Editing Ghost town (section)

==Definition==
T. Lindsey Baker, author of ''Ghost Towns of Texas'', defines a ghost town as "a town for which the reason for being no longer exists."<ref name=Baker>{{cite book |last=Baker |first= T. Lindsay |url={{GBurl|id=8Z4EFgxTW8oC|pg=PR9}} |title=More Ghost Towns of Texas |year=2003 |location=Norman, OK |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=0-8061-3518-2}}</ref> Some writers discount settlements that were abandoned as a result of a natural or human-made disaster or other causes; they restrict the term to settlements that were deserted because they were no longer economically viable.  Some believe that any settlement with visible tangible remains should not be called a ghost town;<ref name=Rockies>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Robert L.|title=Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies|year=1990|publisher=Caxton Printers|location=Caldwell, ID |isbn=0-87004-342-0|page=15|url={{GBurl|id=fXOjzn5b-tAC|pg=PA15}}}}</ref> others say, conversely, that a ghost town should contain the tangible remains of buildings.<ref>{{cite book |last=Thomsen |first=Clint |year=2012 |title=Ghost Towns: Lost Cities of the Old West |publisher=Osprey Publishing |chapter=What is a ghost town? |isbn=978-1-78200-107-2}}</ref> Whether or not the settlement must be completely deserted, or may contain a small population, is also a matter for debate.<ref name=Rockies/> Generally, though, the term is used in a looser sense, encompassing any and all of these definitions. American author Lambert Florin defined a ghost town as "a shadowy semblance of a former self."<ref>{{cite book|last=Hall|first=Shawn|title=Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Southern Nevada|year=2010|publisher=Arcadia Pub.|location=Charleston, SC|isbn=978-0738570129|page=7|url={{GBurl|id=DHLCS4HNjuQC|pg=PA7}}}}</ref>