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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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
This tool helps urban planners, people who work in health and education, and community advocates understand whether certain populations are disproportionately impacted by smog, toxic waste, or other hazards in a specific area.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2025
Now, a disparate group of university archaeologists, urban planners, preservationists, current residents and former Brooklynites have coalesced around what many think is the best — and possibly last — chance at breathing new life into Brooklyn.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Her husband, Yoram, an architect and urban planner who designed some of Be’eri’s buildings and neighborhoods, was killed in a gun battle protecting their daughter and her family Oct. 7.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jill Barth, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
This tool helps urban planners, people who work in health and education, and community advocates understand whether certain populations are disproportionately impacted by smog, toxic waste, or other hazards in a specific area.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2025
Now, a disparate group of university archaeologists, urban planners, preservationists, current residents and former Brooklynites have coalesced around what many think is the best — and possibly last — chance at breathing new life into Brooklyn.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Her husband, Yoram, an architect and urban planner who designed some of Be’eri’s buildings and neighborhoods, was killed in a gun battle protecting their daughter and her family Oct. 7.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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