单词 | special area |
释义 | > as lemmasSpecial Area Special Area n. British History a district designated for development and improvement, for which special economic provision is made in legislation (parliamentary Acts of 1934 and 1937: see quots.); also in plural and frequently attributive; cf. development area n. at development n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > depressed area depressed area1928 Special Area1934 1934 Act 25 George V c. 1 §8 (1) This Act may be cited as the Special Areas (Development and Improvement) Act, 1934. 1945 Archit. Rev. 97 109/1 The former Special Areas, now renamed (with adjustments) the Development Areas, are not necessarily economic and social entities. 1979 G. Pottinger Secretaries of State for Scotl. 1926–76 xiv. 148 The modest incentives dating originally from the Special Areas Acts of 1934 and 1937, and modified by post-war legislation, to persuade firms to move to depressed districts were no longer considered adequate. 2004 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 29 50/2 Land settlement became regarded as a palliative like other workfare schemes developed by the Special Areas Commission. < as lemmas |
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