2. Features of radial city pattern
•Inner outer ring roads linked by
radiating roads.
• Core has the business area.
• Industrial area interspersed
within the residential.
• Periphery has green belts.
FEATURES OF ON RADIAL PLANNING
6. •Moscow is the capital
city of Russia. The city is a major
political, economic, cultural and
scientific center in Russia and in
Europe. According to Forbes 2011,
Moscow has the largest community
of billionaires in the world.
Moscow is
the northernmost megacity on Earth.
•Moscow is situated on the Moskva
River in the Central Federal
District of European Russia. In the
course of its history the city has
served as the capital of a
progression of states, from the
medieval Grand Duchy of
Moscow and the
subsequent Tsardom of Russia to
the Soviet Union.
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8. •The city is served by an
extensive transit network, which
includes four international
airports, nine railway terminals,
and one of the deepest
underground metro systems in
the world, the Moscow Metro,
second only to Tokyo in terms
of passenger numbers. It is
recognized as one of the city's
landmarks due to the rich and
varied architecture of its 185
stations.
9. •The first known development
plan for Moscow was created
in 1596-97 for Tsar Boris
Godunov, although the original
has not survived. It was used
as the foundation for later plans,
such as Peter’s Plan,
Sigismund’s Plan and others
drafted in the 17th century.
•In 1731a new plan for
Moscow, which was published
in 1739. Ivan Michurin created
the plan based on the results
of land surveys. This was the
first plan that took into account
the actual relief of the land
in Moscow
13. The District of Columbia the capital of the United States. It is located between
Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River. The district is named after
Columbus.
DC history began in 1790 when Congress directed selection of a new capital site,
100 sq mi, along the Potomac. When the site was determined, it included 30.75 sq
mi on the Virginia side of the river.
The city was planned and partly laid out by Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French
engineer. This work was perfected and completed by Maj. Andrew Ellicott and
Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man who was an astronomer and
mathematician. In 1814, during the War of 1812, a British force burned the capital
including the White House.
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