town plan

City development map

A town plan is a detailed design or map showing the layout and organization of a town's streets, buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure.

Town plans guide urban development, specifying where residential, commercial, and industrial areas will be located: The town plan designated the waterfront for mixed-use development.

Also called a city plan or urban plan.

Related

layout · blueprint · grid · streets · traffic flow · district · development · architect · cityscape · ordinance · subdivision · master · civic · survey · parcels · property lines · infrastructure · rezoning

Categories
Opposites
planning versus spontaneity

town planorganic growth

Growth arising internally, gradually

urban sprawl · informal settlement · suburban sprawl · shantytown · favela

scale of planning

town planfloor plan

Architectural room arrangement

site plan

Family

town, plan, towns, township, townships, townsman, townsmen, townsfolk, townspeople

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G