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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As an urban planner who has researched disaster recovery efforts, I’m alarmed by Memorandum 2025-02, which HUD published on its website in March 2025.
—Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 June 2025
For instance, Daniel Burnham, the Beaux Arts–era architect and urban planner who designed New York’s Flatiron Building, also imagined Rizal Park, a sprawling green space originally envisioned as the Philippine equivalent of Washington, D.C.’s National Mall.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
For instance, urban planners could use quantum simulations to design smarter, more efficient transportation networks, reducing traffic congestion and mitigating environmental impacts.
—Yuval Boger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, a wealthy developer and urban planner, wanted something similar for New York.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 June 2025
For instance, Daniel Burnham, the Beaux Arts–era architect and urban planner who designed New York’s Flatiron Building, also imagined Rizal Park, a sprawling green space originally envisioned as the Philippine equivalent of Washington, D.C.’s National Mall.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
For instance, urban planners could use quantum simulations to design smarter, more efficient transportation networks, reducing traffic congestion and mitigating environmental impacts.
—Yuval Boger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, a wealthy developer and urban planner, wanted something similar for New York.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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