MI)
• Preservation Web (Guide to historic preservation resources in North America)
• Preserve.net (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
• Preserve and Protect (New York State)
• Preserving My Heritage (Canadian Heritage)
• Project Restore (City of Los Angeles, CA)
• Recent Past Preservation Network
• Researching an Historic Property
• Restoration Central
• Roadsidepeek.com Preservation Alley
• San Francisco Heritage (Links page useful for historic preservation)
• Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
• Save America's Treasures (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• Save Connecticut General(Bloomfield, CT)
• Save Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
• Save Saint Brigid Church (San Francisco, CA)
• Save the Ambassador Hotel (Demolished 2005-2006)
• Society for Commercial Archaeology
• Society for Industrial Archaeology (SIA)
• Society for Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM)
• State Historic Preservation Officer and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Links< (States Services Organization)
• State of California Historic Preservation Office
• Southern Historic Preservation Links (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR)
• Tanana-Yukon Historical Society (Fairbanks, AK)
• Technical Preservation Services for Historic Buildings
• Texas Architecture and Preservation
• University of California, Riverside, Department of History, Historic Preservation Links
• University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program
• U.S. Code: Environmental Code 1A. Historic Sites, Buildings, Objects, and Antiquities
• Victorian Preservation Society (Santa Clara Valley, CA)
• Western North Carolina Historical Association

Historic Preservation Sites (Outside U.S. and Canada)

• ACT Heritage Places List (Environment Australian Capital Territory)
• Amsterdam Heritage
• Ancient Monuments Society (U.K.)
• Australian Architecture Online
• Australian Heritage Commission
• Australia Council of National Trusts
• DOCOMOMO (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement)
• DOCOMOMO (International DOCOMOMO Links)
• Explore Our Heritage (Wellington New Zealand City Council)
• Fundacio Mies van der Rohe (Barcelona organization dedicated to preservation of and dissemination of information on Mies's Barcelona Pavilion)
• The Georgian Group (U.K. society dedicated to the preservation of Georgian buildings)
• Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Heritage South Australia
• Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
• International Code Council
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
• Internet Kowloon Walled City (Japanese site on preservation of Kowloon, Hong Kong)
• Irish Georgian Society Northern Territory Heritage Register (Australia)
• Quensland Heritage Register (Queensland Australia Cultural Heritage Branch)
• Register of Heritage Places (Heritage Council of Western Australia)
• Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (U.K.)
• State Heritage Inventory and State Heritage Register (New South Wales Heritage Office)
• Twentieth Century Society of New South Wales
• UNESCO World Heritage List (690 buildings and structures identified by UNESCO as having world cultural significance)
• Victorian Heritage Register On-Line (Heritage Council of Victoria, Australia)
• The Victorian Society (U.K.)
• World Heritage Cities (UNESCO)
• World Monuments Fund (New York)

Historic Resource Inventories

• Texas Historic Sites Atlas

Locally-Grown Food

• Chef's Collaborative

Mass Transit/Urban Sprawl

• Government Transit Agencies
  • BART (San Francisco, CA)
  • Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) (Chicago, IL)
  • City of Oakland, CA, Pedestrian Master Plan
  • City of Seattle, WA, Department of Transportation, Bicycle
  • City of Seattle, WA, Department of Transportation, Traffic
  • City of Seattle, WA, Department of Transportation, Transit and Commuting
  • King County Metro (Seattle, WA)
  • Metro (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) (New York, NY)
  • Pierce Transit (Tacoma, WA)
  • San Diego Metro Transit Authority (San Diego, CA)
  • Spokane Transit Authority (Spokane, WA)
  • TriMet (Portland, OR)
  • Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (Washington, DC)
  • Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
    • WSDOT King County
• Grass Roots Organizations
  • Active Living by Design
  • Active Transportation
  • America Walks
  • American Public Transportation Society
  • Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
  • Auto Free New York
  • Auto-Free Orange County
  • Auto Free Ottawa
  • Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST)
  • BikeAthens (Athens, GA)
  • Carfree Housing in European Cities
  • Carfree Living (Germany)
  • Carfree Living through Car-Free Housing
  • Car-Free Movement
  • Coalition for Appropriate Transportation
  • “External Costs: Research Results on Socio-Environmental Damages Due to Electricity and Transport,” European Commission on Community Research, 2003
  • Holden, Alfred, “Shedding Light on Alienation in the Public Realm”
    paper presented to the National Pedestrian Conference, Washington, D.C., 9/4/1997
  • Light Rail Transit Association
  • MassBike
  • Moving the Economy
  • New Colonist
  • Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
  • Perils for Pedestrians
  • Pierce, Neal, “Imagine a Future with Car-Free Cities,” Common Dreams News Center
  • Preservation Institute
  • Radical Urban Theory (RUT)
  • Stopping Sprawl (Sierra Club) 
  • “Solving Sprawl: The Sierra Club Rates the States”
  • Sustainable Urban Transit Project
  • Thunderhead Alliance
  • Transportation for a Livable City
  • Velo Mondial
  • World Carshare Consortium
  • Carfree.com Links

New Urbanism

• Charrettes for New Urbanism
• Congress for New Urbanism
• “Future of Cities”
  Interview with Leon Krier, posted on Planetizen
• Institute for Classical Architecture
• Italian Piazzas (in Italian)
• Katarxis No. 2 “On Architecture and Urbanism”
• New Urbanism.org
• Prince’s Foundation (UK)

Open CourseWare

• MIT, Cambridge, MA, Fall 2004
  "Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development,”

Slow Cities

• "Creating Ordinary Places: Slow Cities in a Fast World," (Paul L. Knox, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA)
• Slow Cities Movement (Norway)
• Slow Food
• Slow Movement.com

Urban Forestry

• American Forests
• Center for Urban Forest Research University of California Davis
• ClearCut (UK)
• Louisiana Public Broadcasting Urban Forestry Glossary
• National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
• National Urban Forestry Unit (UK)
• Szumoski, Juan, “Trees and Vegetation in the Architecture and Planning of High-Density City-Centers”
• Tree Link
• Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
• Urban Forestry Database (University of Minnesota)
• Urban Forestry South Expo
• USDA Urban Forest Research

Urban Planning Archive Collections

• UW Libraries Special Collections

Urban Planning Theorists

• Jacobs, Jane (Caltech)
  • Jane Jacobs Homepage
  • Jane Jacobs Interviewed by Jim Kunstler
  • “Jane Jacobs still helping to shape cities" CNN.com, 11/23/2000
  • Jane Jacobs Writing on the Web

• Lynch, Kevin
  • Kevin Andrew Lynch, Papers 1934-1988 (MIT)
  • Kevin Lynch: City Elements Create Images in Our Mind, 1960 (Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science, UC Santa Barbara)