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 to many more topics.
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APA Interest Groups
Explore these online communities, which are volunteer-led and have no dues or membership requirements:
- Asian and Pacific Islander Interest Group
- Community Engagement Interest Group
- Design Thinking In Planning Interest Group
- Healthy Communities Collaborative
- Health Equity and Planning Interest Group
- Japan-United States Collaboration Group
- Planning with Underserved Populations Interest Group
- Smart Cities Interest Group
- Water and Planning Network