urbanist
urbanist — noun
- urbanistsingular
- urbanistsplural
1. a person who works in the field of city and town design, studying how communitie
a person who works in the field of city and town design, studying how communities are built and how people move through and use urban spaces
Marta worked as an urbanist for the city of São Paulo, helping redesign the downtown bus network.
urbanist + for [city/region]
The urbanist's report showed how adding more parks could lower summer temperatures in the neighbourhood.
Adisa, an urbanist with fifteen years of experience, argued that wider roads often make traffic problems worse.
Local urbanists have proposed a plan to connect the train station with the riverfront by building a pedestrian bridge.
As an urbanist, Yael studies how people of different ages share public spaces like markets and town squares.
- city planner
more specific official job title; an urbanist may or may not hold a planning licence
- town planner
common in British English; often refers to a local-government role
- urban designer
focuses on the physical layout and aesthetics of streets and buildings rather than broad policy
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The term is broader than 'urban planner' — it includes academic researchers and advocates who study how cities function, not only those who design land use.