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Includes a brief description of a method of providing more vegetation in high-density city centers.
http://www.urban-ways.co.uk/
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Auroville Center for Urban Research
Presents workshops, studies, and investigations with practical implementations at the emerging city
of Auroville, India.
http://www.auroville.info/ACUR/
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Interactionfield - Public Space in the Digital Age
Analysis and categorization of interactive media and public art projects that contribute to the
rediscovery and revitalization of urban public spaces.
http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/Homepage/
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Vermillion, North Carolina
New urbanist community outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Includes a tour, design principles,
news, and sales information.
http://www.vermillion-tnd.com/
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Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb
Information, analysis, and photographs of this archetypal postwar American suburb.
http://tigger.uic.edu/~pbhales/Levittown.html
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Letchworth Garden City
Guided tour, history, news, and links for the town founded by Ebenezer Howard.
http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/
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Architekturgestalten.info
Designs by Tim Ahrens and Anne Brecker.
http://www.architekturgestalten.info/
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Curitiba, Brazil
Information about the city often identified as a model of successful sustainable development.
http://www.curitiba.pr.gov.br/pmc/ingles/
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Chandigarh
Information about the planned city in India designed by Le Corbusier.
http://chandigarh.nic.in/
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Kakigawa - Pools of Meaning
A project by Mirjam Struppek and Arika Adachi based on an entry in the competition "Semiotic
Fields and Attractors: the rediscovery of the Kaki River in Nagaoka, Japan."
http://culturebase.org/home/struppek/Kaki_Home.html
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Victory City
A modernist utopian design for a city of the future.
http://www.victorycities.com/
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Redfern Waterloo Partnership Project
A plan focusing on issues in the Redfern Waterloo areas of New South Wales, including redevelopment
opportunities, community safety, and social programs.
http://www.redfernwaterloo.nsw.gov.au/
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Virtual Greenbelt
Images, interviews and other materials relating to Greenbelt, Maryland, a New Deal-era planned
community in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/
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Urban Revitalization Concept
Overview of the Jackson Place Redevelopment Plan in Richmond, Virginia.
http://www.urbandesignconcepts.com/
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Disney's Celebration
Essays, links, and photos about the Florida planned community developed by the Walt Disney
Corporation.
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html
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The Seaside Institute
Organization researching and advocating for use of traditional community qualities in new
developments.
http://www.theseasideinstitute.org/
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Harmony
A residential and retirement urban design community situated between Charleston and Myrtle Beach SC
near historic Georgetown, South Carolina.
http://www.harmonysc.com
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International Concept Competition: Northern Osaka
The targeted area is one of the last remaining large-scale downtown district for urban
redevelopment in Japan.
http://www.osakacompe.jp
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Charlestown at Buildout - Modeling Development and Conservation
Reports and maps from university thesis project to study growth in an area undergoing rapid
residential development, and help formulate policies for growth management. Focus is the town of
Charlestown in southern Rhode Island, USA.
http://envstudies.brown.edu/thesis/2001/amengual/
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Dos Lagos
An introduction to the mixed use planned community in the City of Corona, California. Gives
visitors background and up to date information about the progress of the project.
http://www.doslagos.net/
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Ahmanson Ranch
A "new urbanism" design, master planned community for Southern California. Mixes open
space with commercial and residential development.
http://www.ahmansonland.com/
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Baycity Revival Redevelopment Plan
A redevelopment proposal for the waterfront of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
http://www.hamiltonwaterfront.8m.com/
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Waterfront Edinburgh Limited
A partnership between The City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian
working to regenerate 140 hectares of brownfield land in north Edinburgh on the shores of the Firth
of Forth.
http://www.waterfront-ed.com/
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Orenco Station
Promotional information about planned community in the Portland, Oregon, area. Named
"America's Community of the Year" in 1998 by the National Association of Home Builders,
and considered a good example of "new urbanism."
http://www.orencostation.com/home.htm
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Limiting Urban Futures
An attack on the future-scenario style of urban planning. In urban futures scenarios, the range of
"acceptable" future cities is made visible. The Amsterdam (Netherlands) study TVA is
used as an example of how such studies limit urban futures.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/few.futures.html
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Phalen Corridor Initiative
A public-private partnership redeveloping a rail corridor in Saint Paul, Minnesota's East Side.
http://www.phalencorridor.org/
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Proyecto Cities
Collective effort, focusing on some 20 cities located in five continents, to identify the
competitive advantages of each, and to present the principal urban innovations that they are
developing, especially those that impact on the physical form of the city and the structure of the
metropolitan region.
http://www.fundacion-metropoli.org
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Urban Development of Wolfsburg
The City of Wolfsburg in Germany is a typical example of planned urban development. Four different
development stages are illustrated.
http://www.wolfsburg-staedtebau.de/index_e.htm
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