Town planning is the process of designing and regulating land use in urban, suburban and rural areas to create livable and sustainable communities using tools such as zoning, land-use planning, transportation planning, and urban design. Town planners work in various organizations and collaborate with other professionals.

Town planning is an event that was part of the art competitions at the Olympic Games. It first appeared in the 1928 Amsterdam Games and was included in the next three consecutive Olympic Games. The art competitions were introduced in 1912 as a way to promote inclusion and featured five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. In the town planning event, gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded to the top entries. The 1928 gold medal was awarded to German architect Alfred Hensel for his work on a sports and leisure park in the east of the Dutzendteich lake in Germany. ¹⁾