V450: Cities & Urban Planning
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PLANNING ISSUE BRIEF:
The V450 planning issue brief asks you to conduct research to address the following areas: background material, policy description, and policy options. In addition, you will need to locate data/statistics and supporting evidence for your argument. Below is a select list of resources that can be used to research each area. Additional sources can be found at the Business/SPEA Information Commons Public Affairs and Policy Research Guide.
Background Material:
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ABI/Inform |
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Access American Planning Association research and news. |
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Public Affairs Information Service is an index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government. |
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Urban Planning Policy Description & Options:
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Alt-Press Watch |
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General news and business information. International newswires and pictures, TV and radio transcripts. |
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Social Services Abstracts provides coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. |
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Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline |
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Supporting Evidence:
Cities & Towns:
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Quickly find official websites by drilling down through states to municipalities. |
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Index to Current Urban Documents The Index to Current Urban Documents is the only regularly published guide to the reports and research that are generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada. |
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Data & Statistics:
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American Factfinder from the U.S. Census provides sources of population, housing, economic, and geographic data and maps for the United States and individual states, counties, and municipalities. |
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Electronic access to tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. |
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WDI Online produced by the World Bank includes statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2000 for over 200 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. |
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Historical Information:
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CQ Public Affairs Collection |
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Proquest Historical Newspapers |
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Journals & Websites:
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Access (University of California Transportation Center) |
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Better Cities & Towns |
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Economic Development Journal |
| Journal of Architectural and Planning Research |
| Journal of Environmental Planning and Management |
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Journal of Housing and Community Development |
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Journal of Planning Education and Research |
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Journal of Planning Literature |
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Journal of Real Estate Research |
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Journal of the American Planning Association |
| Journal of Urban Affairs |
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Journal of Urban Design |
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development |
| Land Development (National Association of Homebuilders) |
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Places |
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Planning (American Planning Association) |
| Urban Affairs Review |
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Urban Land (print only) 2011-2012 at the Business/SPEA Information Commons (call #: NA9000 .U72) and 1950-2010 at the Auxiliary Library Facility (materials can be requested using the following instructions: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=7495). |
