A vocabulary of landscape — a landscape of words
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edgelands
The marginal, often overlooked zones between urban and rural landscapes — the scrubby wasteland, the industrial fringe, the places that are neither city nor countryside. Neglected by planners but rich in wildlife, weeds, and strange beauty.
Etymology
English compound. Popularized by the poet Paul Farley and the writer Michael Symmons Roberts in their 2011 book of the same name.