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green belt
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green belt
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) a zone of farmland, parks, and open country surrounding a town or city: usually officially designated as such and preserved from urban development
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green belt n (round town) → cintura di verde
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Dudley's Development Control Committee last night waved through a scheme by St Modwen to create a cricket pitch and pavilion on 20 acres of the Coombeswood Green Wedge at Halesowen.
Fury as homes plan given green light; PLANNING: Protestors' anger at ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
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The green belt itself, which makes up 13% of the land in England, would be replaced by a "green infrastructure" - a network of "green gaps, green wedges and buffers" - that would link urban areas to rural surroundings.
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