Planning Related Websites

INDEX
Local Sites
Federal Government Data Sites
Mapping & GIS
Economic Development Organizations
Planning Webs
Planning Associations and Organizations
Historic Preservation
University Resources
Transportation
Misc Cool Sites

Local Sites    

• City of Detroit http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/

• Planning Division http://www.detroitmi.gov/Departments/PlanningDevelopmentDepartment
  /Planning/tabid/135/Default.aspx

• Southeast Michigan Council of Governments http://www.semcog.org/

• Detroit Public Library - Municipal Reference Library http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/mrl/

• Detroit Public Schools http://www.detroit.k12.mi.us/

• Michigan Land Use Leadership Councilhttp://www.michiganlanduse.org/

• State of Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/

• State of Michigan, Center for Geographic Information  http://www.michigan.gov/cgi/0,1607,7-158-12693---,00.html
• State of Michigan, Michigan Geographic Data Library  http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/
• State of Michigan, Map Michigan  http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mapmichigan/home.asp
• Michigan Statistics http://mel.org/michigan/MI-statistics.html
• Michigan Legislature (search legislation) http://www.michiganlegislature.org/
• Great Lakes Information Network http://www.great-lakes.net/

• Wayne County, http://www.waynecounty.com/

• Macomb County http://www.macomb.lib.mi.us/macomb/

• Oakland County http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/

• Citizens Research Council of Michigan http://www.crcmich.org/

• Detroit Chamber of Commerce http://www.detroitchamber.com

• Urban Safety Program at Wayne State University http://maps.culma.wayne.edu/

• Detroit/Wayne County Empowerment Zone http://www.detez.com

• Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs http://www.cis.state.mi.us/arts/home.htm

• The Michigan Electronic Library http://www.mel.org/

• Detroit Community Initiative http://www.detroitcommunity.org

• Travel Michigan http://travel.michigan.org/

• Metropolitan Affairs Coalition http://www.mac-web.org/mac_speedlink.html

• Michigan Municipal League http://www.mml.org/

• Public Policy Associates http://www.publicpolicy.com/

• Great Lakes Commission http://www.glc.org/

• Michigan Suburbs Alliance http://www.michigansa.org/index.htm

• Detroit Yes! http://detroityes.com

• Build Detroit http://www.builddetroit.org/

• United Way of Southeastern Michigan http://www.uwsem.org/

Federal Government Data Sites   

• US Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov/
• US Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/
• US Department of Commerce http://www.doc.gov/
• US Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/
• US Department of Energy http://www.doe.gov/
• US Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov/
• US Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov
• US Environmental Protection Agency: Envirofacts http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
• US Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/
• Federal Geographic Data Committee http://www.fgdc.gov/
• Natural Resource Conservation Service http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
• National States Geographic Information Council http://www.nsgic.org/
• US Forest Service Sustainable Development Initiative http://www.fs.fed.us/land/sustain_dev
• US General Services Administration http://www.gsa.gov/default.htm
• US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
• US Postal Service ZIP+4 Lookup http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
• Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/
• Federal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/
• Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/basic/cover.html
• National Biological Service http://www.nbs.gov/
• National Institutes for Water Resources http://wrri.nmsu.edu
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/
• National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/
• Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/
• NASA Spacelink http://www.spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/
• USGS Earth Resources Observation System (EROS) Data Center http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov

Mapping & GIS   

• Planning's Maps and GIS files http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/plandevl/advplanning/cinfo/adv/default.htm
• MapInfo http://www.mapinfo.com/
• MapInfo tools, shareware, help, and more   
  • http://www.directionsmag.com/mapinfo-l/
  • http://software.geocomm.com/scripts/mapinfo/
  • http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/gistools/scripts.htm#mapinfo
  • http://www.gismonitor.com/products/addons/mapinfoaddons.php
  • http://www.directionsmag.com/files/
  • http://www.research.umbc.edu/%7Eroswell/mipage.html
   
