This section includes standalone resources providing more information about community planning. It includes databases, code and policy collections; online networks and forums; publications; and guides, templates and toolkits.
These papers review issues relating to Smart Growth, such as sprawl, protection of open land, affordable housing and transportation. Their collection represents the American Planning Association’s dedication to modernize state planning enabling laws.
A guide to preventing big-box development and invigorating local businesses and a strong local economy, the Big Box Tool Kit provides concrete advice, information, and a place for groups fighting big-box development to connect.
This online information network organizes services, legal and technical data such as maps and photos, organizations, and articles relating both to Californian and national land use and environmental planning issues and initiatives.
A collection of tools and methods helpful in consensus-building and decision-making processes—especially in rural communities—this toolkit is continuously updated with case studies and recommendations submitted by real Canadian communities.
A database of community planning methods, scenarios, projects and further resources, this website hopes to provide accessible, universal advice to a diverse range of community members and encourage more widespread involvement in planning initiatives.
Cyburbia, the Internet's oldest 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.
The Environmental Simulation Center offers the application of multidimensional, digital, place-based decision-support software such as GIS and Community Viz in creating interactive visualizations of cities, towns, and landscapes.
This online database allows users to effectively browse through articles, documentations of past and current legislation, and commentaries relating to land use, land use policy, and planning at the federal, state, and local levels.
GOOD is a company that produces an online and print magazine, videos, and an interactive website for the general public; it is “the integrated media platform for people who want to live well and do good.”
The Grist is an online news resource full of documentation of pressing environmental news, events, and issues—products of both Grist’s research and the contributions of interested and invested readers.
In a world where computing resources and technology entrench the quality of daily life, this publication explores the ways that human interactions are affected, documenting news, stories, and experiences.
The Municipal Code Corporation offers a free online municipal code library, print and online versions of state codes for every state, and a variety of code-creation, code-management, and consulting services for local governments.