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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Buildings will not only self-optimize but also coexist with their environment—altering thermal profiles based on weather patterns, shifting usage zones based on human behavior and contributing to sustainable city planning.
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Dan Drogman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
But Scott also looked at German scientific forestry; collective farming in the Soviet Union and Tanzania; utopian city planning in Chandigarh, India, and in Brasília; and Vladimir Lenin’s theories about the formation of revolutionary parties.
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Bass’ spending plan proposed about 1,600 city employee layoffs over the coming year, with deep reductions in agencies that handle trash pickup, streetlight repair and city planning.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Amazon’s Prime Air operation would be on the southwest corner of the property and not visible from the road, city planning documents said.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
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Dan Drogman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
But Scott also looked at German scientific forestry; collective farming in the Soviet Union and Tanzania; utopian city planning in Chandigarh, India, and in Brasília; and Vladimir Lenin’s theories about the formation of revolutionary parties.
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Bass’ spending plan proposed about 1,600 city employee layoffs over the coming year, with deep reductions in agencies that handle trash pickup, streetlight repair and city planning.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Amazon’s Prime Air operation would be on the southwest corner of the property and not visible from the road, city planning documents said.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
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“City planning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20planning. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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