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Urban Design and Planning (UrDP): Professional Development

Subject Guide for Urban Design and Planning Students.

Professional Organizations: USA

National:

American Planning Association (APA)
The primary professional organization for planning professionals in the United States.
Planners Network (PN)

Pacific Northwest:

Washington:

APA - Washington

Professional Organizations: International

Cities Alliance (Cities without Slums)
Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP)
Design Research Society (DRS)
Beroepsvereniging van Nederlandse Stedebouwkundigen en Planologen
Dutch Professional Organization of Urban Designers and Planners
Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
Congress for New Urbanism (CNU)
Council for European Urbansim (CEU)
Federation des Suisse Urbanistes (FSU)
Federation of Swiss Urban Planners
International Association of People Environments Studies (IAPS)
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
Irish Planning Institute (IPI)
New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI)
Organisation des villes du patrimonie mondial (OVPM)
Organization of World Heritage Cities
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Planning Institute of Australia (PIA)
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
British planning organisation
South African Planners
UN-Habitat Best Practices
Database in Improving the Urban Environment
UNESCO World Heritage
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)

Government Jobs

Association of Washington Cities
HUD Student Interns Program
HUD Careers
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Jobs

Planning Jobs

American Planning Institute Jobs Online
Canadian Institute of Planners Job Resources
Cyburbia Job Links
Blog post with an extensive list of links
Indeed.com
Washington State Jobs
National Housing Institute Job Listings (NHI)
Planetizen Jobs
Simply Jobs.com Urban Planning Jobs
University of California Berkeley Career Center
Work gateways
Urban planning jobs in the UK

Planning School Associations

University Urban Studies Centers

Center for Collaborative Policy
Sacramento State University
cityLAB (UCLA)
Florida Center for Community Design + Research
University of South Florida
Institute for Urban Research and Development
Berkeley, CA

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Subjects: Built Environments