Introduce students to the restoration of derelict sites. Describe main categories of and characteristics of derelict sites (quarries, embankments, fire-inflicted areas, landfills, road verges, riparian, industrial, archaeological sites). Methodologies for restoring or regenerating each category are described emphasising advantages and disadvantages. Methodologies and applications of phyto-engineering are also presented.
The Faculty of Crop Science of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), was founded in June 1989 (Official Journal of the Hellenic Republic Νο. 166Α΄/16-6-1989) it is the first University Faculty of Crop Science founded in Greece