依照社会团体的分类，城市规划的社团主要是行业性和学术性两类。行业性社团主要是为城市规划工作提供各种非赢利性服务，即在城市规划政府机构与其他事业、企业单位之间起着中介“桥梁”的作用，如城市规划协会。而学术性社团主要是为从事城市规划及其相关工作的科技人员提供 According to the classification of social groups, the community of urban planning is mainly industrial and academic. The industrial associations mainly provide various non-profit services for urban planning work, that is, they play an intermediary “bridge” between urban planning government agencies and other businesses and enterprises, such as the Urban Planning Association. The academic community is mainly provided for scientific and technical personnel engaged in urban planning and related work.