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Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the use of land,
protection and use of the environment, public welfare, and the design of the
urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into
and out of urban areas such as transportation, communications, and distribution
networks.[1]
Urban Planning is also referred to as urban and regional, regional,
town, city, rural planning or some combination in various
areas worldwide.
Urban planning guides and ensures the orderly
development of settlements and satellite communities which
commute into and out of urban areas or share resources with it. It concerns
itself with research and analysis, strategic thinking, architecture,
urban design,
public consultation, policy recommendations,
implementation and management.[2]The discipline is the broader category that includes many different sub-fields such as land-use planning, zoning, environmental planning, and transportation planning.
