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A road verge (also besidewalk, boulevard, city grass, devil strip, government grass, hellstrip, island strip, nature strip, neutral ground, out lawn, parking strip, parkway, planting strip, road reserve, sidewalk buffer, tree belt, tree lawn, utility strip, verge, etc.) is a narrow strip of grass or plants and sometimes also trees located between the carriageway (roadway) curb (or road surface edge or shoulder) and the boundary of a road.〔 The land is often public property with maintenance usually being a municipal responsibility; however some municipal authorities require that abutting property owners maintain these areas and also the footpath / sidewalks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Federal Highways Administration )〕 Benefits include visual aesthetics, increased safety and comfort of sidewalk users, protection from spray from passing vehicles, and a space for benches, bus shelters, street lights and other public amenities. It is also often part of sustainability for water conservation or the management of urban runoff and water pollution〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Passive Rainwater Harvesting )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parkway Landscaping Policy )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pruning the Parkway Strip )〕 and may provide useful wildlife habitat. Snow that has been ploughed off the street in colder climates may be stored in the area. In some countries, verges are the last location of habitats for a range of flora. The main disadvantage of the road verge is that the right-of-way must be wider, increasing the cost of the road. In some localities a wider verge offers opportunity for later road widening, should the traffic usage of a road demand this. For this reason the footpaths are sited a significant distance from the curb. == Terminology == This term has many synonyms and dialectal differences, with some dialects and idiolects without a term for this area and instead using a circumlocution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The triumph of slang )〕 Terms used include: *Berm: Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Zealand.〔''Dictionary of Regional English'' vol. 6 (Harvard University Press, 2013), pp. 130-1.〕 *Boulevard: North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin; United States Upper Midwest;〔 Winnipeg, and western Canada;〔 Markham, Ontario. *Boulevard strip: U.S. Upper Midwest. *Curb lawn: Kalamazoo, Michigan;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Departments : Public Services : Public Works : Fall Leaf Collection )〕 Elyria, Ohio; Miami County, Ohio;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Who Do I Call? )〕 Greenville, South Carolina. *Curb strip: New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington〔 *Devil strip or devilstrip: Akron, Ohio; Northeast Ohio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr. Smarty Pants )〕 *Easement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Who is responsible for the strip of land between sidewalk and curb? - HOA Forum - HOATalk.com )〕 *Furniture zone, also planter/furniture zone or landscape/furniture zone: a term used by urban planners, indicating its suitability for "street furniture" such as utility poles and fire hydrants, as well as trees or planters.〔http://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/article/370416〕 *Grass bay: New Jersey.〔 *Grassplot: East Coast of the United States, Pennsylvania.〔 *Island strip: Long Island, New York *Nature strip: Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nature Strip )〕 *Neutral ground: U.S. Gulf States.〔 *Park strip: Ohio.〔 *Parking: Illinois, Iowa, Western United States.〔 *Parking strip: Washington state, Oregon, much of California.〔 *Parkway: Greater Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast of the United States, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Texas.〔〔 *Parkway strip: Austin, Texas; Fort Collins, Colorado.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Xeric Parkway Strip )〕 *Planter zone: SmartCode/New Urbanist terminology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Codes & Manuals )〕 *Road allowance: Ottawa, Canada〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=City of Ottawa - Roads )〕 *Road verge: Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Road Verge )〕 *Roadside: Australia〔http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/79254/20071109-0847/www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au/residents/natural-resource-management/roadside-management/roadside-conservation-values/index.html〕 *Sidewalk lawn: Georgia. *Sidewalk plot: Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, Tennessee.〔 *Snow shelf: Connecticut *Street allowances: Toronto. *Street easement. *Street lawn: Ohio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Street Trees / Tree Lawn )〕 *Swale: South Florida.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Urban Forestry - Adopt-a-Tree Program )〕 *Terrace: U.S. Great Lakes region, Missouri.〔 *Tree belt: Massachusetts.〔 *Tree lawn or treelawn: Ohio, Indiana, New York, and elsewhere.〔 *Verge: England, New Zealand, Western Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Verge )〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Road verge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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