PUBLIC MARKS from jds1pdx with tag urbanplanning

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a non-profit professional and educational association that promotes the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems. It is a multidisciplinary association where professionals from all parts of the spatial data community can come together and share concerns and ideas.

This program of the Bureau of Planning conducts research, community collaboration, and legislative projects to support the city’s business and industrial districts and long-range economic development goals.

Working to Keep Oregon Oregon. 1000 Friends of Oregon is a nonprofit charitable organization, founded in 1975 by Governor Tom McCall and Henry Richmond as the citizens' voice for land use planning that protects Oregon's quality of life from the effects of growth.

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Metro protects open space and parks, plans for land use and transportation, and manages garbage disposal and recycling for 1.3 million residents in three counties and 25 cities in the Portland, Oregon, region.

Randal O'Toole is an economist and has been director of the Oregon-based Thoreau Institute since 1975. He has also been an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute since 1995. His recent research and policy interests have centered on regional planning and growth management in Portland, Oregon and, more generally, on the New Urbanism. Among his more recent publications is The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths (Thoreau Institute, 1996) a critical appraisal of growth management and regional planning in Portland.

A different view on urban planning, smart growth and public trans, might be worth a read

Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association - recipient of APA's 2004 Chapter of the Year Award". The Chapter's mission is to carry out the objectives of the American Planning Association (APA) and to promote the art and science of planning in Oregon.

Our core services include environmental, planning, management consulting, design/engineering, construction management, operations & maintenance, e-business and e-media, and—integrating all of the above—program management.

We apply our creative planning, research, communications and analytical skills to: * Study and resolve complex land use, environmental, transportation and growth management issues * Provide leadership in sustainability issues and public policy development * Resolve controversial public issues * Prepare comprehensive plans, land use studies, zoning ordinances and development regulations * Manage federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects and state environmental permitting processes * Develop intergovernmental agreements * Train business and professional people in effective communications techniques

We specialize in comprehensive planning, Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis, land-use ordinances, implementation strategies, and innovative public involvement programs and materials.

Alta is one of North America's leading firms specializing in progressive transportation planning, design, and implementation. We focus on multi-modal solutions, particularly bicycle, pedestrian and trail corridors and systems.

Big firm with local office that does transportation engineering and planning, and civil engineering stuff.

Geosimulation is a catch-all phrase that can be used to represent a new wave of spatial simulation modeling that has come to the fore in very recent years. Besides traditional urban modeling and simulation, the intellectual roots of geosimulation derive from recent developments in computer science and geographic information science. The geosimulation approach draws together a diversity of theories and techniques, offering a unique perspective that traditional simulation has commonly lacked: a view of urban phenomena as a result of the collective dynamics of interacting objects, often represented at the scale of individual households, people, and units of real estate and at time-scales approaching "real time".

Video on MITWorld about former lead planner for New Orleans about the planning issues facing the city after Katrina. One hour long. From the site: In the case of New Orleans, a city Ford reveres for its vibrant, distinctively diverse culture, urban planning never took into account how people actually lived -- in tight-knit neighborhoods, relying on an underground economy and spotty transportation. So after Hurricane Katrina, it is essential, believes Ford, that rebuilding plans embrace reality. Real urban recovery would mean luring back New Orleans residents, currently dispersed all over the country, with jobs. “With big contracts coming in, 25% must go to native New Orleanians,” says Ford. “If they don’t have skills, they should be taught.” When one family member returns, it “creates a toehold for the whole family to return.” Ultimately, “words for planning are gimmicks,” says Ford. Planners must stop “tinkering at the margins,” but step right into the politics of their communities, and “invite ways to measure their own effectiveness.”