urban planning

American  

[ur-buhn plan-ing] / ˈɜr bən ˈplæn ɪŋ /

noun

1. the study and process of planning and designing the infrastructure, layout, and buildings of cities and towns.

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Torres had her daughter as a junior at UCLA, and the child care helped keep her enrolled through undergraduate studies and a master’s degree in urban planning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Theoretically, the courts have the authority to temporarily block the disputed development,” Sotir Dhamo, an urban planning professor at Polis University in Tirana, said of contested properties facing development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The judgment challenges decades of Indian urban planning, where progress has often been measured in kilometres of expressways, flyovers and elevated corridors.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Regional Plan Association is a non-profit civic organization focused on urban planning for the New York metropolitan area.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

They had decided to major in urban planning and hoped to eventually get a job designing or improving public transit systems.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater