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Spatial plans often do not provide detailed information on the cause of degradation, but the list of degraded areas mostly includes unrecovered mining quarries, unused areas of former collective farm centers and livestock farms, as well as former industrial areas. Analyzing the degraded area definition, which has been developed and adapted in Latvia and the territory together with the wording of the definitions of other countries, it must be concluded that they are significantly different in different countries. Therefore, it is necessary to study the definitions of degraded area and develop a definition suitable for the current situation in Latvia, as well as to provide recommendations to local governments in the development of planning documents. In the article author use qualitative research methods - content analysis and analysis of theoretical literature, which gives an opportunity to analyze the definitions of degraded area different countries, regulatory framework, municipal development planning documents and theoretical findings on the need to include degraded area in economic circulation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5593\/sgem2022\/5.1\/s21.069","type":"proceedings-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,18]],"date-time":"2023-02-18T11:59:41Z","timestamp":1676721581000},"page":"549-556","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEFINITION OF DEGRADED AREAS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DOCUMENTS OF LATVIAN MUNICIPALITIES"],"prefix":"10.5593","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Mairita","family":"Stepina","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies","place":["Latvia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3602","reference":[{"key":"ref=1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"[1] Adams De Sousa, C., Tiesdell, S., Brownfield development: A comparison of North American and British approaches. 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