ARCHITECTURE and COMMUNITY

• Some Notes on Christopher Alexander UTSA mathematician Nikos Salingaros, a friend and collaborator of Alexander's, has assembled a rich site based on Alexander's understanding of timeless design.
• Metropolis Magazine
  Make sure to see the mention of the Living with Water Design Charrette in their December issue!
• The Texas Architect/TSA web site.
• Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association
  
• Architectural Resources on the Net
• AIA World Wide Web Site
• Mike Greenberg's Front Porch
  Considering architecture, urban design and ideas in San Antonio, TX.
• The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center (PAIRC)
  PAIRC contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, urbanism and related topics. PAIRC also contains information about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas.
• Ahwahnee Principles
  A set of planning principles that draws upon the best from the past and the present to guide the planning of communities that will more successfully serve the needs of those who live and work within them.(added 31 December 1996)
• Austin, TX Green Building Sourcebook
  The Sustainable Building Sourcebook was developed to complement the efforts of the Green Builder Program to foster the implementation of environmentally responsible practices in homebuilding. added 29 November 1996
• Arcosanti
  26 years ago, the Cosanti Foundation began building Arcosanti, an experimental town in the high desert of Arizona. When complete, Arcosanti will house 7000 people, demonstrating ways to improve urban conditions and lessen our destructive impact on the earth.(added 25 December 1996)
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  Rocky Mountain Institute is a nonprofit research and educational foundation with a vision across boundaries. Its mission is to foster the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security.(added 20 December 1996)
• The Access Board
  Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities. (added 20 December 1996)
• IMPLOSION
  a site devoted to the study of Architectural Anthropology
• Home from Nowhere
  This article by James Howard Kuntsler in the Atlantic struck a chord with the Charrette steering committee
• Planning Commissioners Journal
  See especially the articles on:
  Shaping Our Communities: The Impacts of Information-Technology
  Conservation Design for Subdivisions
• Cyberini
  The purpose of Cyberini is to speculate on the nature of architecture education in cyberspace ... in the future. (added December 19, 1996)
• One World
  A gateway to a United Nations related organization with links to articles on sustainable and environmental design in cities AROUND THE WORLD.(added 11 March 1997)
• Best Practices Database
  Sponsored by the United Nations, this searchable database contains proven solutions to common urban problems facing the world's cities today
• Built Environment Center
  The Built Environment Center (BEC) is an electronic workplace and a forum for information and services regarding urban and community development, buildings and facilities, infrastructure, and open space in the built environment.
• Center for Sustainable Communities
  A project of the University of Washington. Especially look at their tutorial on sustainability, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. (added 21 November 1996)

WATER

• Recommended Water Policy Strategy for the San Antonio Area
  Framework for Progress, the January 23, 1997 report of the Citizen's Committee on Water Policy
• The Edwards Aquifer
  A slide show by groundwater hydrogeologist George Rice
• Edwards Aquifer: The Final Thirst
  Hosted by Southwest Texas University. Statistics, historical persepective and an Aquifer simulation model.
• The Water Crisis
  Special collection of articles on the Bexar County water crisis compiled by the San Antonio Express-News Online
• The Edwards Aquifer
  by ecologist Gregg Eckhardt
• Texas Water Net
  Hosted by Texas A&M University. Especially pertinent is their article on Why Droughts Plague Texas and their list of water-related links. (added 21 November 1996.)
• Texas WetNet
  WetNet will enhance the wetland protection capabilities of state and federal regulatory agencies operating in Texas, and will provide accurate and up-to-date information to local governments, universities, and the general public. (added 19 December, 1996)
• USA Water News
  Coverage includes water supply, water quality, policy and legislation, litigation and water rights, conservation, climate, international water news, and more. (added 21 December, 1996)
• National Institutes for Water Resources
  The National Institutes for Water Resources is a network of Research Institutes in every state. They conduct basic and applied research to solve water problems unique to their area. (added 19 December, 1996)
• International Groundwater Modelling Center
  The Center's main goal is to advance and improve the use of modeling methodologies in the development and implementation of effective ground-water management procedures by regulatory and planning agencies, and by industry. Site has medelling software for download.(added 21 December, 1996)
• Clearwater
  The intent was to have one boat work to save one river. Almost 30 years later it still sails the Hudson River in strong winds.
• Water
  United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
  GREEN's mission is to improve education through a global network that promotes watershed sustainability
• EcoNet's Water, Seas, Oceans and Rivers Directory
• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
  The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System - CERES - is an information system developed by the California Resources Agency to facilitate access to a variety of electronic data describing California's rich and diverse environments
• USGS Water Resources of the United States
  Especially interesting is real time hydrologic data on:
  San Antonio River near Elmendorf
  
  Leon Creek at IH-35
  
  Salado Creek (Lower Station)
  
  San Antonio River at Loop 410
• Hydrology Web
  A list of links to other Internet resources maintained bt the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Environmental Technology Division
• American Water Works Association
  Founded in 1881, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. (added 25 December, 1996)
• River Network
  River Network's mission is to help people organize to protect and restore rivers and watersheds. (added 25 December, 1996)

• Online Planning
  A British site and journal about the use of the Internet in community planning. added 17 March 1998.
• Rivertown Simulation
  An interactive Web experience brought to you by the Urban and Regional Planning Program at Eastern Michigan University. The simulation deals with the revitalization of the fictional downtown of Rivertown. added 17 March 1998.
• ESRI
  Live Internet Mapping Demos. added 17 March 1998.
• Collaborative Urban Design through Computer Simulations
  A senior honours essay prepared for the School of Urban and Regional Planning University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada added 17 March 1998.
• SalsaNet Media Lab
  To learn about the web.