Originally Posted by
BigAura
I think the US National Forest Service refers to it as disbursed camping. It's now considered preferable to the old school concept of an established camp site that creates an eroded environment and an eyesore.
"Dispersed" and not "disbursed" is the term NFS uses.
All good pointers, and I'd like to add one that was a good fallback for me when not in wilderness areas, unfinished construction. Spot a place that is under roof but has no windows or doors and it is likely to be vacant overnight. I never had trouble with watchmen or police and was always gone early before the work crews arrived.