city layout
Town's spatial arrangement
City layout is the arrangement of streets, buildings, parks, and other features that give a city its physical form.
Some cities follow a grid layout with streets crossing at right angles; others grew organically around harbors, rivers, or medieval centers.
The city layout made navigation easy for visitors.
Urban planners study city layout to improve traffic flow, housing density, and access to services.
- commercial districtsAreas for shops, offices
- town squareCentral civic space
- grid systemIntersecting line network
- industrial areasZones for production facilities
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
parks · landmarks · residential zones · transit-oriented development · central business district · walkability · road network · traffic flow · public transit · zoning · public spaces · master plan · urban renewal · skyscrapers · town maps · infrastructure · plazas · suburban sprawl
- city featuresstreet, road, avenue, boulevard, roundabout
- urban historyurban renewal, ancient cities, landmarks, urban decay, free cities
- urban planningzoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform, general plan
- Michigan CitiesDetroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo
city layoutwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
untouched nature · wild landscape · virgin forest · rural landscape · countryside
city layouturban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
organic growth · disorder · disorganization · randomness · formlessness