Find the answers to the following questions to learn more about city planning. Write your answers on your handout or on a separate sheet of paper. Printable Worksheet PDF
What Is City Planning?
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to find the answers to questions 1-9.
1. Why did Megan Lewis become a planner?
2. Whom does she work with (jobs,
not names)?
3. What aspect of planning does she work on?
4. What are two
of the skills listed that she uses in planning?
5. What kind of art does she
do in her free time?
6. What aspect of city planning does Rodney L. Cobb
focus on?
7. Why does he think that the above is an important aspect of
planning?
8. What kinds of skills does Rodney have?
9. What type of art
does he enjoy doing?
What Do City Planners Do?
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the answers to questions 10 and 11.
10. List three objectives that city planning is a process for, and give
examples of each. You can either list the examples given on the page or come up
with your own.
11. Once planners have created their plan, what people and
groups do they work with to carry out the plan?
The Goal of City Planning
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the answers to questions 12-17.
12. What is the goal of city and regional planning?
13. Whom do planners
work with to help define the community's vision for itself?
14. Besides
community members' wants, what else is the plan based on?
15. What kinds of
issues do planners analyze?
16. What are some of the different roles that
planners must play?
17. What are some of the skills that planners should
have?
More Information on How to Become a City Planner
If becoming
a city planner interests you, click on the image below to learn how to start a
career in this field.