• DataPlace http://www.dataplace.org/
• GIS Guide to Good Practice http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/project/goodguides/gis/
• ESRI http://www.esri.com/
• Michigan Center for Geographic Information http://www.michigan.gov/cgi
• Geospatial Information & Technology Association http://www.gita.org/
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) http://www.urisa.org/
• MapQuest.com http://www.mapquest.com/
• Michigan Counties Association of Mapping Professionals http://www.micamp.8m.net/
• MDNR Spatial Data Library http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/SpatialDataLibrary/
• Improving Michigan's Access to Geographic Information Networks (IMAGIN) http://www.imagin.org/
• Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) http://www.great-lakes.net/gis/
• Geoplace Magazine http://www.geoplace.com/
• Directions Magazine http://www.directionsmag.com/
• GIS Monitor http://www.gismonitor.com/
• Geography Network http://www.geographynetwork.com/
• Google Search - GIS http://www.google.com/search?q=gis
• Southeast Michigan GIS Organizations
  • Southeast Michigan Council of Governments  http://www.semcog.org/
  • Wayne County GIS http://www.waynecountygis.com/
  • Oakland County Enterprise GIS http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/gis/
  • Macomb County GIS Services http://www.co.macomb.mi.us/gis/
  • Livingston County http://co.livingston.mi.us/GIS/
  • Monroe County, Michigan http://www.co.monroe.mi.us/
  • St. Clair County Geographic Information System http://www.stclaircounty.org/offices/metro/geo.asp
  • City of Ann Arbor Geographic Information System (GIS) Program http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/GISOnline/
  • Washtenaw County GIS Program http://www.co.washtenaw.mi.us/MAPS/GISindex.htm

Economic Development Organizations   

• Detroit Economic Growth Corporation http://www.degc.org/
• Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce http://www.detroitchamber.com/
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation http://medc.michigan.org/
• Michigan Site Network http://www.misitenet.org/
• Ameritech http://www.ameritech.com/
• Detroit Edison http://www.detroitedison.com
• Detroit Investment Fund http://www.detinvfund.com/
• Detroit Regional Economic Partnership http://208.240.253.122/docs/drep/
• Detroit Renaissance http://www.detroitrenaissance.com/
• Downtown Detroit Partnership http://downtownpartnership.org
• Digital Detroit http://www.digitaldetroit.org/

• Focus: HOPE http://www.focushope.edu/

• Greening of Detroit http://www.greeningofdetroit.com/
• Habitat for Humanity Detroit http://www.habitatdetroit.org/
• Michigan Career Site http://jobs.michigan.org/
• Michigan Economic Developers Association http://www.medaweb.org/

• New Detroit http://www.newdetroit.org/

• University Cultural Center Association  http://www.detroitmidtown.com/
• New Center Council http://www.newcenter.com/
• Southwest Detroit Business Association http://www.southwestdetroit.com/
• Mexicantown Community Development Corporation http://www.mexicantown.org/
• Cityscape http://www.cityscapedetroit.org/
• Eight Mile Boulevard Association http://www.eightmile.org/
• Think Detroit http://www.thinkdetroit.com
• Michigan Neighborhood Partnership http://www.mnpartnership.org/
• Local Initiatives Support Coalition http://www.liscnet.org/
• International Development Council http://www.iedconline.org/

Planning Webs   

• Detroit Yes! Forum http://detroityes.com/frameset-forum.htm
• Detroit Synergy Group http://www.detroitsynergy.org/
• Cyburbia http://www.cyburbia.org
• Planetizen http://www.planetizen.com/
• Plannersweb http://www.plannersweb.com/
• Smart Growth Network http://www.smartgrowth.org/
• Sustainable Development Center http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
• Knowledgeplex http://www.knowledgeplex.org/
• Governing Magazine http://www.governing.com/
• Civic Strategies http://www.civic-strategies.com/
• Smart City http://www.smartcityradio.com/
• Urbanicity http://www.urbanicity.org/
• Urban Futures http://www.urbanfutures.org/state.cfm?state=Michigan
• City Journal http://www.city-journal.org/

