development

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007835",
  "term": "development",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Changing the landscape through agriculture, industry, or building homes.\n\n2. The preparation of a mining property so that an ore body can be analyzed and its tonnage and quality estimated. Development is an intermediate stage between exploration and mining.\n\n3. As used in this part, means the systematic use of scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, testing, or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an improvement in an existing product or service) to meet specific performance requirements or objectives. It includes the functions of design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing; it excludes subcontracted technical effort that is for the sole purpose of developing an additional source for an existing product.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary",
    "48 CFR 35.001 (CFR 2019)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/development/"
}