Urban Planning
About Planning
American Planning Association
Association of Metropolitan Planning
Organizations
Cyburbia -- the urban
planning portal
Planetizen -- the planning
& development Network
PlannersWeb -- city &
regional planning resources
The Planning Report -- the
insider's guide to managed growth
Planum -- the European Journal
of Planning
Tracking
Trends
Urbanicity -- provides city
officials with resources on urban management
Web Resources for
Citizen Planners -- formerly the Planning Links Directory
Western by Design Resource Toolkit -- an assessment & planning tool
for small communities
Community Participation
Charrettes
Charrette Center --
portfolios from charrettes all over the U.S.
National Charrette Institute
-- conducts training seminars
Overcoming Opposition & Facilitating Consensus
Apartments & Property Taxes -- dispelling the myth that renters don't
pay property taxes
Apartment Residents as Citizens & Neighbors
Avoiding
Those Public Meetings from Hell
Awakening Participation: Building Capacity for Public Participation in
Environmental Decisionmaking
Communities Dense About High-Density Development
Density Needn't Be That "Dirty Word"
The
Electronic Town Hall: The Use of Computer Technology to Facilitate Community
Participation in Place Design
From NIMBY to Good Neighbor
Housing
Issues Articles -- from "Dealing with the Fear of Multi-Family Housing"
to "Why Not in Our Back Yard?"
How to Win Land Development Issues
Overcoming Opposition to Density
Public
Meetings Articles -- from "Dealing with an Angry Public" to "A Nose for
NIMBYs"
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset -- from the National
Building Museum
Affordable Housing
Catalog -- best practices in affordable housing
Affordable Housing Design
Advisor
Affordable Housing
Statistics -- from Habitat for Humanity
American Affordable
Housing Institute
American Bar
Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development
Council for Affordable and Rural Housing
Growth Management, Smart Growth, and Affordable Housing
HousingFinance.com
KnowledgePlex Affordable Housing
National Affordable Housing Network
National Association of Affordable
Housing Lenders
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Smart Communities Network: Green Buildings: Affordable Housing
Why Affordable
Housing Does Not Lower Property Values
Principles of Planning & Development
Part of the planning process for community revitalization is the creation of
a set of principles that will guide decision makers in the formulation of
programs and design. These principles should address such topics as the impact
of urban sprawl, loss of agricultural lands & natural habitats, environmental
sustainability, loss of traditional community centers, and the decline of
quality of life of citizens.
Community Planning & Development Key Principles -- from HUD
Quality
Principles
Vital Communities Principles
Rural Land Use & Development
Agriculture & Rural Development -- from the World Bank Group
American Farmland Trust
Center for Agricultural & Rural
Development
Community & Rural Development
Institute
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development
National Rural Development
Partnership
Rural Development Center
Rural Development Initiative
Rural Development Leadership
Network
Rural
Development Perspectives -- journal
Rural Empowerment Zones & Enterprise
Communities Program
USDA Rural Development
The W.K. Kellogg Collection
of Rural Community Development Resources
