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English
Etymology
Blend of ecological + suburb
Noun
ecoburb (plural ecoburbs)
- (US) A type of suburban development which protects environmental functions of a site such as natural hydrology and habitat.
- Village Homes in Davis, California and The Woodlands, Texas are ecoburbs..[1][2]
References
- ^ Girling, Cynthia L. and Kenneth I. Helphand, Yard Street Park: the design of suburban open space, New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1994.
- ^ Forsyth, Ann “Evolution of an Ecoburb” Landscape Architecture Vol. 95, No 7, (July 2005), pp. 60-69.