Useful links

Action for Market Towns

Small towns are important. They are critical employment and service centres for the countryside, and they serve up to a quarter of the nation's population.

Carfree Cities

Campaign group founded on the principle that private automobiles should not be allowed on city streets.

Centre for Cities

Studies the economic drivers of UK cities and produces policy recommendations.

Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR)

Research centre based at Sheffield Hallam University dealing with areas of social, urban, and housing policy.

Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS)

Multidisciplinary research centre based at the University of Newcastle, dealing with the economic and social development of cities and regions.

Civic Trust

A charity and umbrella organisation for 750 civic societies.Promotes improvements in the quality of urban, town and village life throughout the UK.

Czech Association for Urban and Regional Planning (AUUP CR)

Czech Association for Urban and Regional Planning

Free Form

Provides a range of arts and creative services for the built environment, to place art at the heart of urban regeneration.

Human City Institute

Think tank investigating social and economic exclusion.

International Downtown Association (IDA)

Champion for vital and livable urban centers.

London Housing

London Housing, part of London Councils, provides research, analysis and information on housing and associated issues on behalf of its member boroughs.

Megacities Initiative

The Megacities Initiative originates from the awareness of the future role of cities as the dominant type of settlement for humanity.

National BIDs Advisory Service

Latest information about Business Improvement Districts.

Rebuilding Manchester

The IRA bombed Manchester on the 15th June 1996. In the years that have followed, the City Centre has been rebuilt and enhanced providing a model example of urban renaissance.

Rebuilding Manchester's 1,000-plus pages contain all the up-to-date material needed for research, fact-checking and general reference on the subject.

Royal Town Planning Institute

Membership organisation for professional planners

Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum (SURF)

Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum (SURF) is an independent regeneration and inclusion network, sharing good practice, information and discussion so as to help shape practice, policy and opinion.

Sprawl Net

The Sprawl Net is a forum devoted to the topic of urban sprawl.

Sustainable Cities Research Institute

Research and consultancy organisation at Northumbria University, focused on sustainable approaches to urban living.

Urban Design Alliance

Web site of the UDAL, a group of leading professional and campaigning bodies promoting awareness of urban design

Urban Design Group

A forum for debate on urban design issues

Urban Forum

Urban Forum is an umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with interests in urban and regional policy, especially regeneration.

Urban Land Institute

Nonprofit education and research institute with focus on the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. Information on urban planning, growth, and development.

Urban Morphology Research Group (UMRG)

The major centre in the United Kingdom for the study of the geographical aspects of urban form.

Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs)

Urban Regeneration Companies (URCs) have been promoted by the government and established by local partners, in order to achieve a focused, integrated regeneration strategy for key towns and cities.

Urban and Economic Development Group

The Urban and Economic Development Group is a not-for-profit urban regeneration consultancy.

Women's Design Service

Working with women in urban environments.