Concept information
Preferred term
land reclamation
Definition
- Land reclamation is both the creation of solid land from swamps and other watery areas and the restoring of polluted land to either a natural or usable state. The practice of land reclamation has been a human activity from early in human history. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Land Reclamation]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/land_reclamation
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