The phrase "land damage" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to any harm or destruction that has occurred to a piece of land. Example: The recent hurricane caused significant land damage in coastal towns, with many buildings and roads destroyed by the strong winds and flooding.
The Marshall Islands nuclear claims tribunal had awarded more than US$2bn in personal injury and land damage claims arising form the nuclear tests, but stopped paying after a US$150m US compensation fund was exhausted.
The Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal awarded more than $2bn in personal injury and land damage claims arising form the nuclear tests but stopped paying after a compensation fund was exhausted.
Almost 450 ha of residential and public land was designated as a 'Red Zone' unsuitable for residential redevelopment because land damage was so significant, engineering solutions were uncertain, and repairs would be protracted.
In addition to the land damage, the medical and psychological costs of the accident included an increase in birth defects and cancer (particularly of the thyroid) and a declining birth rate, at least partly in response to fears of those defects.
Wild rabbits compete with livestock for pasture and also cause land damage from burrowing.
Examples include research by Li et al. (1999) who designed a pre-reclamation plan for Liuqiao coal mine based on land damage analysis.
But Ms. Tse and her neighbors are watching their livelihoods erode, with some of the land damaged beyond all repair.
The law sets standards for granting permits, inspecting mines and reclaiming land damaged by the mining process.
Runoff from stripped patches of land damages the fertility of surrounding cropland, making it harder to grow food and compounding the kilns' health effects, Yu said.
Mr. Wright created Manitoga on land damaged by 150 years of quarrying and logging, restoring the property using native trees, ferns, mosses and wildflowers.
As well as concerns over lost food production, some conservationists worry that rewilded land damages biodiversity, because some species won't survive in heavily forested wilderness.
