plan. urb. (Derelict or cleared areas of disused industrial plant, parts of a city now uninhabited, because of population declaine or emigration, as well as areas without use, because of the lack of subsidies. Such areas are characteristic of cities all over the world: though they have the potential for the creation of new spaces for urban renewal or recreation; a completely desolate a. a. signifies decline, final surrender of its use and the irrevocable loss of social capital and infrastructure; â–ºderelict land, â–ºindustrial area, â–ºabandoned land, â–ºorphan contaminated site);s terreno [m] abandonado (CCEE 1990; en áreas urbanas, superficies de antiguas fábricas cerradas [â–ºruina industrial] o de zonas de vivienda desocupadas por la reducción de la población o emigración de la misma, que se encuentran generalmente en zonas industriales en declive, asà como en áreas rurales por abandono de explotación agrÃcola [â–ºtierra abandonada]. Estos t. a.son un fenómeno extendido en muchas ciudades...
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(2010). 1 abandoned area [n]. In: Evert, KJ., Ballard (deceased), E.B., Elsworth, D.J., Oquiñena, I., Schmerber, JM., Stipe (deceased), R.E. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76435-9_3
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