The Role of Urban Geographer in Urban Planning

Abstract

Geography is one of the umbrella disciplines which integrated with lot of sub disciplines. Urban Geography is one of the young sub disciplines of Geography. Temporal and spatial view in geography is unique and that influences the professionalism of urban Geographer. It is considered that the role of urban geographer is prominent figure on urban planning due to their holistic perception on urban landscape. The need of urban planning emerged with the Industrial Revolution in 1830s in the west. In the third world countries, urbanization has become a controversial and complicated trend with the over population. Theories, concepts and assumptions of the notable urban geographers are practically applying for the field of current urban planning. The aim of this article is identifying the importance of the role of urban geographer in urban planning and highlighted the contribution of notable urban geographers that are appreciated in current urban planning.