urbanistic

[ ur-buh-nis-tik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to urbanism.

Other Words From

• urban·isti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of urbanistic¹

urban(ism) + -istic

Example Sentences

It is directing 6 billion reais more for closing and monitoring the salt mines, as well as social, environmental and urbanistic measures.

From Seattle Times

“What if there was an approach where the edges were more accessible to the public? What is the urbanistic quality? Can you do housing and borrow a little space for the public?”

From Los Angeles Times

On a private tour, representatives from developer and majority stakeholder Gale International described Songdo to me as not just a technological project but an “urbanistic” one.

From The Guardian

Luxury is impressive, vulgarity is alluring, and the mighty and gleaming architectural and urbanistic modernity that runs on massive infusions of corporate money and government collusion—well, it can also be spectacularly beautiful.

From The New Yorker

His subjects are the psychological and moral effects of physical environments—specific geographical, architectural, and urbanistic settings—on his characters.

From The New Yorker