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PROPOLIS (Planning and Research for Land Use and Transport for Increasing Urban Sustainability): http://www.Itcon.fi.propolis

The aim is to research, develop and test integrated land use and transport policies, tools and comprehensive assessment methodologies in order to define sustainable long term urban strategies and to demonstrate their effects in European cities using urban land use and transport models, new GIS and Internet based modules and decision support tools.

ENSURE (European Network for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development): http://www.european-association/ensure/

ENSURE is a network of researchers and practitioners set up to develop trans-national co-operation, communication and linkages between research, policy, business and NGO sectors who are concerned with urban and regional development issues. It also serves as a clearinghouse for collaboration, fund-raising and acts as a gateway for information, methods and tools.

The Hackney Building Exploratory: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/hackney/

The Hackney Building Exploratory is a explore the use of internet based visualization to aid the design process of urban morphology.

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