Resources

UPP Friends & Educational Resources

New to urbanism and want to dive in deeper? You came to the right place! We've compiled links to some of our favorite resources for researching and debating urbanism. (Note, there's no one path to urbanism, and we are not fully endorsing any of these writers' views.) We hope you’ll join us in our friendly debate and efforts to build a better, more urban Phoenix.

Phoenix light rail train, cyclist, and pedestrians in Downtown Phoenix

Local Allies

people walking on sidewalk

Complete Streets

Downtown Tucson

Regional Friends

  • Living Streets Alliance • advocating for complete streets and transportation equity in the Tucson metro area

  • Urban ABQ • the main proponents of urbanism in Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico

group of people walking in Downtown Phoenix

Better Buildings

  • YIMBY Action • advocates for more housing and density

  • Strong Towns • a little bit of everything, but really unique in approaching incremental design

  • Congress for the New Urbanism • focused on placemaking and what it takes to build urban communities

  • Planetizen • an online planning magazine

  • Shelterforce • an online housing and community organizing magazine

  • Next City • an online magazine about community development and project-based activations

  • Bloomberg CityLab • an online newspaper for city-based issues with a variety of focuses including urbanist, environmental, and government

  • Bloomberg Government Innovation • a newsletter on city management improvements that sometimes overlaps with development

  • The Western Planner • a publication of the Arizona Planning Association and affiliates about city planning