Urban Studies: Websites

APA is an independent, not-for-profit educational organization that provides leadership in the development of vital communities.

Since 1939, we have been the nation's most respected society representing all forums in the public service arena. We are advocates for greater effectiveness in government - agents of goodwill and professionalism - publishers of democratic journalism at its very best - purveyors of progressive theory and practice and providers of global citizenship.

Building Cleveland by Design aims to change the way Cleveland is built. It envisions a city where developers make design a first consideration, where citizens demand the best available design ideas, and where buildings exist in harmony with the environment.

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a non-profit professional and educational association that promotes the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems.

The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically under served urban communities/

To locate materials by title or subject, use the classic catalog.

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Detailed demographic data from the U.S. Census.

By collecting and analyzing data from a variety of government and private sources, we're able to create detailed, informative profiles for every city in the United States. From crime rates to weather patterns, you’ll find the data you're looking for on City-Data.com.

Link to the 2017 US Economic Census

"The Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research (formerly known as the Housing Research & Advocacy Center) is a not for profit fair housing agency that promotes equal housing opportunities and positive race relations in Northeast Ohio."

Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing, is a free and publicly accessible social and economic data system of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, a research institute housed at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. NEO CANDO allows users to access data for the entire 17 county Northeast Ohio region, or for specific neighborhoods within Cleveland.

From the website: "Demographia is "pro-choice" with respect to urban development. People should have the freedom to live and work where and how they like."

The Northern Ohio Data & Information Service (NODIS) is your online connection to demographic and economic data for Ohio, especially post-1990 data tables and area profiles.

Sanborn Historic Maps are large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1867 to 1970.

From the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.