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

Every day he came down town planning for a better newspaper the next morning than they had ever made before.

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Nowadays we hear much about planning—town planning, city planning, nation planning.

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Germany, on this occasion, had grabbed the idea but missed the spirit, in the absence of which town planning is merely a name.

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But, she felt approvingly, as she discovered her career of town-planning, she was now roused to being brisk and efficient herself.

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We in England have only recently realised the necessity of town-planning and the advantages of garden cities.

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