1. What is CBD? • The CBD or Central Business District is focal point of a city. It is the commercial, office, retail, and cultural center of the city and usually is the center point for transportation networks. • Example: Central of New York City ( USA)
2. Characteristic of CBD • The central business district (C.B.D.) has the following characteristics : • Has the departmental shops, large offices, main railway and bus stations, many churches, pubs, clubs and cinemas and the town hall . • The main roads head into the C.B.D. • The value of the land is greatest here . • Due to the high cost of the land buildings are built upwards . • C.B.D. suffer from the worst traffic congestion . • It is often the oldest part of the city . • It may have a grid-iron street pattern, that is parallel straight roads and other roads running at right angles .
3. Common Problem • There are lots of problems that people have to face most commonly: • The worst traffic congestion • Pollution • Crime • Urban decay
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7. Vehicles cause air and noise pollution while run down houses and graffiti cause visual pollution.
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10. About crime, I came up with the solution which is putting more polices and cameras in some places.( We cannot stop the crime, it is just part of the natural).