International Planning Organizations

About the Book

The International Planning Organizations directory contains more than 1,000 agencies, associations, institutes, schools and societies interested in urban and regional planning.

The directory was initiated in the early 1980s as a reference for planners seeking to contact professional international planning organizations. The original directory has been used by the American Planning Association (APA) International Division and other organizations as the primary reference for international planning contacts.

The new version of the directory has been expanded to include additional non-professional and multi-national planning organizations along with more extensive Internet references, brief descriptions and flags. International organizations are arranged by country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Multinational organizations include such references as the Asian Planning Schools Association, the Commonwealth Association of Planners, the European Council of Town Planners and many more. Additional support has been provided by the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP).

About the Author

Richard Bryan Stephens is a consulting planner with over 25 years experience in master-planned community, resort & tourism, information technology & communications, and international planning.

Ric is an adjunct university professor, editor/webmaster for several professional organizations, and airport and city planning commissioner. He has participated in planning projects, programs, congresses and travel in Austria, the Azores, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Wales.

He has served as an advisor to CORP; a Vice President for the International Society of City and Regional Planners; and an international advisor to the Japan Association for Planning Administration. He has given numerous international presentations sponsored by the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; the Science Council of Japan; the University of the West Indies, the Vienna University of Technology and many others.

Ric and his wife June, enjoy horseback wilderness trekking, sailing, and flying.