Planning Associations and Organizations   

• Michigan Society of Planning http://www.planningmi.org
• National American Planning Association http://www.planning.org/
• National links via APA http://www.planning.org/html/hotlinks.html
• Planners Network http://www.plannersnetwork.org/
• National Association of Planning Councils http://www.communityplanning.org/
• Urban and Regional Systems Association http://www.urisa.org/
• Association of American Geographers http://www.aag.org/
• American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing http://www.asprs.org/
• Geospatial Information & Technology Association http://www.gita.org/
• Urban Land Institute http://www.uli.org/

• Michigan Land Use Institute http://www.mlui.org/

• American Society of Landscape Architects http://www.asla.org/
• International City/County Management Association http://www.icma.org/
• Planning Commissioners Journal http://www.webcom.com/~pcj/welcome.html
• National Community Building Network: http://www.ncbn.org/
• Brookings Institution http://www.brookings.edu/
  • Cities and Suburbs http://www.brookings.edu/data/brookings_taxonomy.xml?taxonomy=Cities%20and%20Suburbs
  • Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy  http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/issues/demographics/demographics.htm
• American City and County Magazine  http://americancityandcounty.com/
• Council for Excellence in Government http://www.excelgov.org/
• Innovation Groups http://www.ig.org
• National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org/
• Government.comhttp://www.govt.com/links.htm
• Urban Affairs Association http://www.udel.edu/uaa/
• Urban Geography Specialty Group http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/ugsg/index.html
• Association of American Geographers http://www.aag.org/
• Municipity http://www.municipity.com/
• Municipal World http://www.municipalworld.com/
• Government Technology http://www.govtech.net/
• American Society for Public Administration http://www.aspanet.org/
• Michigan Environmental Council http://www.mecprotects.org/

Historic Preservation   

• Click Here for Historic Section of Planning for information and links http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/historic/links.htm

• Preservation Wayne: www.preservationwayne.org

• National Trust: www.nationaltrust.org

• Detroitpreservation.com http://www.detroitpreservation.com/

• Friends of the Book-Cadillac Hotel http://www.book-cadillac.org/

• Save Fort Wayne http://www.savefortwayne.org/

• Michigan Local History Network http://www.geocities.com/michdetroit/

University Resources   

• University of Michigan - http://www.umich.edu/

  • Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/

  • Urban Planning Outreach Reports http://sitemaker.umich.edu/urpoutreachreports/all_reports

  • Map Library http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/map.lib/map.html

  • Urban Design Charrette http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/charrette/index.html

  • Detroit Initiative http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/di/index.html

  • Community Connector - Discussion Forums
    http://databases.si.umich.edu/cfdocs/community/Discussiondisplay.cfm

  • Ohio State at Michigan - Michigan at Ohio State: Complementary Library Collections at Two Leading Midwestern Institutions - Index - Maps - Illustrations - Books - Legends

• Wayne State University - http://www.wayne.edu/

  • Center for Urban Studies (CUS) & Michigan Metropolitan Information Center (MIMIC) http://www.cus.wayne.edu/
  • Urban Safety Program http://maps.culma.wayne.edu/
  • Community Health Institutes http://www.chimart.org/
  • Walter Reuther Library http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/urban.html
  • The South End Newspaper http://www.southend.wayne.edu/
  • Campus Master Plan http://www.facilities.wayne.edu/mp/2020mp.htm
• Michigan State University - http://www.msu.edu/

  • Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services http://www.rsgis.msu.edu/

  • Urban and Regional Planning Program http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~urp/

  • Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE) http://www.msucuire.org/

