LAR 545.001 Resource Page
Planetizen
Planetizen is a news resource for planners - lots of blogs and articles written by planners for other planners - usually touches on interesting and timely issues.
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Bloomburg Citylab
Bloomburg CITYLAB is a blog associated with Bloomburg News. The articles and GIS mapping posted here daily are relevant to a variety of subjects of concern to urbanists and students of planning.
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Raleigh Planning
The City of Raleigh Planning Department website has a large amount of local information about planning issues that affect the city - also links to GIS resources and datafiles that may be useful.
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American Planning Association
APA is the professional planners association - there you can find a wide variety of information on nation-wide planning issues, legislation, etc.
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Class Schedule:
Examples of Excellent Papers:
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More Resources:
Plannersweb - News and information for citizen planners (archived)
Top Urban Planning Websites 2021 - Planetizen The Atlantic Cities Blog - The Atlantic Magazine US News City - US News and World Report Cities Today - News and articles - international focus Wired Cities - Wired.com City News - Thompson Reuters Class Presentations:
Class presentations will be posted here after class for your reference.
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Videos:
Frederick Law Olmsted - Designing America - 48 minutes
New Urbanism 101 (Andres Duany) - 60 minutes A Brief History of City Planning (ignore the final 2 minutes of sales pitch - otherwise a great summary of the history of city planning in the US. - 14 minutes) City of the Future - Singapore (National Geographic - 44 minutes) NCSU Resources:
Other Links:
What is Planning? (American Planning Association)
A Brief History of City Planning (Bloomburg Citylab) 10 Diagrams That Changed City Planning (Spur.com) 8/80 Cities (web site) Ten Strategies for Transforming Cities and Public Spaces Through Placemaking. (Project for Public Spaces) Raleigh Unified Development Ordinance (City of Raleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
