Michael Bayer, Nancy Frank, Jason Valerius

Becoming an Urban Planner (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Careers in Planning and Urban Design

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Becoming an URBAN PLANNER Are you considering a career in urban planning? Becoming an Urban Planner is the best place to start. Through in-depth interviews with more than eighty urban planners across the United States and Canada, this book gives you a valuable insider's look at your future profession as it is lived and practiced. Becoming an Urban Planner introduces you to the urban planning profession--its history, what you must know to prepare for a career in planning, and the different types of planning jobs. Beyond the basics, though, it shows you the realities of what it's really like to be a planner today. You'll learn about: * The skills you'll need and how to hone them in school and on the job * Potential career paths and what people in these positions do * Using internships, job shadowing, and other opportunities to break into the field * Deciding among planning specialties and moving between public and private sectors * How to search for and get your first position * Emerging areas in planning, including sustainability and climate change Each topic is explored through in-depth interviews with both generalists and others who have devoted their careers to a particular aspect of planning. These professionals share their insights and describe how they have arrived at where they are and how beginners like you can learn from their experiences. With the information from this book to guide and inspire you, you will be able to chart your own path to success as an urban planner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118174357
• Artikelnr.: 37338032

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL BAYER, AICP, is a planner with Environmental Resources Management in Annapolis, Maryland. Before becoming an urban planner, he was a newspaper reporter whose articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Journal Gazette, the Post-Bulletin, as well as Planning magazine. NANCY FRANK, PhD, AICP, is an associate professor and the chair of the department of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Frank has been instrumental in the development of the School for Urban Planning and Architecture (SUPAR), a charter Milwaukee public high school that opened in fall 2007. JASON VALERIUS, AICP, is a planner and urban designer for MSA Professional Services, in Madison, Wisconsin. Valerius served for four years as assistant editor of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Planning Association quarterly newsletter (WAPANews).

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Becoming an Urban Planner:
What Planners Do. Employment in Planning. A Young Profession: Planning
Emerges in the Late Nineteenth 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. 2. Becoming an Urban
Planner: Education. 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. Applying to Graduate School.
Financing a Planning Education. Planning Curriculum: Knowledge, Skills, and
Values. Specializations. Dual-Degree Options. Alternative Paths.
Conclusion. 3. Becoming an Urban Planner: Experience. Informational
Interviews. Job Shadowing. Volunteer Experience. Internships. Cooperative
Education. Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA. Networking to Break the Ice.
4. Planners' Many Paths. Many Paths into a Planning Career. Who Influenced
You? Where Do You Want to Work? Planning Timeframes. At What Geographic
Scale Do You Want to Work? What Planning Topics Interest You? Urban Design.
Housing Planning and Policy. Economic Development Planning. Historic
Preservation Planning. Community Engagement and Empowerment. Environmental
and Natural Resources Planning. Geographic Information Systems. Land Use
Planning, Law, and Code Enforcement. Transportation Planning. Planning for
Sustainability. Emerging Specializations in the Era of Sustainability.
Teaching Others to Become Planners. Challenges and Rewards. 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. A Bright Future for Planning.
Resources. References. Index.