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Becoming an urban planner
Urban planning is defined as a professional that offers opportunities for people that have different talents and inspirations. Urban planner tends to plan future of urban areas in working areas by ensuring that cities and states have what they require for a growing. Acquiring experience is the primary factor in becoming an urban planner. This experience helps an individual to be aware of what is needed in their field. The more experience one acquire the more productive he become in performing his tasks as a planner. To enhance future planners, fully engagement in the community activities in the United States takes place up to date. High schools have focused on the fields that relate to city planning and issues that planners deal with every day (pp, 87).
An informational interview is the first step in pursuing a volunteer opportunity. This involves interaction between students desiring to be planners and people working in the field. This technique involves career exploration and professional advices to students (pp88). Professional’s planners should therefore be willing to offer their time in learning the field through preparation for the interview through asking question that pertain the field. The questions include: The duties performed daily in planning field, Requirements required for success in the field, The kind of job internship experience and how an individual obtain work experience. To make the learning effective, keeping time in meetings should be observed.
Planners have great impact on the society and its environment in that they help in: finding out how much land should be left for homes to be built. Some planners, work with the community in determining the proportion on how houses should be built hence ensuring proper planning in building houses take place. As a result of working on policies that affects the price of housing in a community, they ensure that residents attain affordable houses that are available to them. In additional to this, they ensure there are basic urban infrastructures that are available. These include clean water for drinking along with proper sewer system. For sufficient supply of water in the future they work together with hydro geologists and civil engineers. Some planners tend to focus on community development through increasing social justice and coming up with ways that reduce poverty. They provide help to small business; improve the quality of affordable housing. They also develop programs so that jobs may be available in the community.
Planners go through challenges in that, public involvement is not easy. It is difficult to find people who are devoted to participate in planning process. Many professional in planning require one to attend meetings that start from five in the evening that may complicate family scheduling and interfere with recreation activities that happens after work (pp, 99). Completing the professional responsibilities is also a challenge. Planners find the role of politics planning been frustrating and hard to come up with solutions. This is due to the fact that, decisions along with actions needed in planning when taken to the government may be delayed by prolong debate that is not of use (pp, 99).
Planners take many paths to their career. Some may learn from their sisters, parents or else uncles. Almost all planners are drawn to their career in focusing on making the world a better place. They do find satisfaction in their work. Some students may become planners due to various reasons. Some may have had interest in architecture along with economics and environmental. For some may be as a result of getting a scholarship among others.
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