Divisions

APA Covers Your Planning Specialty and Interest Areas

Learn more about opportunities for:

• Professional development and specific training
• Connecting with those who share your specific planning passions
• Continuing education
• Contributing to national policy work
• Leadership
• Scholarships, grants, fellowships
• Awards

Choose from among 25 divisions and join a community of professionals with shared interests. Areas range from city, regional, rural, federal, and international planning to environmental, hazard mitigation, housing, and transportation planning, among many other topics.

New Member Benefit

Now, all APA members can select one division to be included with their membership! You can opt in to a division of your choice when you join as a new member or as you renew your existing membership.

Learn more about the Division Member Benefit

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Arts and Planning Division

 

City Planning and Management Division

 

County Planning Division

 

Economic Development Division

 

Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Division

 

Federal Planning Division

 

Food Systems Division

 

Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Planning Division

 

Housing and Community Development Division

 

International Division

 

Latinos and Planning Division

 

LGBTQ and Planning Division

 

New Urbanism Division

 

Planning and the Black Community Division

 

Planning and Law Division

 

Private Practice Division

 

Public Schools and Communities Division

 

Regional and Intergovernmental Planning Division

 

Small Town and Rural Planning Division

 

Sustainable Communities Division

 

Technology Division

 

Transportation Planning Division

 

Tribal and Indigenous Planning Division

 

Urban Design and Preservation Division

Women and Planning Division