Green belt
Largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding urban areas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Greenbelt" redirects here. For the city, see Greenbelt, Maryland. For specific areas of green belt and other uses, see Green belt (disambiguation).
A green belt is a policy, and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which have a linear character and may run through an urban area instead of around it. In essence, a green belt is an invisible line designating a border around a certain area, preventing development of the area and allowing wildlife to return and be established.
The more general term in the United States is green space or greenspace, which may be a very small area such as a park.