Spatial+Organization

= = = Spatial Organization of Cities =

A city is an urban settlement located in a geopraphical space, where different activities and urban variables (cultural, economic, sociological and geographical) are involved. The city is in constant change that is why it can be considered a living organism. Spatial organization refers to the settlement of urban areas and arrangement of urban spaces. The most important concepts about spatial organization are:

Movement: monocentric model(single center displacement); polycentric model, mono-polycentric model

Land uses: residential, comercial, business, heavy industrial, light industrial, educational, health care and recreational and mix uses

Grid (pattern of the city): traditional, rectangular, organic planned, organic unplanned

Blocks (depend on the streets, topography andtraditional, type of building): traditional, rectangular, organic

Plots: housing plot, industrial plot

Building: isolated buildings, continuous buildings

Urban Landmarks (spaces important to the city)