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词汇 brownfield
释义 brownfield
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈbraʊn.fiːld/ us /ˈbraʊn.fiːld/
used to refer to an area of land in a town or city that was previously used for industry and where new buildings can be built: 棕色地带的(指城镇中原为工业用地现准备重新开发的地区)
The Government has promised that 60 per cent of all new housing will be built on brownfield land.
They propose fiscal incentives such as tax breaks for brownfield development.
See also
brownfield site
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greenfield
The region has made impressive progress with brownfield redevelopment.
8,000 new housing units were to be created in the city through brownfield projects.
Thousands of school playing fields have been sold off for housing, while acres of brownfield former industrial land lie unused.
The company specializes in urban building schemes and is behind many brownfield developments in London.
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
brownfield
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈbraʊn.fiːld/ us /ˈbraʊn.fiːld/
an area of land in a town or city that was previously used for industry:
The majority of the new housing will probably be on brownfield.
The site is the largest brownfield in the city.
Compare
greenfield
Any land with a former industrial use qualifies as brownfield and you can build on it.
Congress approved an environmental measure that will strengthen efforts to reclaim abandoned industrial sites known as brownfields.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Civil engineering in general
built environment
caisson
civil engineer
civil engineering
geotechnical
infrastructure
lineman
linesman
planning
planning permission
purpose-built
quantity surveyor
reclamation
ribbon development
structural engineer
subsea
surveyor
town planner
town planning
urbanize

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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities

brownfield | Business English


brownfield
noun[ C ]
 ENVIRONMENTuk /ˈbraʊnfiːld/us(UK usuallybrownfield site)
an area in a town or city that has been used in the past for factories or offices, and that could now be used for new building development:
Officials have identified 15 brownfields that take up 40 acres of land inside the city limits.

brownfield


adjective[ before noun ]
brownfield development/land/reclamation

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greenfieldadjective

Examples of brownfield


brownfield
After the closure of the dockyard, the island became a typical abandoned 'brownfield' site.
As is typical of many brownfield sites it contained several old buildings, which could potentially be used for temporary activities.
Orthodox thinking is that as much development as possible should be on urban brownfield land.
First, there is too little brownfield land.
Interstitial spaces, brownfield sites, disused industrial estates, railway lines and stations, abandoned ports and plots in ruins, are unproductive areas within the economic structure of the city.
An important part of their programme is the reclamation and development of brownfield and derelict sites.
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It was a brownfield site and now there is social housing, a business park and also student accommodation, along with other housing.
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A focus must be put on brownfield developments—that is generally accepted—and every attempt will be made to resist the development of the green belt.
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We have got to understand that one of the biggest brakes on our ability to develop brownfield sites is the slowness of the planning system.
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A brownfield development may be close to a densely populated area of housing.
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We must, once and for all, reduce land use and re-use brownfield sites.
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This involves making the best possible use of brownfield sites in urban areas to accommodate new homes.
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The key to increasing brownfield development in both south and north is to find imaginative ways by which the density of development can be increased.
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I hope to make three constructive points in the debate about greenfield and brownfield site developments.
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Where will it build them, because it has used up all its brownfield land and there is not much greenfield land?
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