<div>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.</div>
<div><br>"City Centre" or "Town Centre" would generally refer to the commercial centre (or CBD).</div>
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<div>Richard<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">2009/6/15 Richard Mann <<a href="mailto:richard.mann.westoxford@googlemail.com">richard.mann.westoxford@googlemail.com</a>>:<br>
> I think the English "word" for it is "Central Business District". Or less<br>> formally "City Centre" or "Town Centre".<br><br>When I searched for the right term a also stubled open Central<br>
Business District but I would never apply it to a center, as I don't<br>care much about Business, and the centers of european cities deserve<br>more than that actually. City centres and town centres are a little<br>bit more emphasized though, than "Kerngebiet", which is an exact term<br>
in German legislation and applies as well to densely used mixed areas<br>that would not be called "city centre", because they aren't "in the<br>center".<br><font color="#888888"><br>Martin<br></font></blockquote>
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