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 * Urban Planning **

**The Urban Planning is an multidisciplinary profession (that incluyed engineering, law, architecture, public health, geography, ecology, economics and** **social sciences) based in to develop urban plans of housing, transportation, transformation of neighborhoods, among others, at the end of to improve the quality of life of an** **community or city.**


 * [[image:urbanismo_tokio.jpg width="235" height="182" align="right"]] Urban planners formulate plans for the development of an community or city. They works with the purpose of maximizing the effectiveness of land use and infrastructure of urban or suburban areas.

They must consider the sustainability, air pollution, traffic congestion, crime, land values, legislation and zoning codes for to develop a good urban planning. The urban planners works as much public sector as private sector.

They provide different viewpoints towards the planning of the built environment deal with land use, space and place. Also, they must to consider teh infrastructure (public services) and transport for good functioning of city.

For more information, go to: **

**Wikipedia:** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Planni
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