urban planner

collocation in English

meaningsofurbanandplanner

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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɜː.bən/us
/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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planner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈplæn.ər/us
/ˈplæn.ɚ/
a person who makes decisions about how something will be done in ...
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(Definition ofurbanandplannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I was going to say that he was the pundit of urban planners.
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However, this additional building will put pressure on urban planners to allow overbuilding on sites which ought to remain as open land for the people of those areas.
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Urban planners have been seen to have practiced early forms of racial steering.
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The sensitive issue of how to defend the capital from air attack became a pressing concern for urban planners, government officials, and even fiction writers.
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By the early 1970s, opposition to this style of towers mounted, with many, including urban planners, now referring to them as ghettos.
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I must once more emphasise, please watch theurbanplanner.
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The ensuing phase was the most productive in his career as anurbanplanner.
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His prestige as an innovativeurbanplannerwas firmly established.
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Whereas the urbanist orurbanplannermay design the general layout of streets and public places, the municipal engineer is concerned with the detailed design.
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He also worked as anurbanplanner, writer, mapmaker, and painter.
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As anurbanplannerand researcher, he has a specialized in transportation, real estate economics and the environment.
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Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as anurbanplanner.
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An interesting incident led him to his decision to become anurbanplanner.
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This scale of analysis is unusual for an architect, and even for anurbanplanner.
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He worked as a businessman andurbanplanner.
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Anurbanplannercould be considered a green collar profession.
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The system represents such concepts as being approachable and pedestrian friendly, and it allows urban planners to evaluate design models with respect to those concepts.
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The importance of theurbanplanneris increasing throughout the 21st century, as modern society begins to face issues of increased population growth, climate change and unsustainable development.
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It is the kind of book that should be compulsory reading for urban planners, architects and engineers.
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