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Resources on Urban Planning Profesional Associations

• American Planning Association (APA)
• Associación Española de Técnicos Urbanista (AETU) [Spanish Association of Planning Technicians]
• Beroepsverenigung van Nederlandse Stedebouwkundigen en Planologen (bnSP) [Dutch Professional Organization of Urban Designers and Planners]
• European Council of Town Planners (ECTP)
• Federação Nacional dos Arquitetos e Urbanistas (FNAU) [Brazilian National Federation of Architects and Urban Planners]
• Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (FNAU) [International Federation of Urban Planning Associations]
• International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP)
• Pacific Rim Council on Urban Development (PRCUD)
• Japan Association for Planning Administration (JAPA) - Japanese only

• Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA)
• Vereinigung f�E Stadt- Regional-, und Landesplanung (SRL) [German Association of Town, Regional and State Planning]
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

Resources on Urban Planning National Planning and Research Institutes

• Arab Planning Institute-Kuwait (API)
• Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA)
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
• Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP)
• Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
• Deutsches Institut f�E Urbanistik (difu) [German Institute for Urbanism]
• European Academy for the Urban Environment (EAUE)
• International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
• International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP)
• City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ)
• International Network for Urban Development (INTA)
• Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica (INU) [Italian National Town Planning Institute]
• New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI)
• Nordiska Institutet for Samhallsplanering (NORDPLAN) [Nordic Institute for Studies in Urban and Regional Planning]
• South African Planners (SAP)

Resources on Urban Planning Planning Resources

• Smart Communities Network
• International Making Cities Livable (IMCL)
• New Towns (NWMA)
• Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
• Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)
• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) [United Kingdom]
• Sociéte Française des Urbanistes (SFU) [French Association of Town Planners]
• Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)

Resources on Urban Planning Planning Networks

• CORP Computergest�Ezte Raumplanung [Austrian Computer-aided Planning]
• Cyburbia [Internet Resources for the Built Environment]
• Periferia [Architecture and Urban Design in the Caribbean]
• PlaNet [Student Planning Network]
• Planetizen [Your digital source for planning]
• Planners Network Online
• Planners Web [City and Regional Planning Resources]
• Planning Online [for the national and built environment]
• Planum [The European Journal of Planning]
• PlanWeb [The Internet Information Resource for Town Planners and the Land and Property Professions] w
• Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)
• Smart Growth Network
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
• Urbamet
• Urban Design Group (UDG)

Resources on Urban Planning UN and International Organizations

• United Nations Centre for Habitat Settlements (UN HABITAT)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

   Elsewhere on GDRC

Explore related resource on the GDRC website:

• Japan Urban Observatory
• Smart Cities Initiative