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Do you like working with people ?

Do you like working with people ?. Do you enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems ?. Do you seek an opportunity to positively affect the way people live?. The future has always held the promise of a better tomorrow.

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Do you like working with people ?

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  1. Do you like working with people?

  2. Do you enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems?

  3. Do you seek an opportunity to positively affect the way people live?

  4. The future has always held the promise of a better tomorrow

  5. To help realize this promise, citizens and public officials turn to professional planners

  6. Planners invite residents and other community stakeholders into the planning process

  7. Together, they address existing problems, identify strengths and opportunities, and create solutions to build better communities

  8. Planners offer the technical skill and creative vision to make the future a reality

  9. Interested in becoming a professional planner? Master of Urban Planning The Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning offers a degree program leading to the

  10. We offer several emphasis areas: • General Planning • Health Systems Planning • Environmental Hazard Management • Urban Design and Community Development • Historic Preservation • Transportation Planning • Sustainable Urbanism

  11. General Planning Prepares students to assist communities in the development and implementation of plans which: • Focus on comprehensive, long-range issues • Reflect the vision of the community and the region • Relate physical design proposals to community goals and social and economic policies • Create a plan that has both broad policies and technical strategies for positive change .

  12. Student planners prepared an award-winning comprehensive plan for the City of Navasota, Texas

  13. Health Systems Planning Prepares students to address issues including: • Health and disease in human populations • The delivery of health services • The operation and management of health care systems • The effect of the environment on health

  14. Planners work with emergency personnel to secure safe response times in emergency situations

  15. Environmental Hazard Management Students learn about: • Hazard/vulnerability analysis • Hazard mitigation • Preparedness for emergency response and recovery • Emergency response • Disaster recovery

  16. Planners can mitigate the damage wrought by natural disasters After disasters, cities rebuild through the efforts of planners at local, state and federal levels

  17. Urban Design and Community Development Prepares students to find creative solutions for issues like: • Revitalizing urban neighborhoods • Increasing the supply of affordable, quality housing • Combating sprawl to improve the social and physical design of neighborhoods • Empowering residents to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods and communities

  18. These communities are designed to offer: Subsidized, market-rate and homeownership opportunities Social, economic and architectural diversity Vibrant, sustainable neighborhoods Access to shops, workplaces, transportation, community services Better quality of life for residents Planners and urban designers redevelop public housing to create mixed-income communities Durham, NC’s Few Gardens is being developed by The Community Builders, Inc., a non-profit urban housing developer.

  19. Historic Preservation Planning Prepares students to: • Identify opportunities to protect and enhance our cultural resources • Implement development and financing tools to preserve historic areas and structures • Use preservation and restoration techniques to reflect our history and create a sense of place

  20. Planners preserved the historic integrity of the New Orleans’ Garden District Planners ensured that redeveloped public housing was compatible with the housing in the historic district

  21. Transportation Planning Prepares students to create transportation systems that: • Support economic vitality and quality of life • Provide multiple modes of transport • Link vital land uses • Do not contribute to environmental degradation • Function efficiently

  22. Planners make areas near schools safer for children to walk and ride their bicycles

  23. Sustainable Urbanism Students learn how to plan communities that: • Meet present needs without undermining the capacity to meet future needs • Promote the integrity of ecosystems • Raise the quality of life • Sustain equitable economic gain

  24. Students identified seven principles to guide development : Interdependence Collaboration Stewardship Prevention Efficiency Responsibility Student Planners developed this sustainable comprehensive plan for Nacogdoches, Texas

  25. Have we “peaked” your interest yet?

  26. Join Us • For more information about Texas A&M University’s graduate program in urban planning contact: Dr. Elise Bright Program Coordinator Phone: 979-862-2730 Email: ebright@archmail.tamu.edu

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