Urban Research Resources

What does Urban mean?

Urban is usually relating to a city or city life, concerned with a densely populated area.  A highly industrialized area usually a community or settlement with a population of 2,000 or more usually paved access roads and streets, Urban properties are close to neighboring properties and have support services less than 10 miles away.

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Resources:

the Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/

US department of Housing and Urban development
http://www.hud.gov/

Urban Land Institute
http://www.uli.org/

Taub Urban research Center
http://urban.nyu.edu/

Network of Ecocity resources
http://www.ecocity.com/

Urban Research Initiiative
http://www.informationcity.org/

Center for Urban Transportation Research
http://www.cutr.usf.edu/


Bay Area Focused:

Urban Ecology
http://www.uli.org/

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
http://www.spur.org/

Ecocity Builders
http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/