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URBAN PLANNING

 

The full EWU list of databases can be found at "Databases A-Z"      http://www.ewu.edu/x41144.xml.

The full WSU list of databases can be found at "Article Indexes/E-Journals"  http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/Griffin/indexes.htm

 

• Academic Search Complete  [EWU  link] [WSU link]
• Proquest Research Library [EWU link] 
• Business Search Complete [EWU link] [WSU link]
• Business Full Text [EWU link]  EWU only
• Lexis Nexis  [EWU link][WSU link]
• Sage publications [EWU link][WSU link]

 

OTHER TOPICS - Selected databases

• ERIC - education - Available from 3 different publishers
  • Published by EBSCO [EWU link]
  • Published by OCLC [EWU link][WSU link]
  • Published by the USDE [WSU link]
• Medline/PubMed - medicine - Available from 3 different publishers
  • Published by OCLC (Medline) [EWU link][WSU link]
  • Published by EBSCO[EWU link]
  • Published by the NLM [EWU link][WSU link]
• PsycINFO - Psychology  [EWU link][WSU link]
• SportDiscus - Sports and recreation [EWU link][WSU link] 

 

 

INTERNET SOURCES

 

Urban Age Institute

http://urbanage.org

Around the world, policy experts and concerned citizens continue to ask: What can be done about the problems of the world's cities?  Based in San Rafael, the Urban Age Institute has been exploring some of these issues over the years, and their website contains some of their various findings and musings on a number of pressing urban matters.

Scout report 1/19/07

 

Mega-cities project

http://www.megacitiesproject.org/

The Mega-Cities Project is a transnational, non-profit network of leaders from government, business, non-profits, grassroots groups, academia and media, dedicated to sharing innovative solutions to the problems they face in common. Since 1987 we have established research/action teams in 21 of the world's largest cities.  Last updated in 2007

 

UN-HABITAT-United Nations Human Settlement Programme

http://www.unhabitat.org/

This group "is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all." Most activities are in the least developed countries. The site provides governing documents, information about the group's campaigns (Global Campaign on Urban Governance and the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure) and programs, facts and figures, articles, and publications.

LII 5/5/04

 

State of the world population

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/

This is a publication of the United Nations Population Fund.  As a natural and fundamental dimension of people’s lives, culture must be integrated into development policy and programming.

 

City Population

http://www.citypopulation.de/

Provides Population Statistics:

for all countries and the major agglomerations of the world

for the major cities and agglomerations of each country  

for the administrative divisions of each country

Provides Interactive Maps & Diagrams that: 

illustrate location and population

illustrate population grow and population density

 

Cited in Stanley D. Brunn, Jack F. Williams "Urban Areas"  Encyclopedia of Global Change. Ed. Andrew S. Goudie. Oxford University Press 2001.  Washington State University.  27 April 2009  http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t178.e0449

 

Megacities Task Force of the International Geophysical Union

http://www.megacities.uni-koeln.de/

"The mission is to apply geographic expertise to problems of megacities and to the theory underlying the principles, knowledge, and methods employed in solving megacity problems. The task force should focus primarily on issues of continental and global scale, and on the restructuring of urban life over the long term, with particular reference to global change in environmental systems and the globalisation of economy, politics, and society. 

 

European Academy of the Urban Environment

http://www.eaue.de/

The European Academy of the Urban Environment is aiming to encourage exchange of experience amongst decision makers in all spheres of sustainable urban development by means of 

 

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• conferences, seminars and workshops

• research, studies and publications

• SURBAN, the database on urban development 

 

Scout report  2/16/07

 

Virtual Shanghai: Shanghai Urban Space in Time http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/

 

Started in 2005, the Virtual Shanghai site was funded by the National Research Agency in France. The project is edited by Christian Henriot of Lyon University, and the project incorporates essays, primary documents, photographs, and maps as a way to explore this tremendously diverse and fast-moving city. It's a tall order, and the site succeeds by presenting original research on the city, digitized versions of early tour guides to the city from the Western perspective, and over 3500 photographs. New users can get started by clicking on one of the main sections, which include "Texts", "Images", "Maps", and "References". Each section contains a brief introduction, which can make the amount of material contained within a bit less daunting. Visitors should also note that the site features a weblog with additional updates and resources. [KMG]

 

scout report 6/5/09

 

updated 8/11/09