Organisation researching in the area of town and country planning and design, and environmental health. Commercial company, searches available only after registration.
Maintains several databases, including:
(a) information related to physical planning; maps and networks of cities, (including developing countries materials); vectorised and rasterised map data and related information.
(b) Directory database: descriptions of institutions (mostly government agencies and local government bodies) in the field of environmental planning and computer use world-wide. Coverage includes environment, habitat, urban environment, civil engineering, buildings, construction, geography. Some 12,000 from 1991 onwards. Produces printed directories (Urban environment, Urban habitat)