grid plan

A city plan in which the streets are laid out in a rectangular pattern of lines forming rectangles of uniform size.

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Unlike other cities in the region located in hilly terrain, Jaipur was established on the plain and built according to a grid plan interpreted in the light of Vedic architecture.

PM Modi hails UNESCO's move to declare Jaipur 'World Heritage Site'

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah presiding over cabinet meeting KUWAIT, March 18 (KUNA) -- Government preparations to launch an overall grid plan; with a focus on execution and maintenance of roads, was the emphasis of a miniature cabinet meeting that was headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Monday.

Fixing roads, holding those responsible for damages accountable "most important" - HH PM

Based on the writings of Aristotle, Hippodamus of Miletus is considered the 'father' of urban planning and the originator of the grid plan, commonly called the 'Hippodamian plan', although there were many grid plan cities built before Hippodamus, and it is widely known that he did not plan the city of Miletus.

Ancient Chinese capital models --Measurement system in urban planning--

Chandigarh, the new capital of the Punjab proposed by Jawaharlal Nehru after Indian independence, is laid out on a grid plan, with wide streets for road traffic separating carefully planned residential and commercial sectors.

'The survival of the Rock Garden seems little short of miraculous': Gavin Stamp celebrates the legacy of Nek Chand

The US agency has extended the grant that will be utilized for the conduct of a feasibility study on the smart grid plan of the Philippine utility firm - primarily the rollout of intelligent metering system.

US agency inks deal with PH utility firm on smart grid venture

"The existence of this road also confirms ancient Nea Paphos was laid out on a typical Hellenistic grid plan," they said.

Nea Paphos theatre dig reveals road and columns

The views from my room in the hotel's tower were breathtaking, with clear vistas across the grid plan streets of the city and onto the bay and the famous prison island, Alcatraz.

It's San Fran-tastic; Matthew Davis enjoys a laid-back city break before heading to wine country in northern California

Before adding required transmission system upgrades that are common to both proposals, the Northeast Utilities-National Grid plan will cost an estimated $449.8 million, while New Hampshire Transmission's will cost an estimated $804 million.

2 transmission projects vie for ISO New England OK: approval is expected this year for one of two competing N.H.-to-Boston plans

313), as marked by the town's grid plan, its London-derived street names, and the naming of its encompassing county as Cumberland, after the victorious general at the battle of Culloden.

Early American Cartographies

NamPower is currently working on the Master Grid Plan for the central region which will also address Windhoek's load growth.

Windhoek needs more electricity

Mine Management Plans have been lodged with the Department of Resources to continue the drilling on an enlarged grid plan with the ultimate Resource Grid probably being extended to an area of 5km by 5km (25 square kilometers).

Rum Jungle Resources Limited (ASX:RUM) Announce Ammaroo Phosphate Exploration Update

Our cities are organized on a grid plan and so are most of our buildings.

People of the Grid: Passion and Reason in Modern Design: the grid is the site where reason and order struggle for supremacy with passion and disorder. It represents the collision of two sensibilities that are forever forced to live side by side within the same society and often within the same personality. Even as we struggle to impose order on our economic and private lives, something within us yearns for an element of chaos

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