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.

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

Examples of urban planner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri concluded his eight-year presidential term at the end of April. —Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 June 2026

Jamie Herr, an urban planner for the commission, presented the staff’s recommendations and said the administration should offer necessary details that the commission needs to be able to give its final stamp of approval. —Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 4 June 2026

In District 7, representing Land Park, Greenhaven and the Pocket, longtime incumbent Rick Jennings faces challengers urban planner Scott Lau and attorney Mark Velasquez. —Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026

By highlighting these facets of the landscape, maps can show who actually controls the imaginations of urban planners and politicians. —Patty Heyda, The Conversation, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for urban planner

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