Are You a Planner?

There are so many indivisuals that call themselves planners that the term has become very confusing. Since I am involved with land use litigation support I hear the term all the time and I have found most land use  and zoning lawyers and judges are equally confussed with the term. There are land planners, land use planners, social planners, economic planners, urban planners, city planners, architectural planners, environmental planners, traffic planners and the list goes on and on.In most states planners are not directly licensed so any one can call themselves a planner and perhaps for this reason we see the term on the letterheads of many professionals involved in the real estate industry. None the less there is a vast difference in the training and experience of planners who are called upon to testify before planning commissions, zoning boards and in trial courts. It would take a long time to explain these differences and the skill sets that are required for various types of land use, zoning and eminent domain trials but let it suffice to say that before you call yourself a planner you better undertand the differences.If your still confused give me a call. You really can't tell a book by its cover.