DESIGN a ‘ a aeCareers Urban Plans E FUTURE Of N PLANNING PROF 70-2 7863-5 i 53995 | | | slraou7ole7eess! MlABOUT THE AUTHORS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS EB Becoming an Urban Planner: ___What Planners Do Employment in Planning A Young Profession: Planning Emerges in the Late Nineteenth Century AN AGE OF IDEALISM IN DESIGN THE ADVENT OF ZONING POLICY PLANNING EMERGES SIMULTANEOUSLY PLANNING AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE PLANNING IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY Urban Planning Is about the Future Urban Planning Is about Place Urban Planning Is about Helping Other People Make Decisions The Planning Process Profile: Getting People Involved in the 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 11 23 25 26 @) Becoming an Urban Planner: Education 4 — What Research Shows About Planners’ Education Preparing for a Professional Education Communicating in Words Communicating through Pictures Being Comfortable with Numbers Drawing, Planning, and Urban Design Picking a College Major And on to Graduate School Choosing the Right Graduate Program ACCREDITATION WHAT'S IN A NAME? THESES, PROJECTS, OR OTHER CAPSTONE REQUIREMENTS Applying to Graduate Schoo! Financing a Planning Education Planning Curriculum: Knowledge, Skills, and Values Specializations Dual-Degree Options Alternative Paths PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION URBAN STUDIES 31 32 42 45 30 o4 60 63 65 69 70 70 70 #3 74 78 78 #9 79 80 ViiProfile: Planning for Economic Profile: Planning for Bicyclists and Development: Consulting 198 Pedestrians 262 HISTORIC PRESERVATION EMERGING SPECIALIZATIONS IN PLANNING 200 THE ERA OF SUSTAINABILITY 263 Profile: Protecting, Preserving, and Planning Profile: Planning for Hazards and for Historic and Cultural Resources 202 Emergencies 264 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND Profile: Developing Green Communities 266 EMPOWERMENT an Profile: Planning for Sustainable Energy 268 file: ing Nej h 208 ; Profle: Engaging Meighisorhoods Teaching Others to Become Planners 270 Profile: Li i Peopl 211 nEnSS eee So Profile: Becoming a Planning Professor 271 ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES PLANNING 216 Profile: Moving from Planner to Professor 275 Profile: Advocating for Sustainability 219 Profile: Being Called to a University Career—With a Practical Slant 279 Profile: Specializing in a Holistic Way 221 Challenges and Rewards 281 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 222 Profile: Specializing in GIS 223 GS What is the Future of LAND USE PLANNING, LAW, AND Panning? 293 CODE ENFORCEMENT 225 = ——— Profile: Bridging Technical Disciplines 227 Economic Recession and Planning 293 Profile: Specializing in Code Writing 231 Profile: Coping with Layoff 294 Profile: Specializing in Land Use Law 232 Geospatial Technology and Planning 295 Profile: Assessing the Economic impacts Profile: Adapting Zoning to the of Land Use Decisions 234 Twenty-first Century 295 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING 238 Rediscovering Public Health 296 Profile: Developing Transportation Models 239 Profile: Planning Healthy Communities 297 Profile: Planning for Transit 243 Carbon, Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Profile: Advocating for Transit and Planning for Sustainable Energy 300 Transportation Improvements 245 PLANNING FOR CLIMATE Profile: Integrating Land Use and BSP RSRON an Transportation 247 PLANNING FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION 304 PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY 250 a 252 A Bright Future for Planning 306 Profile: Applying the Principles of New Urbanism 453 Resources 307 Profile: Fostering Transit-Oriented Development 256 References 311 Profile: Creating Change and Livable Communities 390 6 Index 313ECONOMICS 81 Planning Timeframes 131 ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE CURRENT PLANNING 131 ARCHITECTURE, AND URBAN DESIGN 81 Profile: Enforcing Codes and Reviewing Plans 133 CIVIL ENGINEERING 81 Profile: Addressing the Challenges PLANNING LAW 82 of Long-Range Planning 136 Profile: Becoming a Land Use Lawyer a4 Profile: Improving Quality of Life Conclusion as in the Long Term 136 Profile: Creating Comprehensive Plans 140 &) Becoming an Urban Planner: At What Geographic Scale Do You Experience 87 Want to Wark? 144 Sa Profile: Working with Communities 145 Informational Interviews 88 Profile: Bridging Rural and Urban Areas 148 Job Shadowing 89 Profile: Planning in a Midsized City 150 an Profile: Becoming a Planning Director 153 Volunteer Experience Profile: Charting Another Path to Internships ae Planning Director 159 Cooperative Education 25 Profile: Merging Regional and Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA 94 Local Planning 164 Networking to Break the Ice 96 Profile: Planning at the Regional Scale 167 CAREER LADDERS: MOVING AHEAD Profile: Planning at the State Level 170 FROM THAT FIRST JOB 97 Profile: Leading a State Planning Agency 173 Profile: Planning in the Federal @% Planners’ Many Paths 99 Government 175 Sn En Profile: Consulting for the Federal Many Paths into a Planning Career 99 Government 78 Profile: Entering the Field 100 What Planning Topics Interest You? 179 Profile: Using Your Analytic and URBAN DESIGN 179 Creative Talents 102 Profile: Applying a Talent for Mapping 104 AOI Re ete STL ne rl Profile: Using Urban Design to Create Who Influenced You? 109 Consensus 185 Where Do You Want to Work? 117 HOUSING PLANNING AND POLICY 189 Profile: Becoming a Developer 119 Profile: Filling Housing Needs 196 Profile: Becoming a Small Town Planner = 122 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Profile; Establishing a One-Person PLANNING 193 Planning Fira 124 Profile: Planning for Economic Profile: Making Transitions 12? Development: Public Sector 195