greyfield

English

Alternative forms

• grayfield

Etymology

Compound of grey +‎ field, referencing the colour of concrete.

Noun

greyfield (countable and uncountable, plural greyfields)

1. (urban studies) An area of commercial or industrial development which has become underused or abandoned.
   • 2022 July 28, Peter Newman, Giles Thomson, Peter Newton, Stephen Glackin, “Greening the greyfields: how to renew our suburbs for more liveable, net-zero cities”, in The Conversation‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-06-28:

     A new kind of urban regeneration is needed at the scale of precincts, rather than lot by lot, to transform the greyfields into more liveable and sustainable suburbs.

Related terms

• brownfield
• greenfield
• grey belt

 

Further reading

• greyfield land on Wikipedia.Wikipedia