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Landscape Architecture 

 

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

 

 

• 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

Cyburbia urban planning community

http://www.cyburbia.org/

Includes a resource directory and planning wiki. 

 

 

American Planning Association

http://www.planning.org

The American Planning Association (APA) is perhaps the best known organization in the United States, and their website contains some very fine resources for those already in the field as well as for those who would like to join the field.

scout report 4/6/07

 

Surface Transportation Policy Network (STPP)

http://www.transact.org/

A coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment.

 

Urban design compendium

http://www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk/

This site provides guidance on good urban design – summarising the principles of urban design, how they can be applied and the processes which lead to successful places.

 

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

 

Urban Land Institute

http://www.uli.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

 

Active living by design

http://www.activelivingbydesign.org

 

National Land Cover Database

http://www.mrlc.gov/mrlc2k_nlcd.asp

A database developed by the Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey in 2001-2006.

Compiled across all 50 states and Puerto Rico and contains standardized land cover components useful for a variety of applications.

 

National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

http://www.nsgic.org/

 

International Urban Development Association

http://www.inta-aivn.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=114

 

Sustainability: American Public Media

http://sustainability.publicradio.org/

 

Western Waters Digital Library

http://harvester.lib.utah.edu/wwdl/

This digital library brings together a wide range of documents (including legal transcripts, water project records, and personal papers) that document the Columbia, Colorado, Platte, and Rio Grande river basins. 

 

Wetlands International

http://www.wetlands.org/

 

American Public Transportation Association

http://www.apta.com/

Their members include public bus, rapid transit, and commuter rail systems, along with various private organizations that provide support services for these systems.

 

 

updated 08/06/09