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and concrete, city streets and major thoroughfares can all be
designed to be things of beauty, or at least something you can
live with. 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. 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 Commissionrs 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 bibiliography on the subject; searchable by key words, author,
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