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Becoming an Urban Planner – A Guide to Careers in Planning and Urban Design A Guide to Careers in Planning and Urban Design




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Genere:Libro
Lingua: Inglese
Pubblicazione: 02/2010





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Becoming an Urban Planner answers these key questions:

What do urban planners do?

What are the educational requirements?

How do I enter the field?

How do I choose between the different types of planning, from land use planning to policy planning?

What is the future of the urban planning profession?

Here is a completely up-to-date guide to today's careers in urban planning-a clear and concise survey of the urban planning field and advice for navigating a successful career. Filled with interviews and guidance from leading urban planners, it covers everything from educational requirements to planning specialties and the many directions in which a career in urban planning can go.




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About the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: Becoming an Urban Planner: What Planners Do. Employment in Planning. A Young Profession: Planning Emerges in the Nineteenth Century. An Age of Idealism. The Advent of Zoning. Policy Planning Emerges Simultaneously. Planning and Social Injustice. Planning in the Late 20th Century. Urban Planning is About the Future. Urban Planning is About Place. Urban Planning is About Helping Other People Make Decisions. The Planning Process. Buyer Beware: Things You Might Not Like About a Career in Planning. What Kind of Salary Can a Planner Expect to Make? Skills for Becoming an Urban Planner. Chapter 2: Becoming an Urban Planner: Education. What Research Shows About Planners? Education. Preparing for a Professional Education. Text Box: Learning About Planning in Middle and High School. Communicating in Words. Communicating Through Pictures. Being Comfortable With Numbers. Drawing, Planning, and Urban Design. Picking a College Major. Text Box: Common Undergraduate Majors for Urban Planners. Text Box: A Few Good Book and At the Movies. And on to Graduate School. Choosing the Right Graduate Program. Text Box: How did you pick a school for your planning degree? Accreditation. Whats in a Name? Theses, Projects, or Other Capstone Requirements. Applying to Graduate School. Financing a Planning Education. Planning Curriculum: Knowledge, Skills, and Values. Specializations. Dual Degree Options. Alternative Paths. Public Administration. Urban Studies. Economics. Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design. Civil Engineering. Planning Law. Conclusion. Chapter 3: Becoming a Planner: Experience. Informational Interviews. Job Shadowing. Text Box: Organizations for Planning Students. Volunteer Experience. Text Box: Where Can You Volunteer in Planning. Internships. Cooperative Education. Peace Corps and Americorps VISTA. Networking to Break the Ice. Career Ladders: Moving Ahead From That First Job. Chapter 4: Many Paths Into a Planning Career. Entering the Field. Text Box: Why Did You Become an Urban Planner? Who Influenced You? Who Do You Want to Work For? Text Box: Moving Beyond Public versus Private. Private Sector: Becoming a Developer. Public Sector: Becoming a Small Town Planner. Role of the Consultant: Becoming a One-Person Planning Firm. Text Box: Mid-Career Decisions: Making Transitions. Planning Timeframe. Current Planning. Code Enforcement, Zoning Administration and Plan Review. Long-Range Planning. Comprehensive Planning. At What Geographic Scale Do You Want to Work? Community Planning. Text Box: Rural and Urban Planning. Planning in a Mid-Size City. Text Box: Becoming a Planning Director. Text Box: Merging Regional and Local Planning. Regional Planning. Planning at the State Level. Planning at the Federal Scale. What Planning Topics Interest You? Urban Design. Housing Planning and Policy. Economic Development Planning. Historic Preservation Planning. Community Engagement and Empowerment. Environmental & Natural Resource Planning. Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Land Use Planning, Law, and Code Enforcement. Planning and Codes. Planning Law. Fiscal Impact of Land Use Decisions. Transportation Planning. Transportation Modeling for Planning. Transit Planning. Transit Advocacy. Land Use and Transportation. Planning for Sustainability. Urban Design and New Urbanism. Planner as Change Agent: Livable Communities. Emerging Specializations in the Era of Sustainability. Hazard Mitigation Planning. Green Building and Green Communities. Planning for Sustainable Energy. Teaching Others to Become Planners. Challenges and Rewards. Greatest Challenges. Keeping the Big Picture in the Forefront. Working in Multi-disciplinary Teams. Implementation. Balancing Life and Work. Least Satisfying Parts of the Work. Waiting to Make a Difference. Wrong Decisions Made for the Wrong Reasons. Working with the Public--Sometimes. Paperwork and Administrative Tasks. Rewards. Diversity of the Work. Working with Great People. Seeing Success. Text Box: Would You Choose Planning Again? Chapter 5: What is the Future of Planning? Economic Recession and Planning. Geospatial Technology and Planning. Rediscovering Public Health. Carbon, Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Planning for Sustainable Energy. Planning and Climate Adaptation. Planners and Climate Mitigation. Resources. References.










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ISBN:

9780470278635

Condizione: Nuovo
Dimensioni: 230 x 16.56 x 187 mm Ø 658 gr
Formato: Brossura
Pagine Arabe: 336


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