| English term or phrase: brownfields | "For example, portions of Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans are former wetlands. Most cities have blocks and blocks of brownfields. Meanwhile, the suburbs continue to expand outward, swallowing natural areas and farmland."
"The city looks inward to brownfields rather than outward to the suburbs for new development sites."
"Compact development should be a prominent characteristic of your sustainable city. Abandoned lots and brownfields would be cleaned up and redeveloped, thereby reducing the spread of the city into nearby rural areas-farms, wetlands, and forests" |
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