Areas having beneficial qualities to the surrounding environment or considered as natural assets to their region, typically including wetlands, flood plains, critical habitats of endangered species, and recharge zones of sole-source bodies of water.

environmentally sensitive areas(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
environmentally sensitive area(,U,English-NP,AD,U,SN)
areas, environmentally sensitive(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
ESAs(environmentally sensitive areas)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
milieugevoelige gebieden(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
milieugevoelig gebied(,U,Dutch-NP,AD,U,U)
áreas ecológicamente sensibles(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
área ecológicamente sensible(,U,Spanish-NP,AD,U,SN)
環境敏感地(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
環境敏感區(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
環境敏感地區 (,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,,)
環境易受破壞地區(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
huan ching min kan ti(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
huán jìng mǐn gǎn dì(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
huan jing min gan di(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Objects Facet
........Built Environment (Hierarchy Name)
............Settlements and Landscapes
................landscapes (environments)
....................cultural landscapes
........................<cultural landscapes by development practice>
............................environmentally sensitive areas

field of study/practice is....

environmental concepts

Dutch....	Gebieden die een gunstige invloed hebben op de flora en fauna in een bepaalde omgeving; hierbij kan in de eerste plaats worden gedacht aan moerasland, kwelders, cruciale habitats van bedreigde soorten en de zones waar waterstromen met slechts één bron worden bijgevuld.
Spanish....	Área que posee cualidades benéficas para el medio ambiente circundante o que es considerada como un recurso natural para su región; generalmente, incluye tierras húmedas, llanuras aluviales, hábitats críticos con especies amenazadas y zonas abastecidas por un único recurso acuífero.
Chinese (traditional)....	對周邊環境有益或被該地區視為自然資產的區域，通常包括溼地、沖積平原、瀕臨絕種生物的重要棲息地，以及只有單一來源的水體之補注區。

environmentally sensitive areas............	[VP]
.................	Frick, ed., Environmental Glossary, 3d ed. (1984) 104
.................	Newspaper Abstracts (n.d.)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	Candidate term AVERY - 2/93
.................	USDA, U. S. Department of Agriculture online (2001-)
environmentally sensitive area............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
areas, environmentally sensitive............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
ESAs(environmentally sensitive areas)............	[VP]
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	Candidate term AVERY - 1/93
milieugevoelige gebieden............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
milieugevoelig gebied............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
áreas ecológicamente sensibles............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
área ecológicamente sensible............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
環境敏感地............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 April 3, 2015
.................	有道youdao詞典 April 22, 2015
環境敏感區............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 April 3, 2015
環境敏感地區 ............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	有道youdao詞典 April 3, 2015
環境易受破壞地區............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	有道youdao詞典 April 3, 2015
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Bureau AAT, RKD

Getty AAT: 300249178 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300249178
ASDC Union Catalog： environmentally sensitive areas 、environmentally sensitive area 、areas, environmentally sensitive 、ESAs 、milieugevoelige gebieden 、milieugevoelig gebied 、áreas ecológicamente sensibles 、área ecológicamente sensible 、環境敏感地 、環境敏感區 、環境敏感地區 、環境易受破壞地區 、huan ching min kan ti 、huán jìng mǐn gǎn dì 、huan jing min gan di