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URBAN PLANNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does urban planning mean?
• URBAN PLANNING (noun)
The noun URBAN PLANNING has 2 senses:
1. the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities
2. determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
Familiarity information: URBAN PLANNING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("urban planning" is a kind of...):
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
city planning; town planning; urban planning
Hypernyms ("urban planning" is a kind of...):
planning (the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise)
Meronyms (members of "urban planning"):
zoning (dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc)
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