Saturday, June 6, 2009

Urban Planning

Speaking of urban planning, here's a guide to urban planning schools from some "new urbanists":
http://www.planetizen.com/topschools .

This should get bigger as the world gets closer to a peak oil situation. Communities will need to be planned and zoned in ways that encourage mixed use and don't force everyone to drive every time they need something from outside of their house.

A master's degree in city planning ("MCP" - degree names vary) seems to be one of these interesting degrees that one can pursue no matter what the undergrad major was, like an MBA or law degree.

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