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Environmental Planning online

Gateway Sites California Environment Environmental Education Sustainable Development

Statistics Journals & Indexes  Organizations

Environmental Planning online is a selection of web sites pertaining to environmental planning, supporting landscape architecture, environmental planning, and city planning programs at the University of California, Berkeley. The emphasis is on U.S. and California environmental planning. Note that abundant print resources pertaining to environmental planning are also available on the Berkeley campus; for additional assistance, please consult the reference staff of the Environmental Design Library, 210 Wurster Hall.

Gateway Sites: Use these gateway web sites to identify many additional sites and resources to supplement the few listed on this web page.

Best Environmental Directories (Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment) Lists hundreds of substantive environmental web sites. International and multilingual.

http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/cds.html

EarthTrends: the environmental information portal (World Resources Institute) "A comprehensive online database that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world." Each topic includes a searchable database, country profiles, maps, and data tables.

http://earthtrends.wri.org/

EnviroLink   Comprehensive site for environmental issues. International coverage.

http://www.envirolink.org/

Environment & Nature (Yahoo!)

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/

Environmental Professional's Homepage (CBIG) Directory of useful web sites aimed at environmental consultants and remediation professionals.

http://www.clay.net/

Virtual Library on Urban Environmental Management (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Excellent well-organized site. Includes statistics, glossaries, e-mail lists, and links to many other web sites.

http://www.gdrc.org/uem/




California Environment: See also California Planning online, a directory of web links pertaining to California city planning.

Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development  Formed by business, environmental, and government agencies to support regional cooperation in land use, growth management, transportation, etc.

http://www.bayareaalliance.org/index.html

Calfed Bay-Delta Program

http://calwater.ca.gov/

California Center for Land Recycling (CCLR)  Focuses on creating sustainable communities through land recycling, especially the reuse of brownfields. Includes links to many resources.

http://www.cclr.org/

California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) (Calif. Resources Agency)  CERES is an information system developed "to improve environmental analysis and planning by integrating natural and cultural resource information from multiple contributors." The site includes a section on environmental law, regulation, and policy, with a California emphasis.

http://ceres.ca.gov/

California State Lands Commission "This Internet site provides information about the Commission, online copies of environmental impact reports and geographic information system data."

http://www.slc.ca.gov/

CEQA, California Environmental Quality Act (Calif. Resources Agency & Governor's Office of Plannng and Research) Includes the full text of CEQA, plus guidelines, case law, and other supplemental materials.

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/

Environment California A statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization.

http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/

Environmental Documents (UC Berkeley, Berkeley Digital Library) This searchable full text collection includes documents, maps, articles, and reports on the California environment including Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), educational pamphlets, water usage bulletins, and county plans. Documents in this collection come from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and other agencies. Search by author for an alphabetical list of authoring agencies.

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/docs/

Information Center for the Environment (UC Davis) The Center is a cooperative effort of environmental scientists at the University of California, Davis and collaborators at over thirty private, state, federal, and international organizations interested in environmental protection. Links to many projects with a California emphasis.

http://ice.ucdavis.edu/

Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN) (Calif. Resources Agency) A project of the California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES).  Provides a searchable full text database of California environmental assessment documents, general plans, maps, photos, regulatory documents, etc.

http://www.ceres.ca.gov/planning/

Planning and Conservation League The PCL is a "nonprofit alliance of citizens and conservation organizations united to protect and restore the quality of California's environment through legislative and administrative action." Site includes full text PCL newsletters and information about current California environmental legislation.

http://www.pcl.org/

REGIS--Research Program in Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Systems (UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design) Provides links to GRASSLinks on-line GIS for the San Francisco Bay Area), aerial photos, and more.

http://www.regis.berkeley.edu/

Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) (UC Davis) This "ecosystem evaluation undertakes...a scientific review of late-successional forests, key watersheds, and significant natural areas...on federal lands of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion, and also broadly evaluates the entire set of Sierra Nevada ecosystems, including their social, economic, and ecological components."

http://ceres.ca.gov/snep/

Urban Habitat Program "Addresses issues of social and environmental justice from a regional perspective." Partners with various Bay Area organizations.

http://www.urbanhabitat.org/




Environmental Education:

