Economic and Constructional Urban Development

The administration of a town will put a lot of thought into how they can facilitate the further development of a city or town. This includes encouraging the creation of new houses, inviting new businesses in to come and stimulate the local economy, or planning events to bring the community together. An urban planner can go into an underdeveloped city with a struggling economy, and do a few things to get the city back on their feet and start developing towards the goal of being a very advanced city. There are many techniques that the urban planners use, and here are a few of the main ones.

An underdeveloped city is one that displays any number of characteristics. These include high crime rates, low amounts of spending, high rates of unemployment, or any other things that make the place an unpleasant place to be. If an urban developer wants to take care of these things, he will address each problem individually. For high crime rates, it is logical to build another police station, or instate a curfew to keep people off of the streets at night. These problems are easier to deal with compared to some of the economic problems that are even more crippling to a growing town.

If the economy is the area is suffering, there are many things that can be done by urban developers in order to get things started strongly again. These will get people to start earning more money, and therefore spend more. The more money that can be circulated into the local economy, the healthier the town will be. If the planners are trying to get unemployment rates to go down, they may pay subsidiaries to businesses to come in and create new franchises to create more jobs. Often these are paid to big corporations such as Wal-Mart or Target.

Urban planners try to solve problems indirectly by bringing changes to the city. Often these are very well planed and orchestrated to take care of not only the main problems, but all of the small issues that are plaguing the city. If somewhere has become the undesirable or unfashionable place to live, an urban developer can give it what it needs to start becoming a better place.