100 Best Urban Planning Blogs and Websites in 2024

1. Next City Inspiring Better Cities

The latest stories from Next City's Forefront series. Next City is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world.
Blog nextcity.org
Facebook Followers 40.5KTwitter Followers 117.1K Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 72 Get Email Contact Get Influential Bloggers ContactsGet access to 250k active Bloggers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the type of bloggers you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share blogger's data in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. The City Fix

TheCityFix is an online resource for the latest news and analysis on urban sustainability and development. Launched in 2007, the site connects a global network of writers, urban planners, designers, engineers and citizens who work to make cities better places to live. The blog is produced by WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute's program dedicated to shaping a future where cities work better for everyone.
Blog thecityfix.com
Twitter Followers 32.4KInstagram Followers 3K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 59 Get Email Contact

3. Planetizen - The independent resource for people passionate about planning and related fields

Planning: A professional practice and an academic study focused on the future of built environments and connected natural environments from the smallest towns to the largest cities and everything in between.Planetizen: The independent resource for people passionate about planning and related fields.
Blog planetizen.com
Facebook Followers 22.5KTwitter Followers 74.9K Frequency 4 posts/day Domain Authority 70 Get Email Contact

4. Strong Towns | Strong Towns Media

Strong Towns is a non-profit organization working to support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.
Blog strongtowns.org
Facebook Followers 117.4KTwitter Followers 91K Frequency 1 post/day Domain Authority 60 Get Email Contact

5. UN-Habitat | United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UN-Habitat, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. Improving the quality of urbanization results in better quality of life.
Blog unhabitat.org
Facebook Followers 99.6KTwitter Followers 131.8KInstagram Followers 88.5K Frequency 3 posts/week Domain Authority 73 Get Email Contact

6. Urban Land Magazine

Urban Land Magazine is the flagship publication of the Urban Land Institute, a member-based organization with global headquarters in Washington, D.C. Popular features include ULX, Developments, Trends, Awards, and other topics on the built environment, urbanism and commercial real estate.
Blog urbanland.uli.org
Twitter Followers 137.2K Frequency 4 posts/week Domain Authority 67 Get Email Contact

7. Urban & Regional Planning Blog

Urban, Town & Country Planning Information.
Blog urbanplanninginformation.blogspot.com
Facebook Followers 15Instagram Followers 9.1K Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 3 Get Email Contact

8. Brandon Donnelly

I'm an architect-trained and tech-obsessed real estate developer based in Toronto. This is my daily blog for city builders.
Blog brandondonnelly.com
Twitter Followers 7.6KInstagram Followers 4.9K Frequency 1 post/day Domain Authority 40 Get Email Contact

9. Seattle Transit Blog | Covering Transit and Land Use in the Greater Seattle Area

Seattle Transit Blog is an independent, award-winning publication covering transit and land use issues in Seattle and the Puget Sound area since 2007.
Blog seattletransitblog.com
Facebook Followers 2.1KTwitter Followers 24.6K Frequency 2 posts/day Since Feb 2007 Domain Authority 58 Get Email Contact

10. The Urbanist

The Urbanist was founded in early 2014 in order to examine and influence urban policies. We believe that cities provide unique opportunities for addressing many of the most difficult problems we face. Our website serves as a resource for promoting and disseminating ideas, creating community, and improving the places we live in.
Blog theurbanist.org
Facebook Followers 3.2KTwitter Followers 30.6KInstagram Followers 4.4K Frequency 2 posts/day Domain Authority 54 Get Email Contact

11. Human Transit - The professional blog of public transit consultant Jarrett Walker

I'm Jarrett Walker, and this is my professional blog. Since 1991 I've been a consulting transit planner, helping to design transit networks and policies for a huge range of communities. My goal here is to start conversations about how transit works, and how we can use it to create better cities and towns.
Blog humantransit.org
Twitter Followers 44.1K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 57 Get Email Contact

12. SPUR | | Ideas Action for a Better City

Through research, education and advocacy, SPUR promotes good planning and good government in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Blog spur.org
Facebook Followers 12.9KTwitter Followers 27.7KInstagram Followers 4.4K Frequency 6 posts/quarter Domain Authority 60 Get Email Contact

13. CityTalk

Opinions, ideas and knowledge you can apply to local and regional sustainable development.
Blog talkofthecities.iclei.org
Facebook Followers 4KTwitter Followers 41.3K Frequency 8 posts/month Domain Authority 62 Get Email Contact

14. New Geography

NewGeography.com is a site devoted to analyzing and discussing the places where we live and work. We want to know not only what is happening, but also how you, your company and your community can best adapt to rapidly changing conditions. We welcome your writing, your thoughts on the site, and your insights on economic development, metropolitan demographics, and community leadership.
Blog newgeography.com
Facebook Followers 5.9KTwitter Followers 6.3K Frequency 5 posts/week Domain Authority 69 Get Email Contact

15. The Pop-Up City

Golfstromen is an Amsterdam-based urban design and communications agency that launched Pop-Up City in 2008, out of a fascination for the ways in which citizens, organizations, enterprises, and governments were coming up with creative and flexible solutions to deal with this new urban dynamic.
Blog popupcity.net
Twitter Followers 16.4KInstagram Followers 6.3K Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 59 Get Email Contact