California Environmental Education (Calif. Environmental Resources Evaluation System)

http://ceres.ca.gov/education/

CREEC Network (California Regional Environmental Education Community)

http://www.creec.org/

Environmental Education (Envirolink) A directory of links for environmental education information, materials, and ideas on the web.

http://www.envirolink.org/topics.html?topicsku=2002109191054&topic=Environmental%20Education&topictype=topic




Sustainable Development:

Cities Environment Reports on the Internet (CEROI) (UNEP/GRID-Arendal)  "A programme within the framework of Local Agenda 21 to facilitate access to environmental information for sound decision-making and general awareness-raising in cities." Site includes full text reports and data for individual participating cities.

http://www.ceroi.net/index.htm

Green Design / Sustainable Architecture: Information Sources (UC Berkeley Library) Well-organized research guide to both print and digital resources on green design.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html

International Institute for Sustainable Development Excellent site. Many links throughout. Includes a searchable database of the IISD Research Library.

http://www.iisd.org/

SD Gateway Gateway site for sustainable development.

http://sdgateway.net/

Smart Communities Network (National Center for Appropriate Technology) Includes annotated web links as well as bibliographies of books, articles, case studies, and online bibliographies on sustainability issues.

http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/

Sustainable Communities Network Includes links to full text case studies of programs and projects creating sustainable communities.

http://www.sustainable.org/

Sustainable Development (Cyburbia) Directory of international web sites for sustainable development.

http://www.cyburbia.org/directory/index.php?sid=273235358&t=sub_pages&cat=201

Sustainable Measures Site includes a searchable database of sustainability indicators in use by specific locales.

http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/index.html

Sprawl & the New Urbanism (UC Berkeley, Library) Research guide to print and web-based resources on urban sprawl and the New Urbanism.

http://www.cyburbia.org/directory/index.php?sid=273235358&t=sub_pages&cat=201

WWW Virtual Library Sustainable Development (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment) Well-organized, comprehensive. International coverage.

http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html




Statistics: See also research guides to print and web statistical resources for planning: U.S. and international.

Compendium of SD Indicator Statistics (International Institute for Sustainable Development)  "Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date information base of sustainable development indicator initiatives being carried out at the international, national and provincial/territorial/state levels."
http://www.iisd.org/measure/compindex.asp
Envirofacts: Digital Warehouse and Applications (U.S. EPA) Gives access to EPA databases on a range of environmental topics, including risk management plans and Superfund.
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
Statistical Resources on the Web: Environment (Univ. of Michigan, Documents Center)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stenv.html




Journals & Indexes: Included here are primarily lists of environmental journals that provide some level of content access via the web. Selected individual journal titles may be found in the topical sections of this guide. Note that many journals are now available full-text on the web to the UC Berkeley community. See The Library's home page; go to Articles.

EnviroLink: Publications Provides extensive annotated listings of web-based environmental publications, primarily journals.

http://www.envirolink.org/

Environmental Planning Indexes & Abstracts (UC Berkeley Library) A selective list of periodical indexes that cover all aspects of environmental planning. Most indexes listed are available via the web.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/envindex.html

GreenClips: Sustainable Building Design News Digest  Provides a summary of recent articles on sustainable building design and related government and business issues; published every two weeks.

http://www.greenclips.com/

Landscape Architecture Indexes & Abstracts (UC Berkeley Library) A selective list of periodical indexes that cover all aspects of landscape architecture. Most indexes listed are available via the web.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/laindex.html




Environmental Planning Organizations: See also the Gateway Sites listings for extensive directories of environmental organizations.

American Planning Association

http://www.planning.org/

American Society of Landscape Architects

http://www.asla.org/

California Bay-Delta Authority

http://calwater.ca.gov/CBDA/NewCBDA.shtml

California Resources Agency The Agency is responsible for the conservation, enhancement, and management of California's natural and cultural resources, including land, water, wildlife, parks, minerals, and historic sites. The site includes many links to related California government agencies.

http://resources.ca.gov/

Community-based Collaboratives Research Consortium  Focuses on natural resources and community development through community-based collaborative groups. Site includes a searchable database of articles, books, case studies, etc.

http://www.cbcrc.org/

International Association for Impact Assessment

http://www.iaia.org/

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) The international environmental agency for local governments.

http://www.iclei.org/

National Association of Environmental Professionals Excellent site--includes an interesting range of web links.

http://www.naep.org/

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

http://www.epa.gov/


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