backland

backland Definition

back·land (-land′)

noun

adjective

of, in, or from the backlands

backland Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

development: The outbreak was blamed on shoddy backland development which had grown up to house the migrant poor who had drifted into the town.
site: Our aim was to design an imaginative mixed use scheme on a backland site within a conservation area in New Cross, London.

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