Urban and Regional Planners

Key Tasks

• •Compiling and analysing data on economic, legal, political, cultural, demographic, sociological, physical and environmental factors affecting land use
• •Conferring with government authorities, communities, architects, social scientists, legal professionals, and planning, development and environmental specialists
• •Devising and recommending use and development of land, and presenting narrative and graphic plans, programs and designs to groups and individuals
• •Advising governments and organisations on urban and regional planning and resource planning
• •Reviewing and evaluating environmental impact reports
• •Staying up-to-date with changes in building and zoning codes, regulations and other legal issues
• •May serve as mediators in disputes over planning proposals and projects
• •May speak at public meetings and appear before government to explain planning proposals

Employment Projections to 2034