town planning
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3.6
- noun
- /taʊn ˈplænɪŋ/
- UK
:
urbanismo
- The committee discussed various strategies for improving town planning to reduce traffic congestion.
- town planning board
- town planning conditions
- town planning board members
Gropius didn't know that in the early town planning legislation of Manhattan, light to the streets was always taken into account.
- Gropius didn't know that in the early town planning legislation of Manhattan, light to the streets was always taken into account.
Examples
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Town planning board members' trust of public opinion is very important.
Academic text (2009) -
British town planning and zoning controls are universal and strictly applied.
Academic text (2003) -
Maybe the reason is that I have studied architecture and town planning.
Blog text (10) -
Central to understanding Western pioneer town planning is its democratic basis and close to total lack of regulation.
Academic text (2006) -
The town planning board trusts that the developers will comply with the planning conditions.
Academic text (2009) -
The local architecture and town planning process attracts me strongly.
Blog text (28) -
Stanislawski provided surprisingly little concrete evidence of the link between Indian town planning and later developments.
Academic text (2008) -
The Soviet model was the town-planning paradigm in East Germany in the 1960s (Bater 1984).
Academic text (1994) -
As part of the urban framework, these differences have been attributed largely to contrasting methods of town planning employed in the Americas by the two Iberian colonial powers.
Academic text (2000) -
Engineers are crucial in town planning to ensure that new developments meet community needs.
Synonyms
7
3.9
Designing and arranging buildings, roads, and public spaces in cities and towns
4
5.9
The study and practice of planning and designing cities
3
3.3
Designing and managing how buildings, roads, and public spaces are placed in a city
How Large
- Specialized
3
3.3
- UK
1
3.6
- US
5
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the activity or profession of designing and organizing towns and cities' is directly and compositionally derived from 'town' (a settlement) + 'planning' (the act of making arrangements). This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistically familiar pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase town planning comes from the simple idea of drawing a plan for a town, where planners mark roads, houses and parks to make the place work. That's why it means 'designing and organizing towns'.