What is meant by derelict land?

What is meant by derelict land? - 1992 - CS Monthly : Minerals bulletin 1(9) June 1992, 2-3(2) .

Attempts a definition, consious of conflicting legal social and aesthetic perceptions. Furthermore, the article identifies three reasons for land failing to achieve the conditions whereby a viable return on costs is possible: adverse geology, the consequences of mining and industrial contamination. Comments on the problems of restoration after the the Environmental Protection Act 1990.


CONTAMINANTS
DERELICT LAND
GROUND PROBLEMS
LAND RECLAMATION
MINEWORKINGS