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ENVIRONMENT > ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION > CONSERVATION AREAS

Preferred term

CONSERVATION AREAS  

Definition

  • AN AREA DEEMED TO BE OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL, NATURAL, OR OTHER INTEREST, WHOSE CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE ARE PROTECTED (USUALLY BY LAW) FROM UNDESIRABLE CHANGES

Entry terms

  • AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY
  • HERITAGE COASTS
  • SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
  • SSSI

History note

  • DEFINITION ADDED DECEMBER 2005

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:8c26c5d6-93ed-4f9d-8ec9-0198a6133af1:3

Date issued

  • 2022-09-20

DEFINITION SOURCE

  • OED

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URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/3/8c26c5d6-93ed-4f9d-8ec9-0198a6133af1

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