CBD is what the geographers call it. I think it can cover the mixed-use bit around the central core as well, though there is a term "Outer Business District" for the mixed-use bit (mixed residential and workshops) when that needs to be distinguished. Alas we've often bull-dozed those areas in the UK.
"City Centre" or "Town Centre" would generally refer to the commercial centre (or CBD). Richard On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com > wrote: > 2009/6/15 Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com>: > > I think the English "word" for it is "Central Business District". Or less > > formally "City Centre" or "Town Centre". > > When I searched for the right term a also stubled open Central > Business District but I would never apply it to a center, as I don't > care much about Business, and the centers of european cities deserve > more than that actually. City centres and town centres are a little > bit more emphasized though, than "Kerngebiet", which is an exact term > in German legislation and applies as well to densely used mixed areas > that would not be called "city centre", because they aren't "in the > center". > > Martin >
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