American Planning Association - Illinois Chapter
 
   

Websites of Interest to Urban Planners

General Planning | Legislation | Transportation | GIS | Economic Devt.
State Govt. | Federal Govt. | Continuing Education | Jobs

General Planning

American Planning Association http://www.planning.org
American Institute of Certified Planners http://www.planning.org/aicp/
Campaign for Sensible Growth http://www.metroplanning.org
Center for Advanced Public Safety Research http://www.capsr.com
Community Development Society http://comm-dev.org
Congress for the New Urbanism http:/www.cnu.org
Cyburbia - Urban Planning Portal http://www.cyburbia.org
HUD User http://www.huduser.org
Kids and Community
  (planning fun for kids)		 http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/
Land Use Planning Information Network http://ceres.ca.gov/planning
Law of the Land
  (blog on land use and zoning law)		 http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/
Municipal Research and Services Center http://www.mrsc.org/
Planetizen  http://www.planetizen.com
Planner Commissioner's Journal http://www.plannersweb.com
Planning Newsgroup alt.planning.urban
Smart Growth Network http://www.smartgrowth.org
State and Local Government on the Net http://www.statelocalgov.net
The Urban Institute http://www.urban.org
The Urban Land Institute http://www.uli.org
National League of Cities http://www.nlc.org
National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org
 

Legislation

State of Illinois General Assembly http://www.legis.state.il.us/legisnet/legisnet92/92gatoc.html
Federal (National APA website) http://www.planning.org/legislation/
 

Transportation

Illinois Department of Transportation http://www.dot.state.il.us
US Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov
National Transportation Library http://www.bts.gov/smart
Transportation Planning Newsgroup alt.planning.transportation
 

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Illinois GIS Association (ILGISA) http://www.cagis.uic.edu/ilgisa
Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs
Urban and Regional Information Systems http://www.urisa.org
EPA National GIS Program http://www.epa.gov/ngispr
Illinois Municipal ArcGIS User Group http://www.imaug.com
GIS Internet Links http://ice.ucdavis.edu/local/gis/gisrefs.html
GIS at the Illinois Natural History Survey http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/igis/igismain.html
Geography Network http://www.geographynetwork.com
GeoWorld http://www.gisworld.com
National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu
National Geodetic Survey http://www.ngs.noaa.gov
USGS Geospatial Data & Information http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/products/1product.html
 

Economic Development

Illinois Tax Increment Association http://www.illinois-tif.com
US Economic Development Administration http://www.doc.gov/eda
Council for Urban Economic Development http://www.cued.org
International Economic Development Council  http://www.iedconline.org
Committee for Economic Development http://www.ced.org
American Economic Development Council http://www.aedc.org
 

Local/State Government

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) www.cmap.illinois.gov
“Go To 2040” - Metropolitan Chicago’s Regional Comprehensive Planning process www.goto2040.org
State of Illinois Homepage http://www.state.il.us
Illinois Enviromental Protection Agency http://www.epa.state.il.us
Illinois Housing and Development Authority http://www.ihda.org
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency http://www.state.il.us/HPA
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs http://www.commerce.state.il.us
Illinois Department of Natural Resources http://dnr.state.il.us/
 

Federal Government

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) http://www.hud.gov
US Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov
US Congress - House of Representatives http://www.house.gov
US Congress - Senate http://www.senate.gov
US Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov
US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov
Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities http://www.ezec.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov
 

Continuing Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Urban and Regional Planning  http://www.urban.uiuc.edu
Planning Education at a Distance Ohio State University  http://knowlton.osu.edu/ped
 

Jobs

CUPPA Alumni Career Center  http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/AlumniCareerCenternew.html
Planetizen Jobs  http://www.planetizen.com/jobs/
 

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