1. Team Members: Paul Asante Omayma Halabi - Ahma
Urban Planners

2. Who are Urban Planners?
Urban Planners also known as city planners are professionals that seek to examine, analyze and plan for the optimized use of land and infrastructure to suit society’s needs.

3. What do Urban Planners do?
“Planners promote the best use of a community's land and resources for residential, commercial, institutional, and recreational purposes. They address environmental, economic, and social health issues of a community as it grows and changes.”

4. Some problems Urban Planners solve:
Pollution
Traffic
Increase in population in a given area
Disputes between individuals in a community (i.e. act as mediators)
Urban Planners also aim to preserve the natural environment as much as is possible while meeting the needs of a community.

5. The Urban Planner’s Job Process
Examine and analyze the current location, land, industrial, economic and social infrastructure, population and population growth rate, employment rate, habits and needs of the community etc and present a report detailing findings.
After presenting the report urban planners then examine the proposed facility(-ies) and ensure it meets the needs of the community taking into account its changing tastes and preferences.

6. Who do Urban Planners work with?
Developers
Civic leaders
Public officials
Individuals living or directly linked to the community being scrutinized

7. Role of Urban Planners in Development Process
Urban Planners are needed in the feasibility stage as well as the construction stage.
This is to ensure that their plans are followed.

8. Training of Urban Planners
Bachelor’s degree: a) environmental design
b) geography
c) economics etc
Master’s degree: a) urban design
c) urban planning

9. Some important skills to possess:
Diplomatic and social skills to deal with individuals should disputes arise
Research and analytical skills
Be computer-literate especially with the use of spreadsheets and computerized geographical information systems