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desaffectatie

English translation: change of use

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Dutch term or phrase:desaffectatie
English translation:change of use
Entered by: Ilke Fabritius

08:55 Mar 3, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Environment & Ecology
Dutch term or phrase: desaffectatie
Context:

De ontwikkeling van een expliciet grondbeleid zal defensie toelaten overwogen beslissingen te nemen op het vlak van ruimtelijke ordening, milieu en natuur, en zo ook het gebruik en de desaffectatie van de militaire terreinen te optimaliseren.

Bij desaffectatie gevolgd door onteigening en vervreemding moet defensie de milieukosten tijdig mee in overweging nemen.

Waarnaar verwijst de term desaffectatie precies in deze context en wat is de Engelse term?

Alvast heel erg bedankt!
Ilke Fabritius
Local time: 18:04
change of use
Explanation:
if affectatie means aanwijzing van een bestemming then it would seem logical that desaffectatie would mean change of use.
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Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 18:04
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3 +2change of use
Kate Hudson (X)
4deallotment
Max Nuijens
3...
Nicole Snoek (X)
3disposal
Albert Stufkens


  

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change of use


Explanation:
if affectatie means aanwijzing van een bestemming then it would seem logical that desaffectatie would mean change of use.

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: I was thinking along the lines of deallocation, but that might be too restrictive or too literal. 'Desaffectatie' is apparently a borrowing from French.
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agree  Mark Shimmin: I think this is a good solution, the only thing I can think of is "decommissioning" which I think of for an industrial plant etc.
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Explanation:
'desaffectatie' is typical Flemish, as far as I know, and refers to the change of 'public' to 'private' domain/use/land.

It's something like 'privatisation', but that might not be the correct term here.



Nicole Snoek (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in DutchDutch
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deallotment


Explanation:
Affectatie heeft een beperkte betekenis die alleen nog bij de Vlaamse landverdediging overleeft. Dit is een beleidsdocument, en daarom is een specifieke aanduiding nodig. Affectatie is aanwijzing of toewijzing van militairen aan een eenheid of dus ook land voor aanwending van het leger. Het heeft een juridische, en minder een economische betekenis en daarom zou ik eerder allotment dan allocation gebruiken, om het feit te benadrukken dat een overheidsmacht over land beschikt. Het omgekeerde is dan deallocation, waarbij de toewijzing ongedaan gemaakt wordt, en vervolgens kan worden onteigend, of onderwerp van nieuwe toewijzing of betemming worden kan.


Developing a clearly defined land policy will allow the Ministry of Defence / the Defence Department to take well-considered decisions in the fields of planning, the environment and nature, thereby optimizing use and deallotment of military terrains.


Zie onderstaande link:
Affectatie: seizure, allotment, greediness, to give permission to take charge in the disposition of goods, affectation

En de website van Vlaamse defensie met voorbeelden van toepassingen.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-03 10:44:12 GMT)
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Schreef mijn scriptie over natuurbeleid.


    Reference: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gsfa/Flemish_words.html
    Reference: http://www.mil.be/reserve/subject/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=74&pag...
Max Nuijens
Netherlands
Local time: 18:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4

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neutral  writeaway: never heard of deallotment being used in this context
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desaffectatie (afstoten)
disposal


Explanation:
Van Dale:
affectatie de (v.)
1 gemaaktheid
affectation, affectedness
mannerism, pose
2 het aanwijzen voor een bestemming
allotment, assignment
context
affectatie verlenen op
allot / assign (something) to (someone)

Apparently, military land becomes available for non-military use. So the army disposes of it.

Albert Stufkens
Netherlands
Local time: 18:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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