Routledge Companion to Professional Awareness and Diversity in Planning Education

<p>The <i>Routledge Companion to Professional Awareness and Diversity in Planning Education</i> 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.</p><p>This <i>Companion </i>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 confronting, the 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.</p><p>This <i>Companion</i> 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.</p><p>Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.</p> <p>Introduction: The Urban Planning Profession and Diversity Challenge<br><i>Danilo Palazzo, Leah Hollstein, and Stephen Kofi Diko</i></p><p>I. Diversity in Planning</p><ol> <ol> <p> </p> <li>Racial Diversity and Accredited Planning Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Contributions, Challenges, and Prospects <br><i>Jeffrey S. Lowe and Siddhartha Sen</i> </li> <p> </p> <li>The People that Represent the Region and The Year of Change <br><i>Ivis Garcia, April Jackson, Andrew J. Greenlee, and Benjamin Chrisinger</i> </li> <p> </p> <li>More Than an Invitation: Setting the Rhythm of Planning Programs Through DEI Statements and Plans<br><i>Sean Angst, Lindsay Oluyede, Jocelyn Poe, and Dylan Stevenson </i> </li> <p> </p> <li>More Than a Job: Building Opportunities for Undergraduate Professional Development in a Minority Serving Institution<br><i>Laura M. Keyes, Lauren Ames Fischer, Abraham David Benavides </i> </li> <p> </p> <li>Deconstructing Diversity in Urban Planning Education in Italy: Implications for the Future of a "Practical Knowledge"<br><i>Bertrando Bonfantini and Carolina Pacchi</i> </li> <p> </p> <li>Diversifying Urban Planning and Architecture Programs Through International Education Experience: Lessons from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran<br><em>Parsa Pahlavan and </em><em>Hossein Maroufi </em> </li> <p> </p> <li>A Path to Racial Equity: Representation and Youth Planning Education<br><i>Giovania Tiarachristie and Daphne Lundi</i> </li> <p> </p> <li>Building Planning Education at a Hispanic-Serving R1 Institution: Challenges in Diversity and Recruitment <br><i>Lauren Ames Fischer, Laura Keyes, and Abraham David Benavides </i> </li> </ol> </ol><p>II. Planning Awareness Among Children and Youth </p><p>9. Becoming Activated: Professional Awareness Through the Activate Community Empowerment Outreach Program</p><p>Leah Hollstein, Stephen Kofi Diko, and Danilo Palazzo</p><p>10. Why Plan? A Two-Decade Exploration Into How and Why to Engage Young People in City Planning and Diversify the Planning Pipeline. <br><i>Deborah McKoy and David H. Garcia</i></p><p>11. Engaging Elementary School Pupils in Community Awareness and Planning: Insights from the Kaizuka Machizukuri Club, Osaka. <br><i>Seth Asare Okyere, Lisa Ueno, Mowa Ebashi, Motoki Shimoda, Hiroshi Tsuji, and Michihiro Kita</i></p><p>12. Learning Environmental Planning With Geodesign: A Case Study in Cache Valley, Utah <br><i>Bartlett Warren-Kretzschmar and Carlos V. Licon</i></p><p>13. Planning With Children: Implications for the Planning Profession and Active Citizens <br><i>K. Meghan Wieters</i></p><p>14. Promoting Urban Planning Awareness for Children: An Overview of Multifaceted International Case Studies and Community Outreach Initiatives. <br><i>Aya Elkhouly and Doha Eissa</i></p><p>15. For Mutual Benefit? Introducing Urban Planning to High School Geography Students in NSW, Australia<br><em>Isabel Virgona and Simon Pinnegar</em></p><p>16. Can Children’s Participation Inspire a New Generation of Planners?<br><i>Robyn G. Mansfield</i></p><p>17. Town and Gown Partnerships for Youth Engagement and Diversity in the Planning Profession <br><i>Evangeline Linkous, Melissa Zornitta, and Melissa Dickens</i></p><p>III. Planning Education Awareness </p><p>18. Shaping Awareness About Planning by Helping Planners to Become More Mindful and Critical About Their Identity, Role, and Context<br><i>Savis Gohari</i></p><p>19. Undergraduate Urban Planning Students’ Awareness of and Motivations for Planning Education and Profession <br><i>Dohyung Kim</i></p><p>20. Increasing Planning Education Awareness and Addressing Enrollment Challenge in Urban Planning Schools: The Iowa State University Experience<br><i>Carlton Basmajian and Francis Owusu</i></p><p>21. Factors Influencing Considerations for Urban Planning as a Field of Study and/or Career Choice among Environmental Science Students<br><i>Kwame N. Owusu-Daaku and Mackenzie Devine</i></p><p>22. Alabama City Year Program<br><i>Binita Mahato, Sweta Byahut, and Jay Mittal</i></p><p>23. Career Choices in the Century of Urbanization: A Comparative Study of Student Enrollments in Nigerian Universities from Urban Planning Perspective <br><i>David S. Osiyi and Victor U. Onyebueke</i></p><p>24. Enhancing Planning-Education Awareness in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Namibia <br><i>Eric Yankson</i></p><p>25. Raising Urban Planning Awareness in India<br><i>Bhargav Adhvaryu and Bhavesh Joshi</i></p><p>Conclusion: A Clarion Call to Act Intentionally<br><i>Stephen Kofi Diko, Danilo Palazzo, and Leah Hollstein</i></p>