English Collection

Reader's　Digest ２月号の記事 "What a Great Idea" からの引用です。
Rewilding Big Cities
As any city dweller will tell you, a little green space goes a long way. Having a park around the corner promotes physical activity and improves air quality. Plus, a tree is a lot nicer to look at than a highway.

この後にスペインのマドリッド市がハイウェイを地下道にして、地上を緑の公園にした話が書かれています。タイトルの "Rewilding" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。

・Oxford English Dictionary: the practice of helping large areas of land to return to their natural state
・Collins Dictionary: the practice of returning areas of land to a wild state, including the reintroduction of animal species that are no longer naturally found there: Indeed, the evidence suggests that there will be more benefits from rewilding.
Wikitionary: The act of restoring a natural area to its former wild state, especially by repopulating it with animals that have been extirpated.: The beaver was hunted to extinction in Britain more than three centuries ago, but is today the rewilding movement’s pin-up.

なるほど原形は "rewild" と気が付けば意味は分かったはす。でも不思議な事に辞書も原形の "rewild" は取り上げていない辞書も多かった。名詞形の "rewilding" が先に使われたのでしょうね。