Why Urban Planning Is Important
The United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) basically sums up why the discipline of Urban Planning will be important in the future. It would be difficult for me to explain it any better, so here is the link.
Planetizen
As a starting point for my exposure into the world of Urban Planning, I found a great website called Planetizen. It describes itself as:
a public-interest information exchange provided by Urban Insight for the urban planning, design, and development community. It is a one-stop source for urban planning news, commentary, interviews, event coverage, book reviews, announcements, jobs, consultant listings, training, and more.
It has picks for the top books, websites, twitter feeds, and thinkers by year on its website. I know I will be going through all of these lists to find great information. I have already taken the recommendation on its #1 books list, The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (Planetizen's #1 thinker). This website may be my crutch into the world of Urban planning.

