URPL / GEOG 308: Books and Reports

Urban Planning is a diverse interdisciplinary field that truly spans the map (no pun intended!). Use the search box below to find books, as well as articles, maps, videos, government documents, and other types of sources.

Example search keywords: Economic development + Global regulations + environmental policy

• Economic development: 2million+ results
• Add Global: 700,000 + results. Notice your results are more specific.
• Add Environmental policy: 90,000+ results. Notice your results are even more specific than before.

You can find many planning reports, zoning reports, land use documents, and other planning resources, many of which have been compiled into books. Some government agencies have also digitized their planning reports and made them available online. Brainstorm keywords like:

• topic/location + report OR land use OR planning OR master plan OR regulation OR legislation

Use Google to find specific instances of enacted or proposed plans at your research level (city, county, or state) and use those as potential keywords

• (affordable housing OR low income housing OR subsidized housing OR cost of living) AND (state OR maryland OR washington OR new york OR new jersey utah OR oregon)

Use limiters, found on the left side of your screen, to further hone your results.

• Type of resource - books, articles, reports
• Subject - policy, planning, city planning, urbanization, land use
• Peer-reviewed Journals

Follow the trail by clicking on citation links or subject terms

Try multiple databases or search tools