American Planning Association - Illinois Chapter: Websites of interest to planners

Websites of Interest to Urban Planners

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/
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

State Government


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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