urban planner
noun
: one whose job is to develop comprehensive plans and designs for the use of space within cities, towns, developments, etc.
The intense competition for space among residential, industrial, recreational, agricultural, and transportation interests presents a continual series of problems to the urban planner.—
Thomas Eugene Avery et al.
Thomas Eugene Avery et al.
urban planning
noun
Disney threw himself obsessively into the park's design, which anticipated many of the best features of modern urban planning …
—Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
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My father was an urban planner, my mother was a stay-at-home mom.
—Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
Daley formed a robust partnership that included the city’s departments of transportation and cultural affairs, the park conservancy, the Art Institute of Chicago and a consortium of artists, urban planners and architects.
—Michael Snidal, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
This Swiss architect, urban planner, and designer is considered to be the founder of modern architecture and provided a real impetus to architecture and urban planning.
—Carlos Moreno, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Robert Caro, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Lyndon B. Johnson and the New York urban planner Robert Moses, served with Mr. Conarroe on the Guggenheim board and recalled his air of authority at the foundation.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 3 May 2024
And understanding which parts of a city are sinking the most – and why – can help urban planners make better decisions about where to build heavy buildings, and how to protect buildings from future flooding.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
Regardless, some urban planners are already looking into ensuring how such a future could be as safe and efficient.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
An architect and urban planner, Voltaire is a former minister for Haitians living abroad.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
Why not tackle this classic biography of Robert Moses, the 20th-century urban planner and New York City political insider, whose more than 1,000 pages will last you the entire season?
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
Daley formed a robust partnership that included the city’s departments of transportation and cultural affairs, the park conservancy, the Art Institute of Chicago and a consortium of artists, urban planners and architects.
—Michael Snidal, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
This Swiss architect, urban planner, and designer is considered to be the founder of modern architecture and provided a real impetus to architecture and urban planning.
—Carlos Moreno, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Robert Caro, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Lyndon B. Johnson and the New York urban planner Robert Moses, served with Mr. Conarroe on the Guggenheim board and recalled his air of authority at the foundation.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 3 May 2024
And understanding which parts of a city are sinking the most – and why – can help urban planners make better decisions about where to build heavy buildings, and how to protect buildings from future flooding.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
Regardless, some urban planners are already looking into ensuring how such a future could be as safe and efficient.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
An architect and urban planner, Voltaire is a former minister for Haitians living abroad.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
Why not tackle this classic biography of Robert Moses, the 20th-century urban planner and New York City political insider, whose more than 1,000 pages will last you the entire season?
—Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
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