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| About the Authors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Becoming an Urban Planner: What Planners Do | |
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| Employment in Planning | |
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| A Young Profession: Planning Emerges in the Late Nineteenth Century | |
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| An Age of Idealism in Design | |
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| The Advent of Zoning | |
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| Policy Planning Emerges Simultaneously | |
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| Planning and Social Injustice | |
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| Planning in the Late Twentieth Century | |
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| Urban Planning is about the Future | |
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| Urban Planning is about Place | |
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| Urban Planning is about Helping Other People Make Decisions | |
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| The Planning Process | |
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| Profile: Getting People Involved in the Process | |
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| Buyer Beware: Things You Might Not Like About a Career in Planning | |
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| What Kind of Salary Can a Planner Expect to Make? | |
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| Skills for Becoming an Urban Planner | |
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| Becoming an Urban Planner: Education | |
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| What Research Shows About Planners' Education | |
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| Preparing for a Professional Education | |
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| Communicating in Words | |
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| Communicating through Pictures | |
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| Being Comfortable with Numbers | |
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| Drawing, Planning, and Urban Design | |
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| Picking a College Major | |
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| And on to Graduate School | |
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| Choosing the Right Graduate Program | |
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| Accreditation | |
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| What's in a Name? | |
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| Theses, Projects, or Other Capstone Requirements | |
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| Applying to Graduate School | |
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| Financing a Planning Education | |
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| Planning Curriculum: Knowledge, Skills, and Values | |
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| Specializations | |
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| Dual-Degree Options | |
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| Alternative Paths | |
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| Public Administration | |
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| Urban Studies | |
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| Economics | |
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| Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design | |
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| Civil Engineering | |
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| Planning Law | |
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| Profile: Becoming a Land Use Lawyer | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Becoming an Urban Planner: Experience | |
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| Informational Interviews | |
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| Job Shadowing | |
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| Volunteer Experience | |
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| Internships | |
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| Cooperative Education | |
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| Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA | |
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| Networking to Break the ice | |
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| Career Ladders: Moving Ahead From That First Job | |
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| Planners' Many Paths | |
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| Many Paths into a Planning Career | |
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| Profile: Entering the Field | |
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| Profile: Using Your Analytic and Creative Talents | |
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| Profile: Applying a Talent for Mapping | |
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| Who Influenced You? | |
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| Where Do You Want to Work? | |
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| Profile: Becoming a Developer | |
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| Profile: Becoming a Small Town Planner | |
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| Profile: Establishing a One-Person Planning Firm | |
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| Profile: Making Transitions | |
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| Planning Timeframes | |
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| Current Planning | |
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| Profile: Enforcing Codes and Reviewing Plans | |
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| Profile: Addressing the Challenges of Long-Range Planning | |
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| Profile: Improving Quality of Life in the Long Term | |
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| Profile: Creating Comprehensive Plans | |
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| At What Geographic Scale Do You Want to Work? | |
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| Profile: Working with Communities | |
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| Profile: Bridging Rural and Urban Areas | |
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| Profile: Planning in a Midsized City | |
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| Profile: Becoming a Planning Director | |
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| Profile: Charting Another Path to Planning Director | |
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| Profile: Merging Regional and Local Planning | |
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| Profile: Planning at the Regional Scale | |
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| Profile: Planning at the State Level | |
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| Profile: Leading a State Planning Agency | |
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| Profile: Planning in the Federal Government | |
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| Profile: Consulting for the Federal Government | |
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| What Planning Topics Interest You? | |
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| Urban Design | |
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| Profile: Designing Places | |
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| Profile: Using Urban Design to Create Consensus | |
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| Housing Planning and Policy | |
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| Profile: Filling Housing Needs | |
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| Economic Development Planning | |
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| Profile: Planning for Economic Development: Public Sector | |
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| Profile: Planning for Economic Development: Consulting | |
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| Historic Preservation Planning | |
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| Profile: Protecting, Preserving, and Planning for Historic and Cultural Resources | |
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| Community Engagement and Empowerment | |
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| Profile: Engaging Neighborhoods | |
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| Profile: Listening to People | |
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| Environmental and Natural Resources Planning | |
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| Profile: Advocating for Sustainability | |
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| Profile: Specializing in a Holistic Way | |
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| Geographic Information Systems | |
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| Profile: Specializing in GIS | |
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| Land Use Planning, Law, and Code Enforcement | |
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| Profile: Bridging Technical Disciplines | |
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| Profile: Specializing in Code Writing | |
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| Profile: Specializing in Land Use Law | |
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| Profile: Assessing the Economic Impacts of Land Use Decisions | |
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| Transportation Planning | |
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| Profile: Developing Transportation Models | |
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| Profile: Planning for Transit | |
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| Profile: Advocating for Transit and Transportation Improvements | |
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| Profile: integrating Land Use and Transportation | |
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| Planning For Sustainability | |
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| New Urbanism | |
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| Profile: Applying the Principles of New Urbanism | |
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| Profile: Fostering Transit-Oriented Development | |
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| Profile: Creating Change and Livable Communities | |
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| Profile: Planning for Bicyclists and Pedestrians | |
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| Emerging Specializations in the Era of Sustainability | |
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| Profile: Planning for Hazards and Emergencies | |
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| Profile: Developing Green Communities | |
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| Profile: Planning for Sustainable Energy | |
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| Teaching Others to Become Planners | |
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| Profile: Becoming a Planning Professor | |
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| Profile: Moving from Planner to Professor | |
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| Profile: Being Called to a University Career-With a Practical Slant | |
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| Challenges and Rewards | |
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| What is the Future of Planning? | |
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| Economic Recession and Planning | |
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| Profile: Coping with Layoff | |
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| Geospatial Technology and Planning | |
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| Profile: Adapting Zoning to the Twenty-first Century | |
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| Rediscovering Public Health | |
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| Profile: Planning Healthy Communities | |
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| Carbon, Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Planning for Sustainable Energy | |
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| Planning For Climate Adaptation | |
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| Planning For Climate Mitigation | |
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| A Bright Future for Planning | |
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| Resources | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |