Grid plan
type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid
A grid plan is the first basic plan in urban planning. It originated from the Indus Valley civilization of ancient Pakistan.[1] It was also widely used in ancient Greece.[2]It is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. In ancient Rome a grid plan method of land measurement was called a centuriation.[3]
Related pages
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change- ↑ Senville, Wayne (2010-03-29). "Origins of the Street Grid". PlannersWeb. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ↑ Michael Gagarin; Elaine Fantham, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Vol. 5 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), p. 154
- ↑ "Colonia Iulia Flavia Augusta Corinthiensis, AD 70s (Reign of Vespasian)". David Gilman Romano and the Corinth Computer Project. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
Other websites
change- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- The Great American Grid Archived 2018-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
