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Steel and concrete, city streets and major thoroughfares can all be designed to be things of beauty while remaining efficiently functional... or at least something you can live with and/or environmentally sustainable. Check out the best practices in urban planning at these top sites:

Project for Public Spaces - A welcome addition to the cyber landscape, this non-profit group offers technical assistance, education, and research through programs that make cities more livable. Highly readable essays, articles and a public forum to get visitors involved.

Planetizen - The more professionally designed of this group featuring loads of current story articles, news, book review, job ops, and lots more in a concise, well-organized format.

Cyburbia - Extensive resource directory, active bulletin board and image hosting gallery, with regular updates from the site's resident curmudgeon, Perry Norton.

Urban Planning - Wikipedia overview with a history of the discipline plus a detailed discussion of various aspects of urban planning including urban decay, reconstruction, the environment and more with suggested reading and related resources.

Urban Environmental Management - Document library (i.e., 'Economic losses due to traffic jams'), how-to's, resources, statistics and more from this deep site sponsored by The Global Development Research Center.

Planning Commissioners Journal + Plus - News & blog posts on urban planning & real estate development, book reviews, and free excerpts from the Planning Commissioners Journal, or subscribe to order and download complete articles.

Great Streets! - Dedicated to the proposition that streets are for people, not cars. Check out image galleries and case studies that support the idea.

Carfree Cities - The companion Web site to the book - promoting carfree living, with image galleries of cities around the world that make it happen. Book reviews, resources and more.

Urban Planning: 1794 - 1918 - The early years, with articles and bibliography on the subject; searchable by key words, author, date or subject.

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