New Urban Network launched
New Urban Network (newurbannetwork.com) is a new online publication providing dynamic news, research, and implementation tools for citizens and professionals interested in New Urbanism and smart growth.
New Urban Network provides a venue for its visitors and subscribers to comment, interact, and gather and disseminate information and ideas.
New Urban Network is brought to you by the publishers of New Urban News, the most respected print publication in the field of New Urbanism and smart growth since 1996.
New Urban Network is aimed at a wide, sophisticated audience in urban design and development.
New Urban Network offers:
Reporting & Analysis: Reporting and analysis from New Urban News, in the form of indepth articles and abstracts.
Urban Design Blog Roll: Blogs and content from around the web relating to urban design.
Places Wiki: A web-based, community-created encyclopedia of places, including buildings, streets, public spaces, new urban developments, old urban neighborhoods, and regions.
Professional Directory: The online Directory of the New Urbanism — user-friendly, categorized listings of new urbanist professionals and firms that offer products in this field.
Smart Growth How-to: Technical and indepth reports on New Urbanism and smart growth. Web pages provide constantly updated resources on walkable streets, urban retail, form-based codes, public policy, and other topics related to smart growth.
Huge Article Archive: New Urban News archives: Access to more than 3,500 articles on New Urbanism and smart growth — the largest on the web.
Research: Research relating to and supporting urbanism and smart growth from around the globe, organized on one page.
Book Reviews: Reviews of the latest and most important books relating to New Urbanism and smart growth.
Discussions: Opportunities to engage in practical discussions on urban design topics.
Hot Topics: Web pages dedicated to tracking specific hot button issues like streets, smart growth policy, codes, and the environment.
What’s Happening: Postings for events, jobs, RFPs/RFQs, press releases, and display ads.
Cost: Much of the content on New Urban Network is free, but some is fully available for subscribers only. Subscribers, who pay $79/year, also get the print New Urban News. Subscribers get full access to 3,500 archived articles. They get discounts on postings, books, and other items available on the web site.
New Urban News, a print newsletter based in Ithaca, New York, has been the leading print trade publication on New Urbanism and smart growth since 1996.
New Urban Network was officially launched in beta form on September 9.
Contact: Robert Steuteville
607-275-3087
rob@newurbannews.com
