Current Information
- Planetizen: the Planning and Development NetworkA public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. ...a daily, one-stop source for urban planning news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
- Smart Growth OnlineWeb-based catalogue of smart growth related news, events, information and resources. Developed through a cooperative agreement between the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Sustainable Communities Network, this tool is designed to advance public understanding of smart growth and how growth can improve community livability.
Podcasts
- APA PodcastsInitiated in 2010 by the American Planning Association, this free service offers listeners a selection of short talk-radio-style programs focusing on built community issues. Episodes range from ten minutes to over one hour in length.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
The Encyclopedia of Housing by Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. This encyclopedia provides more than 500 entries, from abandonment to zoning, with entries that go beyond merely providing definitions of housing topics: they describe, elaborate, and critically assess issues of relevance to a wide variety of readers.
Encyclopedia of the City by London; New York: Routledge, 2005. This book presents descriptions of features of the urban built environment as well as definitions of urban theories and concepts.
Encyclopedia of Urban America by Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1998. Analyzes urban America in a series of 547 signed articles. Includes biographical articles and topical entries with a bibliography following each article, and extensive 9-page selected bibliography on urban America at the end.
A Field Guide to Sprawl by New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. Through text and crisp illustrations, this book provides a guide not only to sprawl but also to the powerful political and financial forces that sustain it.
Key Concepts in Urban Studies by London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2005. Reference guide for basic concepts across the urban disciplines within sociology, political science, planning and geography.
The Language of Towns and Cities by Both a richly detailed glossary of more than 700 words and terms commonly used in architecture and urban planning, and a compendium of great visual interest.
The Latest Illustrated Book of Development Definitions by New expanded ed. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 2004. Offers approximately 1,955 definitions, 787 commentaries, and 102 illustrations, with a special focus on terms useful in zoning and development ordinances.
A Planners Dictionary by Chicago: American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service, 2004. This revised edition of the Glossary of Zoning, Development, and Planning Terms (1999) contains more than 4200 terms used by planners around the nation.- Transportation Planning Handbook by3rd ed. Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2009. A reference tool intended for transportation professionals, students & general readers. This edition has 21 chapters each covering basic information, applications, strategies & solutions.
Web Directories
Web directories organize websites by category and subcategory and are assembled by specialists in the subject field.
- Cyburbia: the Planning CommunityFree but you must Register to use. A portal site for urban planners and others interested in cities and the built environment, contains a selective directory of Internet resources relevant to planning and urbanism. Cyburbia also includes information about mailing lists and newsgroups, and it hosts a very active bulletin board and image hosting gallery.
- Propery & Building DirectoryProperty and home improvement information and inspiration. UK based.