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

With this imagery, a terrain map can be generated for use by urban planners, or a soldier can print a copy of an image and share it with foreign mission partners on the battlefield. —Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025

Informing adaptation and planning The study findings could help urban planners, policymakers, and communities working on preparedness. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025

Texas’ rules and regulations about housing and construction and summer camps immediately came under scrutiny by environmentalists and urban planners. —Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025

Its models could then be used by urban planners to help design their own sponge city projects that’s attuned to local conditions and resources. —Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for urban planner

• banner
• branner
• canner
• fanner
• kanner
• manner
• manor
• scanner
• spanner
• tanner