Policy and planning resources in the UNT Libraries catalog
Search the UNT Library catalog for digital planning reports as well as e-books on urban and regional planning. Starting at www.library.unt.edu, enter your search terms in the main search box. Click the "Refine" button to the right of the search box and select "Cataloged Books and More" from the dropdown menu.
On the results page, click "Online" on the left side to narrow results to only digital items.
A keyword search for "land use AND planning AND city" returns these results.
A keyword search for "land use AND planning reports" returns these results.
Resources for comprehensive plan
- American Planning Association Award RecipientsAward winning comprehensive plans
- Best of the Web - Urban and Regional Planningdirectory of categorized links to content-rich web sites on urban planning, land use, transportation, sustainable living, and related subjects.
- Land Use Lawclearinghouse of land use planning and regulation that includes cases and materials on environmental use regulation, documents that illustrate the different kind of plans that communities do, and links to a number of interesting land use sites, state planning and zoning laws and statutes on a number of land use topics, zoning and other land use ordinances, and articles on a variety of land use topics.
- PlanetizenPlanetizen is a fiercely independent platform that creates, curates, and amplifies stories and resources to inform planning and people passionate about planning.
Reference resources for background information
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies by ISBN: 1118568451Publication Date: 2019Provides comprehensive coverage of major topics in urban and regional studies
The World's Population: an encyclopedia of critical issues, crises, and ever-growing countries by ISBN: 9781610695060Publication Date: 2014This one-volume encyclopedia examines key topics, major world players, and imminent problems pertaining to the world's ever-growing population. According to the United Nations, the population of our planet reached 7 billion people in 2011. What areas of the world have the most people? What measures, if any, are in place to control the population? Why is Europe's population shrinking, while the rest of the world is growing? This eye-opening encyclopedia answers questions like these by examining significant issues and topics relating to the population and exploring profiles of the most populated countries and cities of the world. More than 100 alphabetically arranged entries focus on such topics as census, demography, megacity, overpopulation, and urban sprawl.
- Credo referenceCredo Reference offers full-text, aggregated content which covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference. Patrons gain access to over 3,400,000 entries, from over 675 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, etc. Dates of Coverage: Current
- Oxford reference onlineOxford Reference Online Provides full text access to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press as well as selected titles from the Oxford Companion series. Dates of Coverage 2002 - Current
- Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library Selected reference ebooks on Business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, and social science. Includes Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English, Encyclopedia of Science & Religion, Encyclopedia of Science Technology & Ethics, Encyclopedia of Sociology, Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders, and World of Forensic Science and others. Dates of Coverage: Varies with publication
Sources of photos and archival documents
- World's FairsWorld's Fairs offers insight into the phenomenon of international expositions. Over 200 world's fairs and exhibitions are represented through a range of primary sources from various archive collections. Users can access documents from the fairs, case studies of several of the most significant fairs, interactive site plans, essays from consultant academics, and visual artifacts including souvenirs, photographs, posters, and plans.
- Portal to Texas HistoryPortal to Texas History a gateway to Texas history materials for educators, lifelong learners, and researchers. It includes collections from museums, archives, historical societies, and libraries throughout the state of Texas. It is maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. The Portal continues to grow as additional partners contribute digital versions of their collections. We hope you'll return often to discover our latest additions. By 2010, the Portal hosted over 900,000 digital images. Dates of Coverage: pre-1519 - current
International Planning Resources
- CIA World Factbook - Country ProfilesThe World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, presents the basic realities about the world in which we live
Global Models of Urban Planning by ISBN: 1476613893Publication Date: 2013This volume is based on an international literature search of the best urban planning practices being used in dozens of cities around the world. Such topics as green technology, conservation, infrastructure maintenance, alternative energy, downtown business districts, and recycling are covered, with many others. Additional information is provided for each community: population, location, website. Appendices include: both U.S. and international planning and development resource directories, international local government directory and U.S. state library resource directory.
Building the Urban Environment by ISBN: 9781439912386Publication Date: 2015A comparative study of the contestation among planners, policymakers, and the grassroots over the production and meaning of urban space. Presents case studies of seven cities, including Rotterdam, Chicago, and Sao Paulo, to show how, over time, urban life created hybrid spaces that transformed people, culture, and their environments. Building the Urban Environment traces the rise and fall of the Modernist planners during an era of Cold War, urban crisis, unnatural disasters, and global restructuring in the wake of the oil-energy embargo of the '70s.
