The phrase "area collapse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to structural engineering, geology, or any situation where a specific area experiences a failure or breakdown.
Example: "The recent earthquake caused significant area collapse in the old buildings, leading to extensive damage."
Alternatives: "zone failure" or "region collapse".
With houses empty and demand for them falling in a city struggling to recover from its 1980s economic decimation, the Anfield area collapsed into dramatic decline.
After the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak in February, however, law enforcement in the area collapsed almost completely, resulting in a boom in the volume of smuggled goods, which included a steady flow of cars, as well as weapons.
TREAM TBAL, Cambodia — Survivors described a scene of panic Thursday after a raised storage area collapsed at a footwear factory in this Cambodian village, killing at least two workers, injuring a dozen more and underlining global worries about factory safety in poor countries.
Instead of being text-heavy by default, the new pages have much of the text area collapsed, and the emphasis is clearly on the images.
But at the end of the '90s, Luxottica took over [other brands] and moved all the production to China and the area collapsed economically.
In particular, the working face at the downstream area collapsed in April 2010 (Fig. 4), and its treatment was not completed until April 2011, taking more than 1 year.
The structure of the TiO2 nanotubes in that area collapsed due to the additional etching by the fluorine ions in the anodizing solution.
We define the threshold of normal reaction as (R_{mathrm{break}}in R^1 >0)) to an area of the environment, and assume that this area collapses if the external normal force is over (R_{mathrm{break}}).
The coastal defense structure and road communication system in the affected area collapsed, as 237 km of embankment, 2233 km of roads, 175 bridges, and multiple culverts were seriously damaged or destroyed (UNDP 2010).
While diversity is among the community's enduring characteristics, the industrial economy that drew various groups to the area collapsed in the late 1970s.
