planning resources on the internet
- Local Austin and Central Texas Planning-related Sites
- General Planning Resources on the Internet
- Texas Planning-related Sites
- US, State, and City links
- Community Development
- Cyberspace, Cities, and Communities
- Data Sources
- Employment and Careers in Planning
- Environment
- Geographic Information Systems
- Housing
- International
- Landuse and Zoning
- Law
- Public Policy
- Sustainable Technology / Sustainable Development
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- Water Resources
- Enjoy Austin
Local Government and Planning-related Sites in the Austin Area
- Austin City Connection
- GIS and other data sources available for download (including Austin and Central Texas)
- City of Austin Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability (extremely useful resource for information on Austin zoning, neighborhood planning initiatives, demographics, growth, landuse, etc.)
- The Development Process (City of Austin, includes information on zoning, site plans, building permits, etc.)
- Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)
- Growth Watch (quarterly report from the City of Austin, Long Range Planning Department)
- Downtown Report (reports on City of Austin projects and initiatives affecting downtown and adjacent areas)
- The City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
- City of Austin Land Use Surveys (maps and data)
- City of Round Rock Department of Planning and Community Development
- Capitol Area Planning Council
- Capital Metro
- Austin Independent School District
- Travis County
- MAIN (Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network)
- Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
- Edwards Aquifer Home Page
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Texas Planning-related Web Sites
- Texas State Government
- Texas Department of Economic Development - Business and Industry Data Center (BIDC)
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
- Texas General Land Office
- Texas Association of Counties
- Texas Chapter of the APA (American Planning Association)
- Alamo Area Council of Government
- North Central Texas Council of Government
- Houston-Galveston Area Council
- Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC)
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General Planning Resources
- Cyburbia (this is the most comprehensive list of links for planning)
- Planetizen - the Planning and Development Network
- Planners Web (from the Planning Commissioners Journal)
- Planning Resources on the Internet from the University of California at Berkeley, Environmental Design Library (focuses specifically on California but has links worldwide)
- Links for Planners (Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning)
- The American Planning Association
- Interplan on the Web (the American Planning Association's International Division)
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
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Cyberspace, Cities, and Communities
- Shaping Our Communities: The Impacts of Information-Technology (resource page maintained by the Planning Commissioners Journal)
- Digital Communities - a graduate seminar in Urban planning and design in cyberspace at MIT
- Advanced Technology, Low-Income Communities, and the City [Spring 1996 Colloquium from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT]
- City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn (book by William Mitchell, Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning)
- The NCGIA's 1996 Conference: Spatial Technologies, Geographic Information, and the City
- The Computable City, by Michael Batty, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, State University of New York at Buffalo
- The 20TH AIERI/IAMCR/AIECS Conference (see especially Session 3) (from the International Association of Media and Communication Research)
- Center for Urban Technology, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle, UK
- Online Planner Connection (information concerning the impacts of electronic communication technologies on communities)
- Web GIS (Unit 133 of the NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIS Science: an overview of how GIS are being developed to run within the Internet and Worldwide Web, by Kenneth E. Foote and Anthony P. Kirvan)
- Collaborative Spatial Decision Support Systems Reseach Initiative17 (NCGIA)
- The UW/UI Collaborative Spatial Decision-Making (CSDM) Home Page
- Planning Support Systems Group Projects, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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Data Sources
- GIS and other data sources available for download (including Austin and Central Texas)
- Statistical Resources on the Web (excellent starting point for searching all kinds of statistics)
- Stat-USA (business and economic information from the US government)
- U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Social Sciences Data Collection, U.C. San Diego
- Bureau of Economic Analysis - US Department of Commerce
- Search UT Austin Library Databases for UT Austin Faculty, Students and Staff
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Land Use and Zoning
- Pace University Land Use Law Center (- contains over 4,000 pages of material produced by the Land Use Law Center written for both community leaders and experienced land use practitioners)
- The Development Process (from the City of Austin, Texas; includes information on zoning, site plans, building permits, etc.)
- The Oregon Land Use Information Center (good information on Oregon's statewide planning goals for cities and counties, comprehensive planning, and growth management strategies)
- Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (Oregon state agency responsible for implementing landuse regulations)
- Land Use Law Materials from Cornell Law School
- North Carolina Planners Web Page (good information on zoning issues from the Institute of Government, UNC at Chapel Hill in association with the North Carolina APA and the North Carolina Association of Zoning Officials)
- Sierra Club's Urban Sprawl web materials
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Housing
- Texas Low-Income Housing Information Service (TXLIHIS)
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- HUD User HUD USER is the primary source for Federal Government reports and information on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics.
- Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research HUD-funded and other research on housing and urban policy issues.
