END498: Research Projects in Environmental Design : General Web Resources
Civic Data:
- Data Smart City SolutionsCreated by Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, the website works to catalyze adoption of data projects on the local government level by serving as a central resource for cities interested in this emerging field. Highlighting best practices, top innovators, and promising case studies while also connecting leading industry, academic, and government officials.
- CivicDataCivicData is a free open data solution created by Accela, a leading provider of civic engagement solutions for government agencies.
Environment:
- Our World in DataThe mission is to make data and research on the world’s largest problems understandable and accessible. The site us broadly organized around the UN Global Sustainability goals, themes include health, food provision, the growth and distribution of incomes, violence, rights, wars, culture, energy use, education, and environmental changes.
- Envirofacts Data WarehouseFrom the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- NOAA Data Discovery PortalNOAA OneStop provides enhanced collection and granule searching for only those datasets archived at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Statistical Information & Maps:
- County Business Patterns (CBP)-U.S., States, and Counties tables start from 1998 to current year.
-Puerto Rico tables start from 2003 to current year.
-Island Areas tables start from 2008 to current year.
-ZIP Codes tables start from 1998 to current year.
-Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas tables start from 1998 to current year.
-Congressional District tables start from 2013 to current year.
- Fire Insurance Maps online This link opens in a new windowFire Insurance Maps online (FIMo) is an online subscription service that provides access to historical map collection. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowDemographic information about the United States including historical data back to 1790. More InfoData UB ONLY
Food Security:
- World Food and Agriculture - Statistical Yearbook 2020his publication offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape.
- FAOLEX DatabaseFAOLEX is a comprehensive and up-to-date legislative and policy database, one of the world's largest online repositories of national laws, regulations and policies on food, agriculture and natural resources management.
- FAOSTATFAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.
- Food Security in the U.S.USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) plays a leading role in research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households and communities. ERS provides data access and technical support to social science scholars to facilitate their research on food security.
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Hunger and Food Security ProgramsNIFA addresses hunger and food security through research, education, and extension work within the Land-Grant University System; through federally funded state nutrition education programs; through grant programs for private nonprofits to address community food security issues; and through partnerships across USDA.
Transportation:
The National Transportation Library (NTL) is a repository of U.S. DOT transportation information, serves as a portal transportation data, and provides library services to U.S. DOT employees. NTL’s mission is to maintain and facilitate access to statistical and other information needed for transportation decision-making at the Federal, State, and local levels and to coordinate with public and private transportation libraries and information providers to improve information sharing among the transportation community.
The Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP) is a national collaborative working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. STPP monitors trends, emerging issues, needs, and new policy proposals related to the planning and implementation of transportation in the United States. Of particular interest are issues related to safety, the environment, sound asset management, planning, and public policy.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics provides statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.
Town Plans
To find town plans:
Google keyword search: site:.gov city plan (add city name)
ex: site:.gov city plan Buffalo, NY
You can add in zoning, land use or any other topic you are searching.
Urban Issues:
- HUD DatasetsHUD provides interested researchers with access to the original datasets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, median family incomes and income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Data & ToolkitsFreely available datasets are critical for policy analysis.
- National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA)Each NaNDA dataset represents a set of measures on a single topic of interest. Examples of topics to be found in NaNDA (now or in the future) include socioeconomic disadvantage and affluence, walkability, crime, land use, recreational centers, libraries, fast food, climate, healthcare, housing, public transit, and more. Measures are available at multiple levels of spatial scale, from county to census tract to block group. New measures and spatial scales are added regularly.
- Urban Institute - Data/VizKey stats, graphs, and maps on economic and social policy