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

After deadly floods ripped through Texas last week, the state's rules and regulations about housing and construction and summer camps have come under scrutiny by some environmentalists and urban planners. —Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 July 2025

That is why Disneyland has become a design inspiration for countless architects and urban planners over those years. —Robert Niles, Oc Register, 24 June 2025

The concept of smart cities has risen in the estimation of urban planners of all descriptions around the world. —Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

The scale of the city's long-term climate adaptation planning has gained admirers among urban planners throughout the world, says Rasmussen. —Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for urban planner

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• branner
• canner
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• manner
• manor
• scanner
• spanner
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