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 Even though the new zoning has been approved, individual projects are still subject to city planning approval. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 While there was no single cause of the event’s downfall, the doc shows how violence, overcrowding, city planning and security concerns surrounding the 1996 Olympics and Atlanta’s tourism all contributed. Janee Bolden, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024 That month, Durrant and his neighbors, all sporting red shirts, pressed zoning commissioners to signal disapproval of the plan, one that city planning staff had originally supported. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024 On the human side, pension and tax systems may well see revolutions that incentivise higher fertility and city planning will, in an ideal world, start to incorporate the need for greater sociability. Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 Batra came better prepared to discuss the city’s challenges than his two opponents, George Casey, a land use attorney and city planning commissioner, and Lenka Wright, who has been a spokesperson for five cities over the past 17 years, including five years for San Jose. Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024 The push to shrink the workforce could, on the other hand, affect agencies that handle city planning, park maintenance, engineering, upkeep of city buildings and youth development, among others, Szabo said. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024 So city planning can have an important effect upon the public’s ability to think together. Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 23 Jan. 2024 The Star found a city planning commission report from last July that said the stadium was constructed with the understanding that temporary, gravel parking lots would be allowed in the KC Current’s first two seasons at CPKC Park. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of city planning was in 1900

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“City planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20planning. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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