In addition to the list of the top 25 programs, the 2009 Guide also features a list of the top planning programs according to educators and practitioners by region, tuition, financial aid, and academic specialty. With detailed profiles of 100 programs in the U.S. and Canada, the 2009 Guide is the most thorough and comprehensive resource covering master's degree programs in urban planning, and is an essential tool for anyone considering graduate study in urban planning and closely related fields. Profiles of current graduate students and professional planners give prospective students an insider s view of the industry, helping them find the best school to meet their needs, along with advice on graduate school applications. To produce the 2009 Guide, Planetizen enlisted the help of the professional opinion research firm Davis, Hibbitts, and Midghall, Inc. to survey hundreds of professionals, educators and students. First published in 2006, the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs has been widely praised by prospective planning students as being the single most important tool used in deciding which schools they would attend. This new edition of the Guide includes even more information previously unavailable to prospective planning students. In addition, Planetizen consulted with a special committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) to ensure that the 2009 edition met the expectations of students, planning programs and faculty.

Planetizen 2009 Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs (Urban Planning Schools)

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While playing in the city park, little Hugo wonders, Who put these buildings here? Hugo's mother leads him on a whirlwind trip through the city, the country, and everything in-between to explain the answer. This engaging book is an easy introduction to the world of urban planning, and illustrates that every building has its place. The book is based on the urban-to-rural transect, which divides cities into six different zones ranging from rural countryside to dense skyscrapers. The transect is a great way to look at the building blocks of a city, and to start thinking about how all the pieces of a city get planned in relation to one another. The urban transect was originally created by Andrés Duany, a Miami architect. Every day, city planners help shape our cities and towns -- making streets safe for pedestrians, improving building designs so they meet the needs of citizens, improving traffic flow, creating bike paths and city parks, and preserving historic buildings. This book is a tribute to the work that they do in hopes that kids will learn more about this fascinating career at an early age. This fun to read, 22-page, full-color, hardcover book was written by Planetizen Managing Editor Tim Halbur and Editor Chris Steins, and features hand-colored illustrations by artist David Ryan.

Where Things Are, From Near To Far

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Planetizen's Insider’s Guide gives you a guided look at the variety of fascinating careers available in planning, design and development. Interviews with professionals from A (Architect) to Z (Zoning Administrator) reveal the challenges and rewards of their work, and their advice on how to get a job. We've included lists of significant employers and additional resources for every area of practice, and salary examples.

Insider's Guide to Careers in Urban Planning

Halbur, Tim

Berg, Nate

The Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs is the only comprehensive ranking and listing of graduate urban planning programs available. In its 3rd edition, the guide is exhaustively researched by the staff of Planetizen. Thousands of students have used the Guide to inform their decision on which graduate programs to apply to, and ultimately, attend.

Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs: 2012 Edition

Unwinding the unsustainable ways in which we’ve built our communities over the last half-century is the most pressing challenge confronting planning, design and development today. Utilizing a dozen case studies from throughout North America, Unsprawl examines the visionary, controversial and ultimately successful strategies employed to introduce new patterns of development into a regulatory, cultural and financial landscape structured to encourage sprawl. As architect Galina Tachieva notes in her foreword, “Whether they are downtown redevelopments, new greenfield villages, retrofits or ambitious sustainability experiments, the projects in this book demonstrate the long-needed revival of our thinking about urbanism.”

Unsprawl: Remixing Spaces as Places

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Buntin, Simmons B.

Pirie, Ken

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While playing in the city park, little Hugo wonders, "Who put these buildings here?" Hugo's mother leads him on a whirlwind trip through the city, the country, and everything in-between to explain the answer.This engaging book is an easy introduction to the world of urban planning, and illustrates that "every building has its place."

Where Things Are, From Near to Far

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Steins, Chris

Social Sciences

The Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs is the only comprehensive ranking and listing of graduate urban planning programs available. In its 4th edition, the guide is exhaustively researched by the staff of Planetizen. Thousands of students have used the Guide to inform their decision on which graduate programs to apply to, and ultimately, attend.

Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, 4th Edition

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Press, Planetizen

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The Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs is the only comprehensive ranking and listing of graduate urban planning programs available. In its 5th edition, the guide is exhaustively researched by the staff of Planetizen. Thousands of students have used the Guide to inform their decision on which graduate programs to apply to, and ultimately, attend.

Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, 5th Edition

Urban Planners: Take the Leadership Role in Urban Design Designing a good community entails so much more than architecture. But too often architects lead the discussion on urban design. In her clarion call for real community-based urban design, Emily Talen challenges planners to reengage in urban design to ensure that it supports and promotes diverse, sustainable, vibrant, and equitable communities. This book is a step-by-step guide to observing, analyzing, and designing civic minded, well-functioning, and pedestrian-oriented places. For planners to connect urban design to social objectives, they need the proper urban design tools, and this book provides them. It is organized as an easy-to-use manual of 10 exercises that rely on three types of software: mapping/spatial analysis (GIS), 3-D modeling (SketchUp), and graphics. Anyone with a little background in GIS and a few other user-friendly software programs can get up and running with the exercises in no time. Plus, the book includes an extensive list of discussion questions and additional activities to help planners understand and execute urban design.

Urban Design for Planners: Tools, Techniques, and Strategies

Talen, Emily

The Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs is the essential resource for prospective students considering graduate study in the fields of urban planning, city planning, and the built environment.The Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs is the only comprehensive ranking and listing of graduate urban planning programs available. In its 6th edition, the guide is exhaustively researched by the staff of Planetizen. Thousands of students have used the Guide to inform their decision on which graduate programs to apply to, and ultimately, attend.FEATURES- Detailed Profiles of 97 Graduate Urban Planning Programs in the United States- Profiles of Planning Students and Professionals- Advice for Selecting a Planning Program and Applying to Graduate School- Introduction to Graduate Study in the Field of Urban PlanningCOMPREHENSIVE RANKINGS- Top 25 Ranked Schools for Urban Planning Programs- Best Schools by Region (Midwest, Northeast, South, and West)- Top 25 Programs According to Educators- Additional rankingsNARROW DOWN YOUR GRADUATE PROGRAM SEARCH- Admissions Requirements and Statistics- Cost of Attendance- Faculty and Student Demographics- Specializations- Study Abroad OpportunitiesHEAR FROM- Current grad students, with advice on what to look for in a program- Practicing professionals, revealing how they made the most of their graduate studies- A planning professor, who explains how to launch your planning career- Planetizen's editorial staff, on why one would choose a career in urban planning

Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs, 6th Edition: The only comprehensive rankings of graduate urban planning programs

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