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green belt (land management)
Subject Category
P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition
Areas around villages, towns or cities in which development is strictly controlled and usually not permitted at all. A useful device for preventing the endless sprawl of towns or the coagulation of one town with another, providing townspeople with a welcome release from the strain of city life, and protecting the special character of some towns. The main deficiency of green belt preservation is that it encourages the leap-frogging of development over the green belt to the land beyond it.
Definition Source
Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
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Broader Term
land management
Related Term
land use
Spanish
cinturón verde (administración de tierras)
Term Number
225058