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sanering van het buitengebied

English translation: white land rehabilitation


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Dutch term or phrase:sanering van het buitengebied
English translation:white land rehabilitation
Entered by: Saskia Steur
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19:45 Jul 27, 2005
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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Dutch term or phrase: sanering van het buitengebied
this concerns decontaminating groundwater - but what is the buitengebied ?
Andre de Vries
Local time: 09:39
white land rehabilitation
Explanation:
i.e. areas that are not built-in, perhaps even rural.
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Saskia Steur
Local time: 10:39
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good link! thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1decontamination of the outlying area
Marijke Singer
3white land rehabilitation
Saskia Steur


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
decontamination of the outlying area


Explanation:
My Onroerend goed dictionary gives 'outlying area' as the translation of 'buitengebied'. This seems to be suitably vague just like the Dutch.

Marijke Singer
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Jack den Haan: See http://www.lm.doe.gov/documents/sites/co/gjo/inspection_repo... for example.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
white land rehabilitation


Explanation:
i.e. areas that are not built-in, perhaps even rural.



    Reference: http://www.gos.gov.uk/gone/docs/planning/planning_glossary20...
Saskia Steur
Local time: 10:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 8
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good link! thanks
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