Conferences Gentrification Institutes Journals Papers and Projects Public Policy Small Cities and Towns	Urban Ecology Urban Geography Urban Planning and Design Urban Sprawl Urban Theorists Web Directories
3Cities Project - inter- and multi-disciplinary study of the iconography, spatial forms, literary, and visual cultures of New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles in the period 1870s to 1930s. Berlin Mitte: Explorations of an Urban Conversion - photo essay by Ulrich Wust presenting the radical changes within Berlin Mitte over the past ten years from an artistic perspective. CEOs for Cities - bipartisan alliance of U.S. mayors, corporate executives, university presidents, and nonprofit leaders, working with policy-makers to advance urban economic competitiveness. Citistates - research, consulting, and information services on the topic of citistates, a new definition of urban regions and their economic development. H-Urban Discussion Network - provides a forum for scholars of urban history.	Metropolitan Area Research Corporation - nonprofit research and geographic information systems (GIS) firm presenting cutting edge demographic research through the striking spatial display of data. Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) - to develop databases and relevant software to secure easy access to empirical data. NSD was formally established in 1971 by the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF), and is today part of The Research Council of Norway Urban Affairs Association - international professional organization for urban scholars and researchers; sponsors the Journal of Urban Affairs, and holds an annual meeting every spring. Urban Drift - collaborative platform for contemporary urban strategies. Urban Issues in Developing Countries - features several papers on urban studies and development.