New Zealand
Ministry for the Environment (MfE) - urban issues website
This website has a variety of information about urban design and development within New Zealand.
www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/urban/index.html
(visit our Resources page for links to The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol and Urban Design Toolkit)
Living Roofs - an independent organisation that promotes the uptake of green roofs in New Zealand
www.livingroofs.org.nz
OUR : OFFICE for URBAN RESEARCH - explores the relationship between urbanism and transport in Auckland
www.our.org.nz
International
Urban Design Forum Australia – Our Australian counterpart
Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI) - An independent unbiased web resource dedicated to urban design and placemaking (UK)
Urban Design Compendium - 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 (UK)
Livable Streets Network - an online community for people working to create sustainable cities through sensible urban planning, design, and transportation policy (USA)
Shared Space - European project that is part of the Interreg IIIB-North Sea programme. The project aims to develop new policies and new methods for an integral approach of the planning of public space for which man and his surroundings are taken as the basis.
www.shared-space.org
Streetfilms - Streetfilms is the video arm of the Livable Streets Network: producing educational, entertaining, and inspiring films for a sustainable urban environment (USA)
www.streetfilms.org
Planetizen - Planetizen is a public-interest information exchange provided by Urban Insight for the urban planning, design, and development community (USA)
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) – UK government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space
Project for Public Spaces - a nonprofit organisation dedicated to helping people create and sustain public places that build communities (USA)
www.pps.org Urban-Logic - Online magazine deadicated to the latest inspirational designs for the Built Environment
www.urban-logic.com
Web Urban Design - an urban design portal
www.weburbandesign.com