• Michigan Technological University http://www.cee.mtu.edu/projects/watershed/research/gis/index.html
• University of Detroit Mercy http://www.udmercy.edu/
• Eastern Michigan University http://planning.emich.edu/
• Central Michigan University - Center for Geographic Information Science http://centergisc.cmich.edu/
• Wayne County Community College - http://www.wccc.edu/
• University of Windsor http://athena.uwindsor.ca/
• Lawrence Technological University http://www.ltu.edu/
  • Detroit Studio http://www.ltu.edu/architecture_and_design/architecture/detroitstudio.asp
• University of Bonn, Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics http://www.geo.uni-bonn.de/members/haack/gisinfo.html
• Harvard University http://www-hcl.harvard.edu/maps/
• Columbia University Consortium for International Earth Sciences Information Network (CIESIN) http://wwwgateway.ciesin.org/
• Penn State University http://dbwww.essc.psu.edu/index.html
• University of Edinburgh http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/giswww.html
• University of Maine http://ncgia.umesve.maine.edu/
• University of Maryland/NASA http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/
• University of Alaska Fairbanks http://www.asf.alaska.edu/
• University of Colorado http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/contents.html
• Universiteit Utrecht http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html
• Ohio State University - Planning Education @ a Distance (PED): http://knowlton.osu.edu/ped
• Metronet http://www.metronet.lib.mn.us/lc/list1.cfm?statex=Michigan
• Sample Curriculums for Elementary school children about Detroit from the State of Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-13481_13482_13486-38169--,00.html

Transportation 

• Detroit Department Of Transportation (DDOT) http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/ddot/
• SMART http://www.smartbus.org/
• Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority (DARTA) http://www.darta.info
• People Mover http://www.thepeoplemover.com/
• Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport http://www.metroairport.com/
• Detroit City Airport http://www.detroitmi.gov/airport/default.htm
• AMTRAK http://www.amtrak.com/
• Greyhound http://www.greyhound.com/
• Michigan Department Of Transportation (MDOT) http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/
• US Department of Transportation (USDOT) http://www.dot.gov/
• Federal Transit Administration (FTA) http://www.fta.dot.gov/
• Community Transit Authority (CTA) http://www.ctaa.org/
• Detroit Wayne County Port Authority http://www.portdetroit.com/
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) http://www.faa.gov/
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/
• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) http://www.fra.dot.gov/
• Association of Underground Contractors http://www.aucmi.org/
• Windsor Transportation, Ontario, Canada http://www.city.windsor.on.ca/
• Detroit/Windsor Tunnel http://www.detroitwindsortunnel.com/
• Education & Careers in Transportation http://education.dot.gov/
• Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
• Michigan Highway Safety-OHSP http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1593_3504---,00.html
• Auto Safety Hotline http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/hotline/
• Michigan Road Builders Association http://www.mrba.com/
• MSU Center for Underground Infrastructure Research (CUIRE) http://www.msucuire.org/
• TrafficLinq.Com  http://www.trafficlinq.com/
• Operation Lifesaver Rail Crossing Safety http://www.oli.org/
• Smart Growth Online http://www.smartgrowth.org/
• American Public Transportation Association http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/
• Rail~Volution http://www.railvolution.com/
• City of Portland Office of Transportation http://www.portlandtransportation.com/

