Most of the world's population now lives in urban zones, a first in the entirety of human history. Unfortunately, the demands placed upon these cities forces even the sturdiest to creak beneath the pressure, with many of them growing too quickly to completely address. In order to meet the increasing challenges of environmentalism, transportation, infrastructure and other hallmarks of urban planning, intrepid students and professionals alike must pool their resources, experiences and ideas together. Anyone studying how cities operate will find the following blogs, listed in no particular order, an amazing start to exploring the various insights available. Taking the time to absorb so many perspectives will do nothing but help improve upon particularly deficient areas.
Modern urban planning emerged as a profession in the early decades of the 20th century, largely as a response to the appalling sanitary, social, and economic conditions of rapidly-growing industrial cities. Initially the disciplines of architecture and civil engineering provided the nucleus of concerned professionals. They were joined by public health specialists, economists, sociologists, lawyers, and geographers, as the complexities of managing cities came to be more fully understood. Contemporary urban and regional planning techniques for survey, analysis, design, and implementation developed from an interdisciplinary synthesis of these fields.
Today, urban planning can be described as a technical and political process concerned with the welfare of people, control of the use of land, design of the urban environment including transportation and communication networks, and protection and enhancement of the natural environment.
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6. Copenhagen, Denmark:
5. Barcelona, Spain:
4. New York, USA:
3. Sydney, Australia:
2. Berlin, Germany:
1. Chicago, USA:
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Management of urban planning
