urban planner
noun
: one whose job is to develop comprehensive plans and designs for the use of space within cities, towns, developments, etc.
The intense competition for space among residential, industrial, recreational, agricultural, and transportation interests presents a continual series of problems to the urban planner.—
Thomas Eugene Avery et al.
Thomas Eugene Avery et al.
urban planning
noun
Disney threw himself obsessively into the park's design, which anticipated many of the best features of modern urban planning …
—Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
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Germany’s urban planners usually bow to the diktat that nothing can be built higher than the church towers.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The fair was overseen by Robert Moses, the influential and notorious urban planner whose highway projects displaced hundreds of thousands New Yorkers.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
And in other cities, like Berlin, music-friendly urban planners have made money available to venues to help offset the cost of soundproofing.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
As early as the 1970s, forward-thinking urban planners laid the groundwork for a food-friendly ecosystem, protecting green spaces and establishing gardens and distribution networks.
—Jill Barth, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The fair was overseen by Robert Moses, the influential and notorious urban planner whose highway projects displaced hundreds of thousands New Yorkers.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
And in other cities, like Berlin, music-friendly urban planners have made money available to venues to help offset the cost of soundproofing.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
As early as the 1970s, forward-thinking urban planners laid the groundwork for a food-friendly ecosystem, protecting green spaces and establishing gardens and distribution networks.
—Jill Barth, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for urban planner
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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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