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
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Perhaps the book’s most familiar example, for Americans, is that of the large-scale city planning to which the urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs objected.
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Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Today the vast site includes beautiful views of neighboring peaks and highlights Roman city planning, robust rectilinear stone roadways, thermopolia fast food cafés and frescos of mythical characters.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
San Francisco isn't the only city planning to roll out the pilot program.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
As of March 18, DoorDash is still working on addressing the code violations at the location, wrote Jordan Berger, city planning spokesperson, in an email.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Today the vast site includes beautiful views of neighboring peaks and highlights Roman city planning, robust rectilinear stone roadways, thermopolia fast food cafés and frescos of mythical characters.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
San Francisco isn't the only city planning to roll out the pilot program.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
As of March 18, DoorDash is still working on addressing the code violations at the location, wrote Jordan Berger, city planning spokesperson, in an email.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
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“City planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20planning. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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