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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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
For urban planners like Ralph and Handy, widening is a means of doubling down on an unsustainable way of organizing our cities and towns (where most people have no choice but to be stuck in traffic) rather than diversifying the available modes of transport to suit many different needs.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
Given such rhetoric, as well as examples from past fires, urban planners are skeptical that the changes needed to make new homes safe will come to fruition.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
In this context, those in charge of planning communities, like architects, urban planners and developers, bear the responsibility of designing spaces that go beyond functionality to become catalysts for economic growth, social inclusion, environmental sustainability and cultural vitality.
—Yermys Pena, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
For urban planners like Ralph and Handy, widening is a means of doubling down on an unsustainable way of organizing our cities and towns (where most people have no choice but to be stuck in traffic) rather than diversifying the available modes of transport to suit many different needs.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2025
Given such rhetoric, as well as examples from past fires, urban planners are skeptical that the changes needed to make new homes safe will come to fruition.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
In this context, those in charge of planning communities, like architects, urban planners and developers, bear the responsibility of designing spaces that go beyond functionality to become catalysts for economic growth, social inclusion, environmental sustainability and cultural vitality.
—Yermys Pena, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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