Routledge companion to professional awareness and diversity in planning education / edited by Stephen Kofi Diko, Leah Marie Hollstein, and Danilo Palazzo.
| Other author | Diko, Stephen Kofi. |
| Other author | Hollstein, Leah Marie. |
| Other author | Palazzo, Danilo, 1962- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "The Routledge Companion to Professional Awareness and Diversity in Planning Education engenders a discourse on how urban planning as a discipline is being made attractive to children and youth as they consider their career preferences. It also provides a discourse around the diversity challenges facing the institutions for training urban planning professionals. This Companion is an impressive collection of initiatives, experiences, and lessons in helping children, youth and the general public appreciate the importance of and the diversity challenge that confronts urban planning profession and education. It comprises empirical, experimental, and case study research on initiatives to address the professional awareness and diversity challenges in urban planning. It has uniquely assembled voices and experiences from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Contributors are educators, practitioners, and activists of urban planning as well as policymakers in their respective countries. This Companion is intended as a resource for urban planning schools and departments, foundations, non-profit organizations, private sector organizations, public institutions, teachers, and alumni, among others to learn and consciously drive efforts to increase planning education awareness among children, youth, and the general public"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Routledge companion to professional awareness and diversity in planning education New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032183121 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022054227 |
| ISBN | 9781003254003 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |