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land reclamation [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Site Development
  • Soils (Agriculture)
DEF

The return of damaged, degraded or derelict land to a beneficial use.

OBS

The term "remediation" is commonly reserved to the process of dealing with contaminated/polluted sites.

OBS

reclamation; rehabilitation; restoration: terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Aménagement du terrain
  • Sols (Agriculture)
DEF

Remise en état exploitable d'un terrain endommagé ou dégradé ou d'un site dégradé.

OBS

Le terme «remédiation» est communément attribué au procédé de traitement des sites contaminés/pollués.

OBS

réhabilitation d'un terrain : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Soil Science
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Site Development
DEF

The operation or process of changing the condition or characteristics of land so that improved utilization can be achieved. This may be accomplished by various means such as irrigation of arid land, drainage of swamp or waterlogged land, protection from flood menace of land constantly subject to overflow.

Key term(s)
  • reclamation of land
  • reclamation of soils
  • soil reclamation
  • reclaiming of land
  • reclaiming of soil
  • reclaiming of soils
  • soil reclaiming
  • land reclaiming
  • amelioration of soils
  • amelioration of land

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Science du sol
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Aménagement du terrain
DEF

Terme général pour désigner la mise en valeur de terres incultes ou insalubres, l'amélioration du sol, le gain de terrain sur la mer, les travaux d'assainissement et de drainage, d'assèchement et d'irrigation.

DEF

Amélioration du rendement des terres.

OBS

défrichement : ce terme correspond à l'anglais «clearing».

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «réhabilitation» ou «restauration» d'un site (en anglais : «site rehabilitation»), avec «restauration» ou «régénération» d'un sol (en anglais : «land restoration») et avec «remise en végétation» ou «reverdissement» (en anglais : «revegetation»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Ciencia del suelo
  • Planificación de zonas (Urbanismo)
  • Preparación del terreno
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