Sentence examples for derelict land from inspiring English sources
There were 150 acres of derelict land.
Industrial decline has also left a legacy of urban decay and derelict land.
We walk on some derelict land behind the bar and look out at the trailer park.
The athletes' village was build on derelict land near the waterfront, opening the city to the sea.
But those programs are organized around the principles of reclaiming derelict land and raising nourishing food in low-income neighborhoods.
The industrial past has left its imprint on the landscape, however, and much derelict land may still be seen.
About 45,000 people will soon live, work or study on 27 hectares of what was largely derelict land.
However, greenspace was also lost in already densely built-up, deprived areas due to the reuse of derelict land.
Application of urban wastes to large areas of derelict land helps in the sustainable development of this landscape.
In the Midlands in particular, the urban wildlife movement grew as industrialisation went into reverse, and nature recolonised derelict land.
The prospect of hosting the Olympic games in 2012 (see article), and a wider plan to build tens of thousands of new homes on semi-derelict land around them, has finally focused minds on the problem.
