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 

• URBAN PLANNING (noun)

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)