city planning


noun

the activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community, involving an appraisal of the present condition, a forecast of future requirements, a plan for the fulfillment of these requirements, and proposals for constructional, legal, and financial programs to implement the plan.
Also called town planning, urbanism, urban planning.

Origin of city planning

First recorded in 1910–15

OTHER WORDS FROM city planning

city planner, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for city planning

city planning

noun

the US term for town planning

Derived forms of city planning

city planner, noun