Abstract
Sites of warfare are degraded in many different ways. A general distinction has to be made between land directly affected by military conflicts and land used by armed forces as military bases. In the first case land degradation is mainly caused by:
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destruction of strategically important targets
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destruction of urban facilities not strategically important, so called collateral damages
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contamination due to chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare agents distortion of soil by bombs and shells
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distortion of soil by bombs and shells
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unexploded bombs and landmines
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Genske, D.D. (2003). Remediating Sites of Warfare. In: Urban Land. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05326-3_14
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