World Bank

The World Bank with its partners is committed to promoting sustainable cities and towns that fulfill the promise of development for their inhabitants -- in particular, by improving the lives of the poor and promoting equity -- while contributing to the progress of the country as a whole.

HABITAT - Nações Unidas

The mission of UN-HABITAT is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all.

Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (FNAU)

La Fédération Nationale des Agences d'Urbanisme (FNAU) regroupe 42 organismes publics d'étude et de réflexion sur l'aménagement et le développement des grandes agglomérations françaises.

Netherlands Institute for Housing and Planning

Michigan Society of Planning

Sustainable Communities Network

SMART GROWTH NETWORK

In 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined with several non-profit and government organizations to form the Smart Growth Network (SGN). The Network was formed in response to increasing community concerns about the need for new ways to grow that boost the economy, protect the environment, and enhance community vitality.

Urban Land Institute

The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment.

Congress for the New Urbanism

CNU

New Urbanism is an urban design movement that burst onto the scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. New Urbanists aim to reform all aspects of real estate development. Their work affects regional and local plans. They are involved in new development, urban retrofits, and suburban infill.

NEW PLANNING MERIDIAN

Portal de Urbanismo USA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION

Serving as a complement to the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties, the LGC provides peer networking opportunities, acts as an interface between city and county officials, and provides practical policy ideas for addressing serious environmental and social problems.

ASSOCIATION

 OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING

 ORGANIZATIONS

AMPO is a nonprofit, membership organization established in 1994 to serve the needs and interests of "metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)" nationwide.

urb@nred

Promovida por profesores del Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, España.

The International Development Forum

The IDF is financially supported by

The IDF was set up in 1989 to provide a forum for the discussion of international development issues.

The forum arose from a conviction that development problems are not usually approached on a multi-disciplinary basis, and there is also little exchange of project experience among professionals.

In addition, it was recognised that development is frequently seen as a way of transferring experience from the developed to the developing countries, in a largely Euro-centric manner.

IAURIF

Instituto de Planeamento e urbanismo da região I'lle-de-France.

Criado em 1960 pelo estado francês para a realização do primeiro esquema director da região parisiense. Um dos seus objectivos é realizar projectos de ordenamento do território destinados orientar o planeamento da I'lle-de-france.

PLANNERS Network

The Planners Network is an association of professionals, activists, academics, and students involved in physical, social, economic, and environmental planning in urban and rural areas, who promote fundamental change in our political and economic systems.