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Settlements, habitats > Towns > Ghost towns

Preferred term

Ghost towns  

Definition(s)

  • Once-flourishing settlements abandoned primarily due to dramatic economic decline or exhaustion of local natural resources; generally the buildings remain standing but in a state of deterioration [AAT, alt.]

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • Abandoned settlements, ghost towns

Notation

  • 120514

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-GGCWZQB7-J

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