Land reclamation definition

Land reclamation means the restoration of productivity to lands made barren through processes such as erosion, mining or land clearing.

Land reclamation means the planned and engineered disposal of inert or other appropriate waste for the purpose of constructing any facility or changing the natural features of any piece of land;

Land reclamation means the returning of disturbed land to productive use.

Examples of Land reclamation in a sentence

• Land reclamation, Characteristics of affecting fertility of soils, purposes, methods, description of land and reclamation processes.

• Land reclamation in the Philippines since the decade of the 1970’s attained modest gains in its developmental contributions to the country.

• Land reclamation has resulted in the destruction and abuse of the mangrove areas, the sanctuary and breeding ground for marine aquatic organisms.

• Development controls and their role in the conservation and creation of urban landscape; Delhi Master Plan; National Environment Policy; The rural landscape; Forest types of India; Biodiversity, urban biodiversity, Wetlands: definition, wetland values and conservations; Wastelands management; Land reclamation and rehabilitation; Watersheds and its management; Ramsar Convention, Forest Policy and management of forest resources.

• Land reclamation cost is in respect of expenditure incurred relating to the Tanjong Tokong Reclamation Project and is stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

More Definitions of Land reclamation

Land reclamation means the application of sludge at a rate not greater than necessary to support and maintain immediate revegetation. Application may be in multiple cycles prior to establishment of vegetation, but must be accomplished within a single short-term operational period.

Land reclamation means the returning of lands disturbed through mining operations or industrial activity to productive uses.

Land reclamation means using solid waste to restore drastically disturbed lands including, but not limited to, construction sites and surface mines. Using solid waste as a component of fill is not land reclamation.

Land reclamation means the returning of disturbed land to productive uses.

Land reclamation means the restoration of land for useful purposes and protection of the natural resources of the surrounding area by establishing on a continuous basis the vegetative cover, soil stability, water conditions, and the safety conditions of the area.

Land reclamation means the gain of land from the sea, or wetlands, or other water bodies and restoration of productivity or use to lands that have been degraded by human activities or impaired by natural phenomena;

Land reclamation means the filling and restoring of excavated land for the purpose of restoring the land to its approximate natural grade and to prepare or reclaim the land for re-use. Disposal of scrap tires in a permitted or registered solid waste facility is not “land reclamation.”