Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of urban planning.
In a number of other towns there are flutters of town planning interest which ought to be utilized by the city councils and translated into programs, but city councils generally do not seem to be alive to the importance of the movement.
1930, Journal of the Town Planning Institute of Canada, volumes 8-9, Town Planning Institute of Canada, page 241 more example
The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]
1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24Synonyms: urban planning
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of urban planning.
More synonyms by meaning
noundetermining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
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