Green belt or greenbelt is an area of protected open space around an urban area.

Green belt may also refer to:

Open spaces

Ontario

  • Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe), a protected area in the Greater Toronto Area
  • Greenbelt (Ottawa), a protected area near Ottawa

United States

  • Barton Creek Greenbelt, Austin, Texas
  • Staten Island Greenbelt, a system of contiguous public parkland and natural areas in New York City, New York
  • Long Beach Green Belt path, an open space habitat for native plants in California

Other places

  • European Green Belt, along the corridor of the former Iron Curtain
  • German Green Belt, straddling the former East-West border in Germany
  • Green belt (United Kingdom), a policy for controlling urban growth, includes a list of green belts in the United Kingdom
  • Metropolitan Green Belt, a protected area around London, England, United Kingdom
  • Santo Domingo Greenbelt, a greenbelt surrounding the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Green belt (Rennes), a protected area around Rennes, France
  • Green Belt of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain

Places

  • Greenbelt, Maryland, a city near Washington, D.C., named for its greenbelt
  • Greenbelt station, a Washington Metro and MARC Train station
  • Greenbelt Historic District, a National Historic Landmark
  • Greenbelt Homes, Inc., a historic housing cooperative
  • Greenbelt News Review, a cooperative newspaper
  • Greenbelt Park, managed and operated by the National Park Service

Roads and paths

  • Green Belt (Pittsburgh), part of the Allegheny County belt system, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Boise greenbelt, an urban trail system in Boise, Idaho, U.S.

Other uses

  • A Green Belt, a token in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  • Bering Sea Green Belt, the continental shelf break area of the Bering Sea
  • Green Belt of Glory, a set of memorial facilities at the forefront of the battle for Leningrad
  • Green Belt Movement, an organization based that focuses on environmental conservation and community development in Kenya
  • Green Belt Theory, a geopolitical theory
  • Greenbelt (Ayala Center), a large shopping mall in Makati, Philippines
  • Greenbelt Alliance, a land conservation and urban planning organization in California, U.S.
  • Greenbelt Festival, an annual Christian arts festival in England
  • Six Sigma Green Belt, a certification level of the Six Sigma processes

See also

  • The Residences at Greenbelt, a residential skyscraper complex in Makati, Philippines
  • Greenway (landscape)