ghost towns
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- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
ghost towns
- Details
Designates once-flourishing settlements recently abandoned primarily due to dramatic economic decline or exhaustion of local natural resources; generally the buildings remain standing but in a state of deterioration.
- Variations
Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.
towns, ghost
ghost town
villes fantôme
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