town layout
Municipal spatial arrangement
Town layout is the arrangement of streets, buildings, and public spaces within a town.
Urban planners and historians use the term to describe how a settlement is organized—whether following a grid pattern, radiating from a central square, or developing organically along natural features: The colonial town layout reflected Spanish planning principles.
We studied the medieval town layout from old maps.
- grid systemIntersecting line network
- plazasPublic open squares
- road networkInterconnected system of streets
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
- blockSolid mass, or impede
city center · marketplaces · public spaces · circle · streetscape · crossroad · promenades · ancient city walls · historic district · avenue · zoning · boulevard · corner · parks · green belt · lane · back alley · cul de sac
town layoutwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
natural landscape · virgin forest · undeveloped land · pristine nature