The phrase "a marginal area" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a region or space that is on the edge or periphery of a larger area, often implying it is less significant or less developed.
Example: "The study focused on the economic conditions in a marginal area that often gets overlooked by policymakers."
Alternatives: "a peripheral region" or "a fringe zone".
It is the gentrifier's holy grail: a fixer-upper in a marginal area with potential.
For all its fame, Bordeaux is a marginal area for growing grapes, and its destiny is controlled by the weather.
Thus, he will have a higher probability of reproductive success than one living in a marginal area.
Walking through the streets surrounding the Deportivo, we arrive at an alleyway that marks the boundary of a marginal area known as the Barrio Negro.
He casts it as a farm-to-urban transfer in which the farmers got fair value for the water, particularly because the Owens Valley was not an agricultural paradise but a marginal area with alkaline soil and low productivity.
Firstly, Qinghai is located in a marginal area where different cultural spheres meet.
Important for considerations of hunter gatherer mobility is delineating what the presence of house remains in the archaeological record from an environmentally marginal area represents in terms of mobility patterns especially the duration of site occupation and the stability of these patterns from year to year.
The model was applied for a 8-year period in an olive orchard located in a semi-arid marginal area of Southern Italy.
Birmingham's early history is that of a remote and marginal area.
After test-cleaning in a few marginal areas, Duffy worked his way inch by inch across the picture, cleaning off the accumulated dirt and grime with cotton swabs dipped in a "mild enzymatic solution," otherwise known as spit.
The longbow evolved during the 12th century in response to the demands of siege and guerrilla operations in the Welsh Marches, a topographically close and economically marginal area that was in many ways similar to the regions in which the crossbow had evolved three centuries earlier.
