town planning

noun

1. city planning.

town planning

noun

1. the comprehensive planning of the physical and social development of a town, including the construction of facilities US termcity planning

Derived Forms

• town planner, noun

Other Words From

• town planner noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of town planning¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

It was a triumph for him, but also for a unique bit of town planning.

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The economy and fair work committee said town planning should be strengthened to prevent unfair competition from new developments.

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Liverpool City Council's Deputy Mayor Jane Corbett, who represents the area on the authority, said her predecessors "didn't get everything right" when it came to town planning.

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"A combination of this rugged terrain, coupled with poor infrastructure, are factors to the flooding problem the city is experiencing," says Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu, an expert on town planning from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

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He went on to build a career in town planning, which took him to Liverpool, Nottingham and Barnsley, where he worked on redeveloping a landscape scarred by coal mines and coke works.

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