16. Urban Splash | Urban Splash Property News

The mission of the Urban Splash is to use quality architectural design to breathe new life into old buildings and regeneration areas, making them great places to live and work.
Blog urbansplash.co.uk
Facebook Followers 4.6KTwitter Followers 36KInstagram Followers 23.5K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 51 Get Email Contact

17. Building Salt Lake

Building Salt Lake is the premiere source for urban development news happening along the Wasatch Front. Because smart growth starts with us, Building Salt Lake seeks to engage readers and encourage its audience to become active participants in the development of their communities.
Blog buildingsaltlake.com
Facebook Followers 4.3KTwitter Followers 3.3KInstagram Followers 4.3K Frequency 4 posts/week Domain Authority 36 Get Email Contact

18. Spacing | Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

Spacing covers Canadian urbansim in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, Ottawa, & east coast cities. The topics ranges from Architecture, Urban Deisgn, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces
Blog spacing.ca
Facebook Followers 9.1KTwitter Followers 38.3K Frequency 2 posts/month Domain Authority 59 Get Email Contact

19. ATL Urbanist

Darin Givens lives in Downtown Atlanta with his family and writes about urbanism. Co-founder of ThreadATL, an urbanism advocacy group. ThreadATL.org
Blog atlurbanist.tumblr.com
Facebook Followers 4.4KTwitter Followers 7K Frequency 2 posts/week Domain Authority 32 Get Email Contact

20. Streets.MN

Our mission is to expand and improve the dialogue about land use, transportation, the environment and governance in Minnesota.
Blog streets.mn
Facebook Followers 2.5K Frequency 6 posts/week Domain Authority 59 Get Email Contact

21. DenverInfill Blog

Denver's online source for urbanism, planning, and infill and sustainable development.
Blog denverinfill.com
Facebook Followers 6.6KTwitter Followers 3.4KInstagram Followers 5.8K Frequency 2 posts/quarter Since Aug 2006 Domain Authority 47 Get Email Contact

22. Planning Tank

Planning Tank is the Urban, Regional, and Rural planning knowledge base useful for professionals and students of planning profession. Website provides information on various topics, theories, schemes and concepts of Urban Planning.
Blog planningtank.com
Facebook Followers 10.3KTwitter Followers 233Instagram Followers 3K Frequency 1 post/day Domain Authority 43 Get Email Contact

23. Michael Geller's Blog

Michael Geller is a Vancouver based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer with four decades' experience in the public, private and institutional sectors.
Blog gellersworldtravel.blogspot.com
Twitter Followers 8.4K Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 37 Get Email Contact

24. BLDGBLOG

BLDGBLOG (building blog) was launched in 2004 and is written by Geoff Manaugh. In addition to this site, I'm the author of two books the New York Times-bestselling A Burglar's Guide to the City and The BLDGBLOG Book as well as editor of a third, Landscape Futures: Instruments, Devices, and Architectural Inventions.
Blog bldgblog.com
Twitter Followers 347 Frequency 1 post/quarter Domain Authority 58 Get Email Contact

25. Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space by Richard Layman

I am an urban/commercial district revitalization and transportation/mobility advocate and consultant. Urban economic competitiveness is dependent on efficient transit and mixed use, compact places. Therefore, I end up writing mostly about mobility and urban design authored by Richard Laymen.
Blog urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com
Frequency 1 post/month Domain Authority 48 Get Email Contact

26. Urban Design Group

The Urban Design Group provides a forum for architectural, design, and urban planning firms to address urban design issues including information on urban design companies, events, news, and careers.
Blog udg.org.uk
Twitter Followers 10.2K Frequency 2 posts/quarter Domain Authority 46 Get Email Contact

27. Urban Design Lab

Urban Design Lab research publication platform serves as a space for researchers, urban planners, architects, and designers to share their findings and insights on urban design and showcase their work and engage in intellectual discussions with other professionals. It offers a variety of formats, including research papers, case studies, and visual presentations, to share their work and engage with the wider urban design community.
Blog urbandesignlab.in
Facebook Followers 6.4KTwitter Followers 65 Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 21 Get Email Contact

28. The Antiplanner

Welcome to the Antiplanner, a blog dedicated to ending government land-use regulation, comprehensive planning, and transportation boondoggles.
Blog ti.org
Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 49 Get Email Contact

29. The Black Urbanist | The Placemaking Blog of Kristen Jeffers

Black Urbanist is a forum about ideas, for solutions , ideas and for dreams about what our cities, our diverse cities, and all the places that support them, can be.
Blog theblackurbanist.com
Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 14.3K Frequency 17 posts/year Domain Authority 35 Get Email Contact

30. UQ|UP Blog

UQ|UP is part of the leading School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) at the University of Queensland - a university in the world's top 50 and one of Australia's Group of Eight. This is their informal Blog. All UQ|UP staff and HDR students contribute news, opinions, and research papers to this Blog.
Blog uq-urbanplanning.org
Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 2.2KInstagram Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 post/week Domain Authority 19 Get Email Contact