Place making is another way to describe town planning. It also links to sustainability. You can use town planning in schools to teach most subjects and key skills. We have curriculum materials to use in primary and secondary schools or for revision.
Our About Planning guide provides an introduction to the world of planning as does Planning Your World.
Town planning and place making covers how:
- we use land and building in towns, cities and the countryside
- people live and work in them
- we decide where homes, jobs, shops and facilities should go
Town planning topics can also help introduce questions about the environment and decision making, debating, written and verbal reasoning skills.
Town planning subjects
- Geography
- Citizenship
- History
- Art and Design
- Law
- Politics
- Science
- Tutor time
- Skills based sessions
Find out more
We have information about what a town planner does and different career options. You might also be interested in the 'World's Largest Lesson' on Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Please also think about using real-life town planners in the classroom since RTPI Ambassadors could help you:
- Make the curriculum relate to real-life projects or jobs;
- Help students to gain skills that can help them in their studies; and
- Raise expectations for students for jobs in planning and the built environment.
