Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun urban_planning

2 senses of urban planning

Sense 1
urban planning -- (the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities)
       => architecture -- (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use")

Sense 2
city planning, town planning, urban planning -- (determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community)
       => planning -- (the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise)