city planning

noun

: the drawing up of an organized arrangement (as of streets, parks, and business and residential areas) of a city

city planner noun

Examples of city planning in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new market is expected to employ 30 people during each shift, according to city planning files. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 7 May 2026

Simison noted that city planning efforts for the Ten Mile Interchange area have been in the works since 2005, before the interchange was built. —Rose Evans updated May 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026

Kansas City wouldn’t be able to host World Cup matches and related events without coordination across the region at the city, state and federal levels, said Lindsey Douglas, chief operations officer of KC2026, the organization leading Kansas City’s host-city planning. —Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026

Downtown Denver has always been more than office towers and city planning diagrams. —Steve Weil, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for city planning

• scintiscanning
• panning
• scanning
• spanning
• tanning
• preplanning
• replanning