- city planning
- noun Date: 1900 the drawing up of an organized arrangement (as of streets, parks, and business and residential areas) of a city • city planner noun
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city planning
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city planning — designing the physical layout of cities, planning the infrastructure of an urban area … English contemporary dictionary
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