Wikipedia:WikiProject Urban studies and planning

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Panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Urban studies and planning. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

Scope

This WikiProject aims to:

Thoroughly explore Urban studies and planning - globally and historically.
Improve Urban studies and planning related articles.
Provide a place to discuss common issues on Urban studies and planning related pages.
Organise, discuss and categorise Category:Urban planning
Ensure all pages meet the standards of Wikipedia:Cite sources. Non-referenced articles seem unprofessional. See also WikiProject Fact and Reference Check.
Develop standards and templates for Urban studies and planning related articles.

Structure

Section open to discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.

Goals

The goals of this project are the following:

Ensure all the articles under the scope of this project are written to a high quality
Organise all the articles into appropriate categories
Place all categories in the correct hierarchy.
Create user friendly linkages and navigation

An assessment department has been opened at Wikipedia:WikiProject Urban studies and planning/Assessment and a bot request has been made to tag all articles in Category:Urban studies and planning and all sub cats with the {{planning}} tag.

Tasks

Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

Create new articles

Create requested articles.

This tool finds redlinks in the pages of a category, or of a single page, and sorts them according to number of occurrences: Missing topics

Expand

Expand stubs.

Requests:

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Memorial Drive (St. Louis) - the competition for the arch grounds is currently sitting there.
St. Louis Gateway Mall

Improve

Cleanup

Urban studies and planning cleanup listing

Improve former featured articles

Link

Connecting bundle of rights to Urban Planning --Nick 16:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Participants

Chriswaterguy ^{(t - c - WPID)} (particularly interested in sustainability aspects) 03:09, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Aude (talk contribs) 19:00, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
CQ 02:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC) • WP:CBTF • I'm here because i keep running into you folks while working on Community stuff[reply]
CComMack (t•c) 02:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC) (particularly interested in transportation planning)[reply]
Rickyrab | Talk 14:37, 16 January 2007 (UTC) Transportation planning, land use, history of urban development, historical mapping of cities (which appears to have been lacking from an Internet POV, even though there are numerous historical city maps: there's no real standard even for a single city, with the result being that comparing historical maps of the same city is difficult).[reply]
Dogears (talk · contribs) 02:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bossi (talk contribs) 19:09, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
H Padleckas 02:46, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
oldhaus 07:46, 13 August 2015 (UTC) Interests include historic preservation in rural unincorporated former communal villages. Amana Villages, Iowa.[reply]
Trulystand700 New York City
MRSC • Talk 08:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC) - UK regional and urban planning, the Thames Gateway[reply]
Parkwells (talk) 15:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Practitioner in the US, especially interested in urban history and design, but also social history and migrations[reply]
Mesmith9 7 June 2008 (UTC) - I am a researcher on ancient and preindustrial cities and willing to help out now and then when I have time.
Bhockey10 (talk) 07:25, 16 July 2008 (UTC)- former architecture major, still very interested in Urban Planning[reply]
Daniel Case (talk) 06:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC) - I do a lot of historic district articles for WP:NRHP.[reply]
AlexPlante (talk) 23:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC) - I'm a civil engineer who designs municipal infrastructure for a consulting firm. Since early January I've added quite a bit to the article on infrastructure and would like some feedback.[reply]
Elekhh (talk) 14:09, 13 September 2009 (UTC) - Urban Design[reply]
Stevevance 12 July 2010 - Recent urban planning graduate, bicycle transportation planner, Chicagoan.
Jcovarru - Interested in spatial urban systems - land use, transit, street systems.
MetroFan - Interested in Urban St. Louis
Yclept:Berr - On again off again student of architecture & urban planning - involved in the Third place movement. Community activist.
Mar4d (talk · contribs) - Interested in urban planning in Pakistan and South Asia.
MakeBelieveMonster (talk) 12:54, 27 August 2011 (UTC) - Urban planner / transport planner[reply]
PatSunter - interested in transport planning, urban sustainability, and key planning thinkers' biography pages. --PatSunter (talk) 11:32, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Feihuamengxue-student in Rice University and plan to revise and expand the entry "Slum".
Nickknack00 (talk) 22:51, 3 February 2014 (UTC) Urbanization researcher focusing on India, Southeast Asia, and USA[reply]
Dan arndt (talk) 01:51, 28 May 2014 (UTC) - am an Urban & Regional planner from Western Australia[reply]
pmelton87 (talk) 11:42, 31 July, 2014 (UTC)
Weissespumpernickel (talk), 14:43, 30 October 2014 (UTC) - interested in urban development and architecture, mainly in Europe[reply]
Rcsprinter123 (talk · contribs) 11:27, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Rgalts (talk) 21:53, 26 February 2015 (UTC) - An aspiring urban planner; A part of a class, I am currently working on the article on overurbanization and would really appreciate feedback.[reply]
Rselby1 Rselby1 (talk) 04:54, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
BRD-98 (talk) 19:29, 5 April 2015 (UTC) - Interested in urban geography, specifically American and Asian cities[reply]
M2545 (talk) 07:15, 19 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Skywalker Kush (talk) 17:37, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Human3015 knock knock • 09:45, 21 July 2015 (UTC) This is one of my favourite topic area.[reply]
Quidster4040 (talk) 21:15, 26 March 2017 (UTC) - Interested in transportation planning.[reply]
Randomeditor1000 (talk) 17:13, 5 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jason Heppler (talk) 21:01, 23 August 2018 (UTC) - historian of urban history / planning[reply]
Em-mustapha ^t@lk 11:11, 1 April 2020 (UTC) - Interested in Urban planning, design and sustainability as well as transportation and economic planning in Africa.[reply]
Berke330 (talk) 15:42, 18 July 2020 (UTC) - Urban History[reply]
User:Heatherkong (talk) - 14:00, 27 September 2020 (UTC) - Interested in gentrification and equitable development[reply]
Timmylegend (talk) 15:43, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
CivitasID (talk) 2:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Muttnik talk 06:16, 25 February 2022 (UTC) - regional planning[reply]
Sam7688 (talk) 01:29, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Adondai (talk) 00:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Schojam (talk) 11:28, 02 June 2023 (UTC) - social & economic issues in urban & regional planning, Urban/regional planning history, and planning law.[reply]
Hewwo3 (talk) 00:08, 18 March 2024 (UTC) - urban planning undergrad, transportation planning (non-american context)[reply]

