urban core
Metropolitan central district
The urban core is the central, most densely developed part of a city—typically the downtown area with its concentration of commercial buildings, government offices, and oldest neighborhoods.
The term often appears in discussions of urban planning, economic development, or demographic shifts: Young professionals are moving back to the urban core.
It contrasts with suburbs and exurbs that spread outward from this center.
- downtownCentral business district
- city centerUrban area's main district
- central business districtCity's primary commercial zone
- inner cityDense central metropolitan zone
- metropolisLarge important city
density · skyscrapers · mixed use · concrete · bustle · traffic · sidewalks · transit · nightlife · gentrification · storefronts · pedestrians · street vendors · high-rise · pavement · commuters · neon · crowds
- city areasdowntown, city center, inner city, business district, financial district
- city termsmayor, city council, city hall, zoning laws, public works
- downtowndowntown, city center, central business district, CBD, town center
- neighborhoodsneighborhood, suburb, subdivision, Greenwich Village, East Village
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- urban areascity, town, metropolis, district, districts
urban corerural area
Low-density agricultural region
countryside · suburbs · exurbs · outskirts · periphery
urban coresprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
suburban development · greenfield · undeveloped land · open space
urban corecountryside
Rural area beyond towns
rural area · farmland · agricultural land · backcountry · wilderness
urban, core, urbane, urbanite, urbanize, urbanization, urbanized, urbanizing, urbanism