By Kate Kennen,Niall Kirkwood

Winner of the 2017 CBHL Literature Award of Excellence in panorama layout and Architecture



Phyto offers the strategies of phytoremediation and phytotechnology in a single finished consultant, illustrating whilst crops should be thought of for the uptake, elimination or mitigation of on-site pollution. present medical case stories are coated, highlighting the benefits and obstacles of plant-based cleanup. ordinary contaminant teams present in the outfitted surroundings are defined, and plant lists for mitigation of particular contaminants are integrated the place acceptable.


This is the 1st publication to deal with the advantages of phytotechnologies from a layout viewpoint, taking advanced medical phrases and translating the learn into an easy-to-understand reference e-book for these desirous about developing planting options. in general, phytotechnology planting concepts are at the moment hired post-site illness to assist freshen up already infected soil by means of making the most of the confident results that vegetation may have upon destructive pollutants and chemical substances. This booklet offers a brand new idea to create projective planting designs with preventative phytotechnology talents, ‘phytobuffering’ the place destiny toxins could be anticipated for specific web site courses.


Filled with tables, images and specific drawings, Kennen and Kirkwood's text guides the reader in the course of the technique of identifying crops for his or her aesthetic and environmental characteristics, mixed with their contaminant-removal benefits.

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