Role of Architect in city planningArchitecture engineering jobs in the area of urban city planning are in high demand.This is because more and more cities are becoming interested in ''green'' planning, renewal of urban spaces, and increased efciency of their existing spaces. It is the architectural engineer who plans, designs, and oversees how the elements of landscaping, road routing, and building use combine into creating the urban environment. ften times these buildings are designed to house large numbers in such a way to be pleasing to the eye, functional, safe, and energy efcient. The architectural engineer can plan for this, creating green belt areas to help lessen the ris! of "oods and damage while creating urban par!s for recreational use. In addition to this, the creation of levees, retaining walls, and emergency shelters are a vital part of this job. In order to get architecture engineering jobs in an urban setting one should have an educational bac!ground in architectural engineering. This can include a #asters degree in architecture or a similar $eld. %xperience in engineering and the use of programs li!e Auto&A', ('#odeling, or other visuali)ation software coupled with pro$ciency in *evit, +!etchup, (' +tudio, or ,hotoshop is generally favored these days. Also one should see! an architectural license. There are many listings for wor!ers in this $eld at a number of major cities. #any of these show on web searches. -i!e any other job, !nowing what the employer needs and wants as well as your own s!ills is vital to getting a job in this $eld. .rban planning by an architect di/ers from other types of urban planning in that thearchitect typically pays attention to the aesthetics as much as the function. +omeone with a straight engineering bac!ground would li!ely just $nd the most efcient and least costly way to do something thus falling on the other end of the spectrum. It is then the middle ground found in architecture engineering jobs that ma!e the wor! so interesting to so many people. It is the ability to consider historical urban character alongside the needs for modern access and efciency that highlights the best of these urban planners. 0y thin!ing ahead, the city can plan for extreme cases with properly designed evacuation routes and create emergency relief areas that can provide assistance in times of disaster. ,lus moderncodes ma!e it necessary to ensure that everyone has accessibility to those and other amities. 1here previous architects could focus largely on visuals, today's architecture engineering jobs must meet challenges for safety, both from natural and manmade disasters, environmental laws, resource conservation, efciency in movement and energy use, and the historical bac!ground of the speci$c city they are dealing with. ,lanners who are both architects and engineers can better manage growth of cities by formatting long term plans that can be followed at the pace the city needs to meet the changing demands of the population.