• Community and Regional Planning
• Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture
• Center for Sustainable Communities

 

Courses in Sustainability

Temple University Ambler is often referred to as the University’s green campus and with good reason. Learn why!

Department of Regional Planning

 

Planning addresses opportunities and problems facing our communities and regions. Planners seek to improve the welfare of people and their environments, ranging from small villages and rural areas to large cities and ecosystems. Essentially, planning concentrates on shaping such environments in response to the needs of their citizens.

 

Planners engage citizens, political leaders, public agency officials, and representatives of industry, commerce, and non-profit organizations in this shaping process through the application of numerous skills and tools. These range from preparing comprehensive plans and ordinances to negotiating solutions among diverse stakeholders to solve problems or take advantage of opportunities.

 

Planners are on the front lines of creating and maintaining sustainable communities at the local and regional level.