Library Home: Open Educational Resources by School: Urban & Regional Planning

Urban and Regional Planning

Shanghai Expo - Urban Planning Model 2009 (IvanWalsh.com)

Virtual Course Material

MIT Open Courseware - Urban Studies and Planning
MIT Open Courseware offers an extensive series of online courses in Urban Studies and Planning. Course format generally includes lecture videos, interactive concept quizzes (solution key), problem sets, terms and definitions, suggested topics and links, and exams (with solution key).
MIT OpenCourseWare - Transportation
Courses in areas related to transportation, from motor vehicles to urban infrastructure planning to aviation efficiency to adaptive technologies and their influence on personal behavior. Lectures, exercises, quizzes, videos and labs are open for instructor re-use or student review.

Open Textbooks

Haithi Trust Digital Library
Haithi Trust has over 170,000 books under the search term "Urban Planning" available for free online. Type in Urban Planning and select Books from the left menu.
National Academies Press - Transportation
Peer reviewed books, reports and conference proceedings in the field are available from the National Academies Press for free online. List cost is for delivered paperback version.
National Academies Press - Energy and Energy Conservation
Peer reviewed books, reports and conference proceedings in the field are available from the National Academies Press for free online. List cost is for delivered paperback version.
National Academies Press - Sustainable Development
Peer reviewed books, reports and conference proceedings in the field are available from the National Academies Press for free online. List cost is for delivered paperback version.
Water Resource Systems Planning and Management
This revised, updated textbook presents a systems approach to the planning, management, and operation of water resources infrastructure in the environment. Previously published in 2005 by UNESCO and Deltares (Delft Hydraulics at the time), this new edition, written again with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P. M. Dijkman, and Monique T. Villars, is aimed equally at students and professionals.

Making Urban Planning Urban - TEDx

Ebooks in the Library

The library has an extensive collection of ebooks on a variety of topics. To find what is available, enter your subject in the library catalog and select as a phrase in the drop down menu. If a book is in ebook format, it will say view ebook in the record.

Almost all of the library's ebooks are multiuser. This means that your whole class could access the book simultaneously and for free!

OneSearch - Walter W. Stiern Library Catalog