Userboxes

For those who are:

This user is an urban planner.

Here is a template for your use:

Code Result Usage

{{User WP USPL}}

This user participates in WikiProject
Urban studies and planning.

WikiProject USPL userbox

Articles

Recognised articles

List of Featured articles, Featured lists and Good articles:

Featured articles:

London congestion charge, Millennium Park, Chicago, Noel Park, London, Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Washington, D.C.

Featured lists:

Grade I listed buildings in Bristol, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands

Good articles:

A1 road (London), Albert Dock, Liverpool, Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle, Burnham Park (Chicago), Center Square/Hudson–Park Historic District, Central Troy Historic District, Citadel of Arbil, Columbia Park, Torrance, California, Congestion pricing , Copán, Covering of the Senne, Brussels, Downtown Ossining Historic District, Downtown Triangle (Jerusalem), High Line (New York City), Historic district (United States), History of Milton Keynes, Kowloon Walled City, Lafayette Park Historic District, Lakeshore East, Chicago, Milton Keynes, National Register of Historic Places, New Bedford Historic District, Pullman Square, Rush Street (Chicago), Skinner's Room, South End–Groesbeckville Historic District, Urban heat island, Via della Conciliazione, Rome

Former Featured and Good articles: Bangalore, Transportation in New York City

Assessment Department

Statistics

Urban studies and planning articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			4	3			7
FL		1	1	2			4
GA		8	11	48		9	76
B	12	36	48	90		60	246
C	28	85	112	352		176	753
Start	31	118	178	751		586	1,664
Stub	1	10	114	424	2	304	855
List		6	27	80	4	156	273
Category				1	1,622		1,623
Disambig					6		6
File					34		34
Portal					1		1
Project					8		8
Template					26		26
NA		5	11	11	268		295
Other					30		30
Assessed	72	269	506	1,762	2,001	1,291	5,901
Unassessed		1	1	1		174	177
Total	72	270	507	1,763	2,001	1,465	6,078
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 17,356			Ω = 4.82

Templates

Project banner

{{Planning}} This template was created previously and included on some of the talk page of planning articles by Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture. Please feel free to use and change this as you need. The template can be used to assess planning articles, similar to Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Assessment. —Dogears (talk • contribs) 01:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Urban studies and planning Unassessed

	Architecture portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Urban studies and planning, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Urban studies and planning on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Urban studies and planningWikipedia:WikiProject Urban studies and planningTemplate:WikiProject Urban studies and planningUrban studies and planning
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Infoboxes

{{Infobox Urban Development Project}}

Stubs

{{Planning-stub}} - Use this template for Planning and Urban studies stubs.
{{UK-planning-stub}} - For UK-related articles. If applicable, you can add both.

