depave

Verb

 * 1) To undo the act of paving; to remove pavement (especially if it is in the form of asphalt, concrete or the like) so as to restore the land to a more natural state.
 * 2) * 2000 March–April, Laird Harrison, "Depaving Paradise", Audubon Magazine :
 * Then the town depaved part of a city street and closed another to cars.
 * 1) * 2002, Jan Lundberg, "Gasoline Prices and Food: in Context", Culture Change, at :
 * They depaved their driveway to grow food, and they are proud to own no car, TV or refrigerator
 * 1) * 2003, Richard Register, "Depaving the World", Culture Change, at :
 * The city has a requirement to provide off-street parking.... UA Homes had real difficulty persuading City Hall to allow us to depave about six places for a garden.
 * 1) * 2006 May 28, Paul Cooley of Santa Fe, "Miscellaneous Stuff", Carfree Family, at :
 * This afternoon, we started depaving the driveway to make room for another garden bed.
 * 1) * 2006 May 28, Paul Cooley of Santa Fe, "Miscellaneous Stuff", Carfree Family, at :
 * This afternoon, we started depaving the driveway to make room for another garden bed.