Misc Cool Sites 

• Girl in the D http://girl-in-the-d.blogspot.com/
• Detroit Wikipedia, free encyclopedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%2C_Michigan
• Michigan Cool Cities http://www.michigancoolcities.com/
• Soulful Detroit http://soulfuldetroit.com/
• Create Detroit http://www.createdetroit.com
• Visit Detroit http://www.visitdetroit.com
• Model D http://www.modeldmedia.com
• After 5 Detroit http://after5detroit.com/
• History Detroit, 1701-2001 http://www.historydetroit.com/
• Friends of Belle Isle http://www.fobi.org/
• Friends of the Detroit River http://www.detroitriver.org/
• Friends of the Rouge http://www.therouge.org/
• Tribes of the Cass Corridor http://corridortribe.com/
• Heidelberg Project http://www.heidelberg.org/
• Michigan Environmental Council http://www.mecprotects.org/
• The Detroit Project http://www.umich.edu/~thedp/
• International Metropolis http://www.internationalmetropolis.com/
• Forgotten Detroit http://www.forgottendetroit.com/
• Detroit News - Rearview Mirror http://info.detnews.com/history/index.cfm?action=archive
• downtown detroit http://www.downtownmotown.8k.com/
• motorcityrocks http://www.motorcityrocks.com/det.htm
• Detroitpix http://www.angelfire.com/de2/detroitpix/
• Woodward Heritage http://www.woodwardheritage.com/
• Visit Detroit http://www.visitdetroit.com/
• Detroit Skyscrapers http://www.detroitskyscrapers.net/
• Skyscrapers.com http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/ci/101037/
• SkyscraperCity http://www.skyscrapercity.info/
• Real Detroit http://www.getrealdetroit.com
• GreatStuff - Guide for what do in Southeast Michigan http://www.greatstuff2do.com
• Metro Times http://www.metrotimes.com/
• Detroiters Yahoo! Newsgroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Detroiters/
• Greening of Detroit http://www.greeningofdetroit.com/
• Motor City Blight Busters http://www.ddc.com/blightbusters/
• neighborhood association webhosting http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/detroit/
• Palmer Woods Association http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/detroit/pwa
• ICARE II - State Fairgrounds and Surrounding Area http://www.icareii.com/
• Southwest Subzone Community Policing http://maps.culma.wayne.edu/sscp/
• Corktown CDC http://www.corktowndetroit.org/
• Warrendale http://warrendale.blogspot.com
• City Search - Detroit http://detroit.citysearch.com/
• Motormouth http://www.motormouth.org/
• Mapdetroit http://www.mapdetroit.com/
• Detroit International Bridge Company http://www.ambassadorbridge.com/
• A View On Cities http://www.aviewoncities.com/detroit.htm
• café l'urbanité http://pub42.ezboard.com/bcafeurbanite
• Urban Legends http://www.urbanlegends.com/
• [FLAK]detroit http://www.flakdetroit.com/
• Upsidedown Culture Collective http://www.upsidedownculture.org/
• Michigan Citizen Newspaper http://www.michigancitizen.com/
• MuniNet Guide & Review http://www.muninetguide.com/
• GovSpot http://www.govspot.com/
• The Innovation Groups http://www.ig.org/
• Graffiti Archaeology http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/
• Detroit: City on the Move (1965) Promotional Film http://www.archive.org/details/DetroitC1965
• City Living Detroit http://www.citylivingdetroit.com
• Little Detroit http://www.littledetroit.net
• Detroit Rising http://www.detroitrising.com/index.htm
• Motor City Rocks http://motorcityrocks.com/
• Detroit Bike Blog http://adrianplatts.com/jpegs/Detroitv/bikeblog/index.htm
• Living Cities: Detroit http://www.livingcities.org/sites_cities_detroit.htm
• History Detroit http://www.historydetroit.com/
• Notes from Away http://www.notesfromaway.com
• BTT in Detroit http://www.BeatthetraininDetroit.com
• Detroit Funk http://detroitfunk.com
• The Book Tower http://www.booktowerdetroit.com
• Look Up Detroit http://www.lookupdetroit.com/
• Motown Girl http://motowngirl.com
• Big Love Detroit http://BigLovedetroit.com
• Motor City Makeup http://www.motorcitymakeup.com
• The Urban Flavor http://theurbanflavor.com
• Detroit Essentials http://www.uh2l.blogs.com/detroitessentials/
• Detroit Art http://detroitarts.blogspot.com
• Detroit Bazaar http://detroitbazaar.blogspot.com/
• Detroitblog http://www.detroitblog.org
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