The tasks of urban planning include the development of the city and the social as well as spatial structures within the city. In addition, urban planning controls the spatial infrastructure in the city.

The goal of modern urban planning is often the resource-saving upgrading of the respective city centers. To this end, cultural offerings for residents and tourists are to be created in addition to residential space. Mixed housing concepts have also become important. The different quarters or areas and thus also the connected people should be able to meet each other.

Since urban planning is superordinate to neighborhood planning, the possibilities and offers for digitization are logically similar. Meanwhile, entire city districts can be designed using CAD software or CityBIM.

In addition, new visualization tools help the individual players to communicate. After all, an improved visualization of urban spaces enables real estate developers or companies looking for land to better present their own requirements and fit them into the urban context.