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.

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

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Johnson lets readers hear directly from activists, farmers, urban planners, artists, journalists and lawyers on myriad solutions. —

Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024 It was done in partnership with veteran urban planner Larry Witzling. —

Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 Those of us in the mobility sector recognize the importance of collaboration among engineers, urban planners, and social scientists. —

Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, an urban planner at the University of Puerto Rico, hopes to tap data that will inform his work on housing affordability and what happens to residents displaced by natural disasters such as Hurricane Maria. —

Bymyriam Vidal Valero, science.org, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for urban planner

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of urban planner was in 1911

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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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