What are the characteristics of a 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.s 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