tissu commercial

CONT: Au sein des agglomérations, le tissu commercial donne à l'espace une bonne partie de son grain: autour des centres des affaires, du C.B.D. [Central Business District] des Anglo-Saxons, le tissu commercial se dilue progressivement jusqu'aux grandes surfaces récentes des quartiers neufs; (...)

OBS: urban fabric: [Conglomeration] of the various patterns and networks (social, pedestrian, vehicular, spatial, commercial, green space, etc.) which overlap to form a context within which a development is proposed.