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 Are you thinking about becoming an engineer?
. . . or an architect?
. . . or even a mayor?
What about becoming an
URBAN PLANNER ? ! ? !
An urban planner is a professional who works to improve the entire community’s quality of life.
A planner helps shape a neighborhood, town, city, or even larger geographic area—including
buildings, roads, bridges, parks, vehicles, and services. It’s a planner's job to see the “big picture”
and ensure that everyone in their community can live a happy, healthy, sustainable life.

Urban planners know about Urban planners can

a lot of different things! specialize in . . .
Cities Making sure Land Use/ Natural
people can find Zoning* Resources
Farms
jobs
Trains Parks & Transportation
Making sure Recreation
Buses people can get to Economic
schools & Housing Development
Boats
doctors Energy *definition on reverse
Planes
Helping citizens,
Drones businesses, and
Bridges lawmakers talk
to one another
Roads Urban planners can work
Sidewalks
Collecting &
understanding in a lot of different places!
Bike lanes data
Town, city, state, Colleges &
Parks Designing or national Universities
surveys government
Parking lots Non-profits
Understanding Engineering or
Maps For themselves!
how Architecture
Wind farms communities companies
change over time
Solar panels
Being nicer to
Making good our planet
laws &
regulations

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*Zoning is deciding how each area in a community should be used.
Urban planners divide land into Residential Zones (where people
live), Commercial Zones (where people buy things and access
services), Industrial Zones (where people or machines make things),
parks, and open spaces. Then they help make rules about what, how,
and when things can be build or changed in each area.