Many have heard about brownfields, lands that are unfit and unsafe for habitation until remediation of some kind is performed.
Then there are greenfields, largely uninhabited and descriptively just that — agricultural land, green fields (and forests). Greenfields are popular for housing development and city expansion, despite the loss of land that is growing our food.
But what to make of yet another ‘fields’ term — greyfields? A whole book has been written to explain what greyfields are, and how they can be used to enhance ‘shopworn’ urban environments. Released in midsummer, it’s well suited to exploring warm and sunny urban development ideas in this winter season. Read more in The Conversation: Greening the greyfields: how to renew our suburbs for more liveable, net-zero cities
