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Assignment 2
You should be aware that information on these topics is uneven. When looking, you should also consider if the information is likely to be centralized (done at a federal level for the entire country) or done locally (by state or province or…).
In general, you'll probably be looking for useful (and trustworthy) web pages and/or newspaper or journal articles on your topics.
Also, don't be afraid to ask the librarians at Government Documents. They know this stuff better than anyone else.
For articles and news stories:
PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service provides references to journal articles, books and book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories in the area of public affairs. Many planning-related journals are included. Coverage is from 1972, and new records are added monthly
TRIS (Transportation Research Information Service) provides access to over 450,000 bibliographic records covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and the media.
An online news service, only accessible via the World Wide Web, that offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news and information. Particularly effective in its coverage of local media sources, WNC was developed to help US policy makers with local news in other countries.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design and historic preservation, as well as architecture.
Some useful webpages with other resources:
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/planning/
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/findgovinfo/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
for everyone outside of North America (i.e. except Canada and US)
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/intlstudies/general.htmldatabases and indexes: International Studies
Some folks will find entire documents or books on their areas in the catalog. These SUBJECT HEADINGS will help:
transportation – planning
transportation – [your country or city here] - planning
traffic congestion
land use – great britian – planning
Specific countries:
British Columbia
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/intlstudies/canada.html
British Columbia Financial and Economic Review (DOC-LC HC117.B8 A42 61st ed. 2001) Some earlier editions are available.
The Encyclopedia of British Columbia (REF KNIGHT F1087 .E52 2000)
http://www.gov.bc.ca/
try the search box at the top of the page
Toronto
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/intlstudies/canada.htmlhttp://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/index.html search for things like Toronto AND transportation planning
Cities in the United States
Santa Cruz NYC New Jersey Try the library catalog On their city web pages look for "transportation departments" and "planning offices"Mexico City
You could use Interlibrary loan to get something like this: Gilat, Michael. Coordinated Transportation and Land Use Planning in the Developing World - The Case of Mexico City. Master in City Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and Master of Science in Transportation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, June 2002http://www.df.gob.mx/ (when I looked, this site was down?! now, it seems to be working. so, just keep trying)
http://www.mexicocity.gob.mx/Informacion%20oficial/Sitios%20de%20interes/Goverment_EN.html
(this page had a few links to other official looking Mexico City pages)
Derry (Northern Ireland)
Brisbane
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Curitiba (Brazil)
Erlangen
http://www.erlangen.de/news.asp?folder_id=1676&mainfolder_id=1581&news_id=43643http://www.staedtestatistik.de/eng/index.html
http://www.statistik-portal.de/Statistik-Portal/en/en_kontakte.asp
London
Mongolia
New Zealand
Nepal
Switzerland
http://www.bav.admin.ch/index.cfm?nav=intro&sprache=esee the "fact-sheets" tab and the "traffic" division:
http://www.bav.admin.ch/index.cfm?nav=bav,verkehr&sprache=e
http://www.uvek.admin.ch/verkehr/index.html?lang=en
Venezuela
this page has a very nice guide to all the sub-departments of the Department of Infrastructure:http://www.guia.com.ve/gobierno/
the main page for <http://www.infraestructura.gov.ve/>Ministerio de Infraestructura MINFRA , seems to be down
but the page for Fondo Nacional de Transporte Urbano FONTUR was working when I tried it:
http://www.fontur.gov.ve/index.htm
and
http://www.infraestructura.gov.ve/pls/portal30/PORTAL30.wwv_main
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Servicio Autónomo de Transporte y Tránsito Terestre SETRA also seems to be down, but worth looking at
and the link for the <http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve>Compañía Anónima Metro de Caracas CAMETRO
also seems to be down, but relevant to Caracas
You could write an email to their
POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICE: politica@embavenez-us.org and ask for help.
This looks promising, with an abstract in English:
http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?pid=S0798-30692002000200005&script=sci_arttext
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Cuba
http://www.ibike.org/economics/cubapolicy.htm
Anonymous. "Enforced Sustainability," Environment, 01 March, 1994. ProQuest. [LAPL, Los Angeles, CA]. 18 Feb. 2004 <http://www.proquest.com/> [People in Cuba are turning to a more sustainable way of life since the breakup of the USSR and the continuing US sanctions. Bicycles and horse-drawn carts outnumber cars, and farmers a practicing organic agriculture. Officials are looking to nuclear energy as an alternative energy source.]
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/1993/88/88cenb.htm
Baker, Christopher P. "Cuba's Two-wheel Revolution," Americas, 01 November, 1995. ProQuest. [LAPL, Los Angeles, CA]. 18 Feb. 2004 <http://www.proquest.com/> [The oil shortage of 1989 forced a reevaluation of transportation in Cuba and a new revolution that marks a two-wheel triumph over adversity. The popularity of the bicycle in Cuba is detailed.]
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2004/32252pf.htm -- U.S. State Department. Chp. 5 "Modernizing Infrastructure\" in Report to the President: Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, 2004
http://www.cubagov.cu/ingles/mapa.htm -- Cuba's Ministry of Transportation website –
transportation:
http://www.cubagov.cu/ingles/des_eco/mitrans/inicioi.html
housing:
http://www.cubagov.cu/ingles/des_eco/micons_web/pwg_mc_index.htm
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http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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