City Planning Definition:

City planning often goes by different names such as Town Planning, Urban Planning, City Planning, Spatial Planning, Physical Planning and at times simply “Planning”.

This is one of the recent field which came into existence some decades ago and is yet to find its independent position. It is often confused and mixed with architecture, civil engineering, geography and sociology because of its roots coming from the respective discipline. It is yet to be acknowledged and accepted that City Planning is an independent field on its own.

The confusion arise because of the nature of work and academics involved in making on a “Planner”. A well-known statement about planners is that a “Planners are jack of all trades, master of none”, it perfectly describes role of a planner but is somewhat contradictory and portrays negative image of the profession as some think only “masters & experts” can solve the problems.

This notion needs to change as having a diverse knowledge and experience is far more crucial than the in depth knowledge. The fine details are crucial but identification of the problem is necessary to put the expertise in use. That’s where planners into play.

Now,  let’s watch the below video in order to know “What does a Town Planner do?” in less than 4 minuets.