Urban Development Links
 
 


 
 

Description

URL

Centre Region 

 

Centre County

http://county.centreconnect.org

Centre Region Council of Governments

http://centreconnect.org/govern/COG/admin/index.htm

College Township

http://college.centreconnect.org

Fergusen Township

http://www.twp.ferguson.pa.us

Halfmoon Township

 

Harris Township

 

Patton Township

http://centreconnect.org/govern/patton/patton.htm

State College Bureau

http://www.gov.state-college.pa.us/

Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County

http://cbicc.org

State College.com

http://www.statecollege.com

Pennsylvania State Data Center

http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/index.html

Pennsylvania Planning Association

http://www.planningpa.org

Pennsylvania Land Use (interesting online publications about land use in PA):

http://www.landuseinpa.com/default.asp?content=gen_info_pubs

 

 

U.S. Local Government

 

State and Local Government Directory

http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm

National Association of Cities

http://www.associationofcities.org/

U.S. Conference of Mayors

http://www.usmayors.org/

American Planning Association:

http://www.planning.org

 

 

U.S. Data Sources

 

Econdata.net--Great guide to regional data sources

http://www.econdata.net/

FedStats--Gateway to statistics from over 100 Federal Agencies

http://www.fedstats.gov/

U.S. Census

http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

http://www.bea.doc.gov/

Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/

State of the Cities 2000, U.S. Housing and Urban Development

http://socds.huduser.org/index.html

Economagic.com--Useful source for historical data and spreadsheets

http://www.economagic.com/

State Economic Data Sources, Association of University Business and Economic Researchers

http://www.auber.org/htmls/leapcomp.html

Economic Policy Institute's Metropolitan Minimum Family Budget Estimates

http://www.epinet.org/datazone/fambud/budget.html

 

 

 

 

U.S. Urban and Community Development Organizations

 

National Low-Income Housing Coalition

http://www.nlihc.org/

Center for Neighborhood Technology

http://www.cnt.org/

Community Development Society

http://comm-dev.org/

Planners Network

http://www.plannersnetwork.org/

Community Development Links from Change Communications

http://www.change.org/links.htm

Neighborhoods On-line

http://www.neighborhoodsonline.net/index.html

National Congress for Community Economic Development

http://www.ncced.org/

National Economic Development and Law Center

http://www.nedlc.org/

Comm-Org (Online Conference on Community Development and Organizing)

http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/

 

 

 

 

International Local Government

 

International Union of Local Authorities

http://www.iula.org/

World Federation of United Cities (United Towns Organization)

http://www.fmcu-uto.org/

Metropolis--World Association of Major Metropolises

http://www.metropolis.org/

IULA lists of National Local Government Associations 

http://www.iula-int.org/iula/home/links.asp?L=EN

Arab Towns Organization (ATO)

http://www.ato.net

Eurocities--Europes Major Cities Network

http://www.eurocities.org/

 

 

 

 

International Data Sources

 

Habitat (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements)

http://www.unchs.org

     Statistics Programme

http://www.unchs.org/habrdd/statprog.htm

     Global Urban Indicators Databases

Electronic Development and Environment Information System

http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/

World Bank Urban Development Program

http://www.worldbank.org/urban/

     World Bank Data 

http://www.worldbank.org/data/

 

 

 

 

International Community and Urban Development Organizations

 

One World.Net

http://www.oneworld.net/

Panos Institute

http://www.panos.org.uk/

European Sustainable Cities Campaign

http://www.sustainable-cities.org/

Worldwatch Institute

http://www.worldwatch.org

World Bank's Poverty Net

http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/index.htm

Global links from Bank Information Center

http://www.bicusa.org/links.htm

 

 

 

 

Urban Policy Research

 

Centre for Developing Cities: Programmes in Urban Management

The Urban Institute

Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives

http://www.aspenroundtable.org/

National Housing Institute

http://www.nhi.org/

Center for Urban Research

http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cur/

Electronic Policy Network

http://www.epn.org/

Economic Policy Institute

http://epinet.org/

Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University

http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr

Center for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto

http://www.utoronto.ca/env/cucs/

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/codesria/codes_Menu.html

Development Planning Unit, University College London

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/

Center for Urban Development Studies, Harvard University

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cuds/

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Netherlands

http://www.ihs.nl/

Brookings Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy

http://www.brookings.org/dybdocroot/es/urban/urban.htm

Resource Center on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (Urban Agriculture Magazine)

http://www.ruaf.org/