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Digestive

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Topics of site-remediation techniques for the treatment and reclamation of postindustrial residue or disturbed ecologies have been widely discussed in the last decade within the field of landscape architecture. Bio-remediation and phytore-mediation techniques highlight the capacity of plants and associated bacteria to absorb or process harmful chemicals and excess nutrients, granting landscape architecture expanded performance criteria that were previously considered solely within the field of ecology and engineering.

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(2007). Digestive. In: Living Systems. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8297-1_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8297-1_6

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