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== =What Urban Planners do? =

The fascinating work of Urban and Regional Planners is to promote the best use of urban land for activities residential, recreational, commercial, educational, institutional and other services that citizens and the same cities demand with their evolution and transformation. The Urban and Regional Planners are developing plans in the short and long term view to allow the process of urban growth and renewal of all types, that they require in their process of transformation of rural towns to urban cities.

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To be an Urban and Regional Planner required college studies to provide a knowledge base on the important aspects of planning as well as more specific as architecture or agriculture. The planners should be aware of the economic and legal issues as these are involved in zoning codes and environmental regulations of the plans. They should also have knowledge about computer operation because they must register and analyze information and prepare reports. In addition, planners must have good oral and written communication to express their ideas in meetings and hearings where the plans are also to be a good negotiator =====

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=The Urban Planning Program at Virginia Community University = ​

According to John Accordino, the Virginia Community University (VCU) is the right place to start a graduate program in urban planning because the program is located in Richmund, Virgina, which is an ideal place to learn the craft of planning, since it is an historic city, with historic neighborhoods and exquisite architecture; however it has many challenges such as poverty, sprawl, political fragmentation and threats to environmental sustainability. In this university, the students complete an internship in a private or public planning organization. Through the contact to this organizations and professionals in the field, all the students learn the profession very well. In fact all students find good planning jobs when they graduate. Furthermore Richmund City also represents an advantage for students of VCU. Surrounding Richmund, there are several charming and historic towns, which now are facing pressures from development and new development patterns. All of these issues provide opportunities for learning practical planning skills that means they specialize in “learning by doing”. The Virginia Community University offers different programs, in addition to historic preservation, geographic information systems, their master urban and regional planning program they also offer graduate certificates; urban revitalization; you can do them separate or while you are studying your career. They also offer a dual planning and law degree.