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web pages"
see also:
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Web Style Guide (Yale
University)
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of Planning (AESOP) | links
PlannersWeb (Planning Commissioners
Journal)
Wendell Berry, "How To Be a Poet"
Prof Campbell's pages of links:
academic writing, citation formats, and
the problem of plagiarism
how to create web pages for student
work
on Berlin
on Detroit
Academic Research and the Social Hierarchy of Conferences
Prof Campbell's Courses (past and present):
UP504
Quantitative Planning Methods • including section on graphic
design: tables and charts
UP523 Regional Planning
UP532 Sustainable Development (last
taught Fall 1999)
UP538 Economic Development Planning
UP539 Methods of Economic Development Planning
UP540 Planning Theory
UP650 Advanced Planning Theory
Local & Regional Economic Development
UM's Community Economic Adjustment Program • links to other resources (useful)
The Northeast-Midwest Institute
HUD Office of Policy Development and Research • Economic Development
International Economic Development Council
STATISTICS / DATA SOURCES by type/source
US Census
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- Data Access Tools, including the American Fact Finder
- Economic Census • data set by geography • 2007 Census data release schedule
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- Statistical Abstract (easy to search)
- City and County Data Book
- State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
- County Business Patterns
- (overview of Census data -- from UP504)
Other US Government Resources
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) • including:
• Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject
• Local Area Unemployment
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• Occupational Employment and Wages
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• National Employment Matrix
US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (data at the national, international, regional and industrial levels) - including:
• GDP by state & metro areas
• Regional Economic Accounts Interactive Chart
DATA.GOV
Fedstats (a nice gateway to federal statistics)
EDA
• tools
Bureau
of Transportation Statistics
USA.gov: Economic Development and Infrastructure
Federal Reserve Bank •
Economic Research & Data
HUD: data sets • State of the Cities Data System
International Sources
United Nations Development Program (UNDP): Statistics
UN Statistics Division • UNdata • UN comtrade
World Bank • data
International Labour Organization • statistics
Globalization and World Cities Research Network
IMF • data and statistics
European Union • statistics
OECD
• statistics
Inter-American Development Bank
• research and data
World Government Data (Guardian.co.uk)
Europa World Plus (UM access)
Resources at UM
US Government Documents Center
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) • Data
Access
SAND (Spatial and Numeric Data Services)
U-M Spatial Analysis &
GIS
UM China Data Center
UM Map Library
Lexis
LexisNexis (statistics) • alternate link: Statistical Universe
Other
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• data
• Economic Indicators and Releases
Econdata.net • quick links
Economic Policy Institute: Datazone
SEMCOG (Southeast Michigan Council
of Governments)
visualizingeconomics.com/