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

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Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, a wealthy developer and urban planner, wanted something similar for New York. Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 On the other side is Ralph Rosado, 52, an urban planner whose candidacy is backed by Commissioner Joe Carollo’s political committee, which has been funding anti-Regalado ads. Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025 Why This Matters California's water management policies have long been a flashpoint between environmentalists, agricultural interests and urban planners. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 City, for example, a Canadian startup and DMZ alumni that helps real estate developers and urban planners make faster, more informed decisions through geospatial data and 3D mapping tools. Abdullah Snobar, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urban planner

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of urban planner was in 1911

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“Urban planner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urban%20planner. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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