Environmental Sites: Planning

• Almanac of Policy Issues
  Comprehensive background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues - site intro.
• Building and Fire Research Laboratory: Fire on the Web
  For building engineers and fire researchers. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
• California Land Use Planning Information Network LUPIN
  CaLSIP, City Zoning Ordinances, County Zoning Ordinances, Env. Assessment Documents, Maps, Plans, Photos, Reports and Publications, Spatial Data, Built Environments, CEQA, Demographics, Economics, Experts & Liaisons, Federal Law & Regulation, Natural Environments, Natural Hazard Disclosure, State Law & Regulation, Academic Organizations, COGs, County and City, Federal Organizations, LAFCOs, Non-Governmental Organizations, Special Districts, State Organizations.
• California Planning on the Internet
  Collection of annotated planning resources focusing on California, including data, economic development, plans, newspapers, regulations and transportation. Compiled by Deborah Sommer, Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley.
• A Citizen's Guide to Planning
  Land use planning as it is practiced in California. Its purpose is to explain, in general terms, how local communities regulate land use and to define some commonly used planning terms - site intro.
• City of Los Angeles Permit Issuing Over the Internet Paperless Permitting
  How the City of Los Angeles issues permits on the Internet. On the Permits drop down list, click on Demo B Permits. - Steve Gilheany and Todd Gaydowski, SLA listserv.
• Compliance and Conformance
  Current EIS documents available for review; Summaries of EPA comments on EISs; Where to File an EIS; How to Obtain an EIS; EPA's EIS Rating System; EIS activity Statistics; NEPA compliance for EPA Activities; Related Laws, Regulations and Guidance; Agency NEPA Websites; Antactica Environmental Impact Assessment; International Enforcement and Compliance. 
• Critter Crossings - Linking Habitats and Reducing Roadkill
  Site devoted to protecting wildlife along highways and the habitats that sustain them. - site intro. From the Federal Highway Administration.
• Ecological Design Institute
  Ecological design proposes a marriage of nature and technology, using ecology as the basis for design. The strategies of conservation, regeneration, and stewardship can be applied at all levels of scale to produce revolutionary forms of buildings, landscapes, communities,
  cities and applied technologies.
• EPA Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP)
  Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP) integrates human needs, considers long-term ecosystem health and highlights the positive correlations between economic prosperity and environmental well-being. FAQs, news, projects, policy, contacts, bibliography, tools, case studies, resources, and links.
• Finding EIRs & EISs
  Explanation of Environmental Impact Reports, Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments and Initial Studies, and Finding of No Significant Impact. Information for finding these documents is geared towards the Humboldt State University Library, but the same searches in the CSU Fullerton Library resources will work. Prepared by Bob Sathrum.
• Governor's Office of Planning and Research
  Portal for all state planning needs.
• How to search for Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) 
  From the Transportation Library, Northwestern University Library. EISs can be borrowed by interlibrary loan for a fee. Suggestion: To find EISs and EIRs in the CSU Fullerton Pollak Library catalog, go to: http://opac.fullerton.edu/search/d and type environmental impact statements.
• Internet Permitting and Plancheck Redlining
   City of Los Angeles Plan Check and Markup Over the Internet: At there is a demonstration of how raster Scanned and AutoCAD drawings can be uploaded, checked, and returned for changes via the Internet.
  The redlining capability can also be used by field workers to input data, via the Internet, that can be used to create real time maps of field incidents, events, and status on the Internet. - Steve Gilheany and Todd Gaydowski, SLA listserv.
• Land-Based Classification Standards
  A model for classifying land uses based on their characteristics. From
  the American Planning Association.
• National Governors' Association & NGA Center for Best Practices
  Metasite with many environmental and planning-related information. Of particular
  interest are the Key State Issues, and Key Legislative Issues.
• Natural Resources: Planning and Interpretation
  Excellent, comprehensive site prepared by Robert Santhrum, Natural Resources Librarian, Humboldt State University. Includes guide to planning literature, reference materials, library catalogs, indexes, Internet guides/portals/gateways, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Statistics & Data.
• Planning and Conservation League
  The Planning and Conservation League is a nonprofit, statewide alliance of nearly 10,000 citizens and more than 120 conservation organizations united to protect wildlife and restore the quality of California's environment through legislative and administrative action. - site intro. A conservation, education and research organization with information on Legislation, Transportation, Smart Growth & CEQA Workshops, California Environmental News, ZEVs & Air Quality, Environmental Jobs, Natural Resources, Electronic Activism, Publications & Newsletters, and Eco-links.
• Planning Commissioners Journal Planners Web
  Free: directory, tracking trends.
• Population, Land Use and Climate Estimates (PLACE)
  SEDAC is pleased to announce the beta release of a new dataset, Population, Land Use and Climate Estimates (PLACE). This dataset makes interdisciplinary geospatial data usable by analysts who require data aggregated to the national level. It includes estimates of the population and area within distinct classifications of biomes, climate
  zones, coasts, elevation, population density, and slope. The dataset consists of aggregates of sub-national, geospatial data to the national level in standard tabular format. - SEDAC News, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University.
• SCN Sustainable Communities Network
  Topics include: Creating Community, Smart Growth, Growing a Sustainable Economy, Protecting Natural Resources, Governing Sustainably, Living Sustainably.
• Sources: An Annotated Bibliography for California Planners
  From the Office of Planning and Research (OPR). Bibliography of web and print resources on: California Planning, CEQA and Environmental Assessment, Fiscal Impact Analysis, Growth Management, Housing, Infrastructure Finance, Land Use Regulation, Periodicals, The Planning Commission, Planning in General, Resource Conservation and Safety, Transportation and Parking, Urban Design and Miscellaneous. To see if we own a print item, open another window (File > New > Window) and do a title search in the CSUF Pollak Library catalog. We may own the item, or you can request the item by Link+ or Interlibrary Loan.
• State of California General Plan Guidelines
  A detailed discussion of California's land use planning statutes.
• Sustainable Development: World Wide Web Virtual Library
  Maintained by the Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment, located at Université Libre de Bruxelles. Best sources, Directories, Search internet, Organisations, Activities, Events, Mailing lists, Libraries, References, Electronic Journals, Databases, Tools, Fun, Communication, Related Virtual Library Topics.
• Tools for Community Design and Decision Making
  Working Session on Tools for Community Design and Decision Making, planners and decision makers from around the country will review and work with a variety of technological and non-technological tools and methods that help develop and visualize design options, involve more people in planning and decisions, analyze how policy decisions impact development, and build agreement among stakeholders. - site intro