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Law
- LawLink (good starting point for legal research from the American Bar Association)
- Thomas (from the Library of Congress -- searchable, on-line legislation and issues before the current session of Congress)
- Land Use Law Materials from Cornell Law School
- Pace University Land Use Law Center (- contains over 4,000 pages of material produced by the Land Use Law Center written for both community leaders and experienced land use practitioners)
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Transportation
- Urban Transportation Research Links (maintained by Dr. Susan Handy, UT Austin Community and Regional Planning Program)
- Highways and Communities Research Links (maintained by Dr. Susan Handy, UT Austin Community and Regional Planning Program)
- US Department of Transportation
- US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (US Department of Transportation - see also the TRIS Online, the largest database of published transportation research on the internet)
- The Transportation Research Board
- The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin
- The Independent Forum for Intelligent Transportation Systems (includes comprehensive annotated set of links to other transportation technology related sites)
- See also the Transportation resources available from Cyburbia
- American Public Transportation Authority
- Transit Cooperative Research Program
- Sierra Club's Urban Sprawl web materials
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Environment
- Environmental Protection Agency
- The EnviroLink Network
- Right to Know Network
- Environmental Health Information (a searchable database from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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Sustainable Communities/Technology
- City of Austin Sustainable Communities Initiative (City of Austin, Texas)
- Sustainable Communities Network
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (US Department of Energy)
- Florida Sustainable Communities Center
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
- Solstice from the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
- United Nations - Agenda 21 (adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro)
- United Nations - Sustainable Development Program - Indicators of Sustainable Development
- Redefining Progress
- Sustainabe Measures
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Community Development
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Housing and Community Development (from Neighborhoods Online)
- Rural and Economic Community Development, USDA
- Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
[from the US Department of Agriculture and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development] - Alliance for National Renewal
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Cyberspace, Cities and Communities
- Online Planning Home Page (United Kingdom)
- Center for Urban Technology, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle, UK
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Information Infrastructure and Telecommunications Policy
- The Communications Policy and Practice from the Benton Foundation
- National Telecommunications and Informational Administration (NTIA)
- Links to Other Telecommunications and Information Sources from the NTIA
- The Texas Communications Policy Project (U.T. Austin)
- City of Austin Office for Cable and Regulatory Affairs (includes information on telecommunications infrastructure proposals)
- Center for Urban Technology, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle, UK
- Telecommuting Advisory Council (articles, news items, legislation, resource links, and membership information)
- Beyond Telecommuting: A New Paradigm for the Effect of Telecommunications on Travel (by John S. Niles, Global Telematics, for the US Department of Energy)
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Water Resources
- Texas Waternet
- Texas Water Development Board
- Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
- Texas Wetland Information Network - General Land Office
- Edwards Aquifer Home Page
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Public Policy
- The Brookings Institution See especially the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, with associated research and publications.
- The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- The Urban Institute
- Policy Action Network
- The LBJ School of Public Affairs (UT Austin) - Related Links
- Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison)
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International Links
- Interplan on the Web (the American Planning Association's International Division)
- CREUE (Centre for Research on European Urban Environments, University of Newcastle, Department of Town and Country Planning)
- ArchNet, an online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world
- Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC), the University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Latin American Studies
- Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC), the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studes
- Russian and East European Network Information Center (REENIC), the University of Texas at Austin, Center for Post-Soviet and East European Studies
- African Studies Internet Resources from Columbia University
- Asian Studies from the Worldwide Web Virtual Library
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U.S. Federal Links
- FedWorld Information Network
- U.S. Executive Branch Government Information [Library of Congress]
- U.S. Legislative Branch Government Information
- U.S. Judicial Branch Government Information [Library of Congress]
U.S. State Links
- State and Local Governments [Library of Congress]
U.S. City Links
- U.S. State and Local Government Gateway (a Federal Interagency project)
- The Urban Institute
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Employment and Careers in Planning
- The UT Austin School of Architecture Office of Career Advising and Placement
- Cyburbia - Employment and Careers - Planning
- Urban Planning Jobs (maintained by Eureka Lott, excellent and comprehensive links for public and private sector all over the U.S.)
- American Planning Association (APA)
- Texas APA Chapter
- Texas Workforce Commission Job Listings
- GIS Jobs Clearinghouse
- Community Development Jobs
- http://www.protex.org/ (network for a progressive texas, a coalition of progressive groups around the state)
- http://www.tacdc.org/ (Texas Assocation of CDCs--includes information on internships around the state and links to CDCs in Texas that have websites
- http://www.main.org/communjobs/ (Austin community and nonprofit job listings)
- http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/cityjobs/ (City of Austin job listings--searchable)
- http://www.ncced.org/ (national congress for community economic development--a national trade association of community development groups, also runs internship and leadership programs, listed under "programs")
- http://www.citylimits.org/ (a NYC weekly magazine on urban issues from a progressive, community perspective. lists NYC jobs in a range of community and neighborhood organizations, as well as policy organizations)
- http://www.liscnet.org/whatsnew/jobs/ (Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national intermediary supporting community economic develpoment work, with locations around the country)
- http://www.nonprofitjobs.org/ (a range of nonprofit jobs around the country)
- The Enterprise Foundation Job Postings--a national community development intermediary based in Baltimore: http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/support/jobs/default.asp
- Fannie Mae Employment Opportunities (mortgage lender for low and moderate income housing)
- The Foundation Center Career Opportunities--jobs at foundations around the country: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/jobs/
- Freddie Mac Employment Opportunities (mortgage lending for moderate income groups) http://www.freddiemac.com/jobs/
- http://www.nw.org/ (Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, a national intermediary supporting community development whose local partners are Neighborhood Housing Service organizations, lists jobs around the country)
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Enjoy Austin!
This page offers a list of starting sites for exploring the Internet and urban planning. Note: the most comprehensive list of Planning links is Cyburbia (formerly PAIRC) at the University of Buffalo.
