Meanings
nounurban planning (usually uncountable, plural urban plannings)
plural urban plannings
- uncountableusuallyThe conscious design of towns and cities.
Synonyms: city planning, town planning, urbanism
- uncountableusuallyThe science of such design.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe conscious design of towns and cities.
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More synonyms by meaning
noundetermining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
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city planningtown planning
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans stadsbeplanning
- stadsbeplanningconscious design of towns and cities
Basque hiri-antolamendu
- hiri-antolamenduconscious design of towns and cities
Catalan urbanística, urbanística
- urbanísticaconscious design of towns and cities
- urbanísticascience
- urbanismescience
Chinese Mandarin 城市規劃 /城市规划, 城市規劃 /城市规划
- 城市規劃 /城市规划 (chéngshì guīhuà)conscious design of towns and cities
- 城市規劃 /城市规划 (chéngshì guīhuà)science
Danish byplanlægning
- byplanlægningconscious design of towns and cities
Dutch stedenbouwkunde, planologie
- stedenbouwkundeconscious design of towns and cities
- planologieconscious design of towns and cities
Finnish kaavoitus, asemakaavoitus
- kaavoitusconscious design of towns and cities
- asemakaavoitusconscious design of towns and cities
- asemakaavaoppiscience
- kaupunkisuunnitteluscience
French urbanisme
- urbanismeconscious design of towns and cities
German Stadtplanung, Städtebau
- Stadtplanungconscious design of towns and cities
- Städtebauconscious design of towns and cities
- Stadtplanungscience
- Städtebauscience
- Urbanismusscience
Greek πολεοδομία, πολεοδόμηση
- πολεοδομία (poleodomía)conscious design of towns and cities
- πολεοδόμηση (poleodómisi)conscious design of towns and cities
- πολεοδομία (poleodomía)science
Hebrew תכנון עירוני
- תכנון עירוני (tikhnún ironí)conscious design of towns and cities
Hungarian várostervezés
- várostervezésconscious design of towns and cities
Indonesian perencanaan kota, tata kota
- perencanaan kotaconscious design of towns and cities
- tata kotaconscious design of towns and cities
- planologiscience
- perencanaan kotascience
Italian urbanistica
- urbanisticaconscious design of towns and cities
Japanese 都市計画
- 都市計画 (toshi keikaku)conscious design of towns and cities
Korean 도시 계획
- 도시 계획 (dosi gyehoek)conscious design of towns and cities
Lithuanian miestų planavimas, urbanistika
- miestų planavimasconscious design of towns and cities
- urbanistikaconscious design of towns and cities
- urbanistikascience
Malay perancangan bandar, perancangan bandar
- perancangan bandarconscious design of towns and cities
- perancangan bandarscience
Norwegian Bokmål byplanlegging
- byplanleggingconscious design of towns and cities
Polish urbanistyka, urbanistyka
- urbanistykaconscious design of towns and cities
- urbanistykascience
Portuguese planejamento urbano
- planejamento urbanoconscious design of towns and cities
Romanian urbanism
- urbanismconscious design of towns and cities
Russian градострои́тельство
- градострои́тельство (gradostroítelʹstvo)conscious design of towns and cities
Scottish Gaelic dealbhadh-bhailtean
- dealbhadh-bhailteanconscious design of towns and cities
Spanish planificación urbana
- planificación urbanaconscious design of towns and cities
Swedish stadsplanering
- stadsplaneringconscious design of towns and cities
Ukrainian містобудува́ння
- містобудува́ння (mistobuduvánnja)conscious design of towns and cities
Vietnamese quy hoạch đô thị
- quy hoạch đô thịconscious design of towns and cities
Welsh cynllunio trefol
- cynllunio trefolconscious design of towns and cities
Cite this entry
APA
urban planning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urban%20planning
MLA
“urban planning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urban%20planning. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urban planning,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urban%20planning.
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