Menu:

Helpful Links

Planning Websites

American Planning Association - The national professional association for planners in the United States.
Ohio Planning Conference - Ohio's chapter of the APA. Sign up for the Ohio Planner's Listserv here.
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission - Great source for county-wide planning.
Cleveland City Planning Commission - The interactive map page is a great resource.
Planetizen - Public-interest information exchange for the urban planning, design, and development community
Cyburbia - Planning resource center includes a detailed resource directory, numerous message boards, a wiki, and image galleries

Cleveland State University Helpful Links

MUPDD - Information on the Masters of Urban Planning, Design and Development.
Levin Student Services - Advising, Internships, etc.
Library - You know, that place with all those books...
OhioLink - Couldn't find it in CSU's library system? Try the entire state of Ohio.

Map Resources

Ohio Historic Maps & Geographic Information - Need a public library card number to access this resource, but if your research requires historical maps outside of Cuyahoga County, this is a good place to look.
CPL History & Geography Dept - The Cleveland Public Library maintains a great collection of historical photos & maps. 
GIS Resources - Harvard has compiled a list of GIS Resources.
Strange Maps - Self-explanatory: strangemaps galore.

Class Resources

Blogs

Ann Forsyth's Blog - Professor Forsyth teaches at Cornell, and maintains a very helpful blog on Planetizen geared towards students.
The Infrastructurist - A great blog about infrastructure and transportation related topics.
Rust Wire - Co-run by one of our own students, Angie Schmitt, this blog is an aggregate of news topics covering the industrial "Rust Belt."
BLDGBLOG - Architectural conjecture. Urban speculation. Landscape futures.
ClevelandDesignCity - Opinion and news in Cleveland architecture, planning and design.
New Geography - Economic, demographic and political commentary about places. 

Misc.

NatureFinder - See where your local nature resources are.
WalkScore - See how walkable your neighborhood is.
MyEnvironment - Environmental information for your area.


If you have any links you think we should have up here, please email us: csu.apa [at] gmail.com