The complete list of stub articles can be found at:

Category:Urban studies and planning stubs
- Category:United Kingdom planning stubs
- Category:Real estate_stubs

Featured pictures

Streets and Squares

Prinsengracht (2006) in Amsterdam
Keizersgracht (2008) in Amsterdam
Dam Square (c. 1895) in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Singel (c. 1895) in Amsterdam, Netherlands
St. Patrick's Street, Cork, Ireland (c.1890-1900)
Royal Avenue, Belfast, Ireland (c.1890-1900)
Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus, London.
Quays Waterford, Ireland (c.1890-1900)
Saint Isaac's Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Bodie, California, Ghost town

Skylines
Bangkok skyline Bangkok skyline Frankfurt am Main Seattle skyline Malé, Maldives Hong Kong Skyline Melbourne Yarra River Montreal Twilight Panorama (2006) London Thames Sunset panorama Salzburg panorama Toledo skyline Portland panorama

Panoramas
New York panorama Manhattan from Staten Island Ferry Chicago skyline Panorama of St. Louis, Missouri Skyline of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Panoramic view of Milwaukee 1890-1900 Melbourne, Australia from Waterfront City, Docklands Melbourne Skyline from Rialto tower, Australia Melbourne Docklands panorama Canberra, Australia Cuzco, Peru Beirut, Lebanon, last third of the 19th century

Maps
Map of Kamianets-Podilskyi The Castello Plan, a redrawn version from 1916 of the original 1660 map of Lower Manhattan Map of Brooklyn, New York, by Currier & Ives, 1879

Resources

Related WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

WikiProject Architecture (Parent project)
WikiProject Cities
WikiProject Community
WikiProject Environment (Indirectly related: covers sustainability)
WikiProject Home Living
WikiProject Squatting

Related Portals

Portal:Architecture
Portal:Geography
Urbepedia - A portal in Wikia, which is dedicated for urban issues and is more technical and more detailed

Related Sister projects

WikiBooks search

External links

These links should provide some utility for referencing Urban Planning & Studies pages. Please feel free to add more sources as you find them.

Planetizen
American Planning Association
Project for Public Spaces
Urban Land Institute
Metropolis Magazine
ArchNewsNow
Glensburg - African Urban Development Consulting Firm
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
Basic Resources for City and Regional Planning - UC Berkeley
Building Technology - U.S. Dept. of Energy
KnowledgePlex Affordable Housing and Community Development Resource
Congress for the New Urbanism
Glensburg Cities Institute - Urban Development Think Tank
Glensburg Town Planners - Town Planning Firm in South Africa
Smart Growth
World Urban Forum III - 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia
Program on Humanistic Globalization
Sightline - An environmental think tank in Seattle

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

Article alerts

Good article nominees

07 Jul 2024 – Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Epicgenius (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

18 Dec 2024 – National Register of Historic Places (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

26 Oct 2023 – Pruitt–Igoe (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Rublov (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

09 Dec 2024 – Kibbutz (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kibbutz communal child rearing and collective education by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
22 Nov 2024 – Online discussion platform (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Internet forum by Hanyangprofessor2 (t · c); see discussion
29 Apr 2024 – Urban wilderness (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Urban nature by Arcahaeoindris (t · c); see discussion
29 Apr 2024 – Urban nature (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Urban wilderness by Arcahaeoindris (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

01 Nov 2024 – Bollard (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Altenmann (t · c); see discussion
12 Mar 2024 – Grand Paris (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2A01:CB09:E059:2DC0:FDD6:6026:E45E:B60E (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

18 Dec 2024 – Draft:Gerald Silver (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ungathering (t · c)
undated – Draft:Takhmina Turdialieva (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
11 Dec 2024 – Draft:Foksal Street (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Merangs (t · c) was moved to Foksal Street (talk · edit · hist) by SafariScribe (t · c) on 14 Dec 2024

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