Women in Planning

Pink light art installation above public plaza in Singapore by Janet Echelman.

Celebrating Women Urbanists

This International Women’s Month, we look back on our list of Most Influential Urbanists to highlight the contributions of women in urban planning and urban design.

March 12, 2024 - Planetizen

Downtown Skyline

When Men Control the Debate About the Future of Cities

Essential reading from Alissa Walker.

August 16, 2017 - Curbed

Protest

A Design-Focused Reading List for International Women's Day

A reading list inspired by International Women's Day delves into subjects like "empathy in design to the challenge of defining diversity."

March 8, 2017 - Doggerel

Gertrude Kerbis, Pioneering Female Architect

Architect Gertrude Kerbis worked for sixty years designing buildings in Chicago alongside more famous architects like Walter Gropius and Mies Van der Rohe. Preservation Magazine talks to her about her struggles as a woman in a male-dominated field.

March 25, 2010 - Preservation Magazine

Wooing Women to Transportation Planning

The Department of Transportation is teaming up with Spelman College in Atlanta for a new program designed to get more women into transportation careers.

September 23, 2009 - Welcome to the Fast Lane: Official Blog of the US Secretary of Transportation

News from HUD User

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

Call for Speakers

Mpact Transit + Community

New Updates on PD&R Edge

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Websites

The best of the Internet—since 2002.

Top Apps

Planning apps for a brave new world.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.