Resources

Must-read Books

Planning Support Systems: Integrating geographic information systems, models, and visualization tools (ESRI Press, 2001). Edited by Richard K. Brail and Richard E. Klosterman.

Communication and Design With the Internet (W.W. Norton & Company, 2000). By Jonathan Cohen.

City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn (MIT Press, August, 1996). By William J. Mitchell.

Websites

Excellent reference websites, or examples of good uses of technology to support planning.

Neighborhood Knowledge California — The NKCA site is the new national model for user-friendly mapping, data analysis and convenient access to timely, local data at the state level. www.nkca.ucla.edu/

CensusWatch — www.censuswatch.com/

ESRI Virtual Campus — http://campus.esri.com/

ESRI Press — www.esri.com/esripress/

TerraFly — An innovative online mapping tool that features aerial photographs with accompanying street labels for any place in the U.S., and enables users to "fly over" their neighborhoods. www.terrafly.com/

PLANetizen — www.planetizen.com

Cyburbia — www.cyburbia.org

Bibliographical Resources for Planners — http://campus.esri.com/campus/library/ (and then search on keyword 'Planners')

Send your nominations for this list to Dan Tasman dan.tasman@cyburbia.org