city plan

noun

An organized arrangement or layout of a city's streets, parks, business districts, residential areas, and other physical features.

Meanings

nouncity plan (plural city plans)

plural city plans

  1. urban studiesAn organized arrangement or layout of a city's streets, parks, business districts, residential areas, and other physical features.

    Entire civilizations, from their laws to their edifices and city plans, were constructed around it.

    2004, Acharya S, Suns of God, Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled, page 83
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