2009/6/16 Richard Mann <[email protected]>: > CBD is what the geographers call it.
according to wikipedia in north-america it's called "downtown" and urban planners use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_centre (CAD central activities district) as well. I didn't know about the latter before but I find it much better then CBD, because it doesn't literally emphasize on "business". I also read that "core" is a term used in English as well in this context. This is underlined by the definition in "downtown": "usually in a geographical, commercial, and community sense" - please note they mention "geographical" and "community" as well. I would like to add topological to this list, at least in older cities, that developed "themselves" in the time rather than having been developed in a short period (like new foundations). cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
