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.
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
Richard Schickel
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That's what happens when urban planners don't think ahead.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
Conceived in 1999 as an urban planner master’s thesis, the Beltline became real with the opening of the West End Trail in 2008.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
In contrast, data pinpointing the highest-risk areas enables urban planners to strategically place small pocket parks, cool roofs and street trees to help cool the hottest spaces.
—Dan O'Brien, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
By the 1970s, it was restored by celebrated architect and urban planner James Rossant and his wife, cookbook author Collette Rossant.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2025
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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
Conceived in 1999 as an urban planner master’s thesis, the Beltline became real with the opening of the West End Trail in 2008.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
In contrast, data pinpointing the highest-risk areas enables urban planners to strategically place small pocket parks, cool roofs and street trees to help cool the hottest spaces.
—Dan O'Brien, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
By the 1970s, it was restored by celebrated architect and urban planner James Rossant and his wife, cookbook author Collette Rossant.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 July 2025
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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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