City zones

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  • City zones
    • Central Business District
      • In the middle of the city
      • Contains the main public buildings, stations, hotels, shops, offices, restaurants and entertainment facilities
      • Often surrounded by a ringroad
    • Inner City
      • Mainly residential
      • Some businesses and parks
      • Short parallel roads often show terraced housing
    • Suburbs
      • Towards the edge of the city
      • Mainly residential
      • Shown by short curved streets and cul-de-sacs
    • Rural-Urban Fringe
      • On the edge of the city
      • Contains farmland and new housing developments and large retail and business parks
      • Shown by white spaces (fields) mixed with more built up areas

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