Designing vegetation barriers for urban air pollution abatement: A practical review for appropriate plant species selection

Y Barwise, P Kumar - Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2020 - nature.com
Vegetation can form a barrier between traffic emissions and adjacent areas, but the optimal
configuration and plant composition of such green infrastructure (GI) are currently unclear …

A review on bioaccessibility and the associated health risks due to heavy metal pollution in coal mines: Content and trend analysis

M Kumari, T Bhattacharya - Environmental Development, 2023 - Elsevier
On the verge of just transition leading to phase-wise closure of coal mines worldwide, coal
mine reclamation and eco-restoration will emerge as the major activity in the coming …

Atmospheric Cd, Cr, and Zn deposition in several landscape plants in Mersin, Türkiye

K Isinkaralar, I Koc, R Erdem, H Sevik - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022 - Springer
The principal problem in dense cities is air pollution and the damage to the environment
caused by air pollution. Roadside landscape plants are exposed to air pollutants, especially …

Air pollution tolerance, metal accumulation and dust capturing capacity of common tropical trees in commercial and industrial sites

A Roy, T Bhattacharya, M Kumari - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Total nine tree species of common tropical trees were assessed for their air pollution
tolerance, dust capturing capacity and possibility to act as metal bio-monitors in commercial …

Phytomonitoring of air pollution around brick kilns in urban area: Exploring the potential of plants for the remediation of pollutants

S Setu, S Gautam, HMS Khan, MA Baten, MB Khan - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the impacts of various pollutants on foliar biochemical parameters,
including relative water content (RWC), total chlorophyll, leaf extract pH, and ascorbic acid …

Rapid retrieval of cadmium and lead content from urban greenbelt zones using hyperspectral characteristic bands

M Arif, Y Qi, Z Dong, H Wei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Greenbelts around roads are an essential part of the ecosystem that can reduce heavy metal
contamination from traffic and contribute to sustainable development. However, only limited …

Air pollution induced vegetation stress–the air pollution tolerance index as a quick tool for city health evaluation

VÉ Molnár, E Simon, B Tóthmérész, S Ninsawat… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) is used to assess how tolerant plant species
are of air pollution; it also serves to identify tolerant plant species that can be useful for …

Heavy metal concentrations in roadside plants (Achillea wilhelmsii and Cardaria draba) and soils along some highways in Hamedan, west of Iran

NS Hosseini, S Sobhanardakani, M Cheraghi… - … science and pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The present study was conducted to analyze the effects of traffic volumes on Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni,
and Zn contents in roadside soils and in two dominant herbaceous species (Achillea …

Recent trends in the analysis of trace elements in the field of environmental research: A review

M Hossain, D Karmakar, SN Begum, SY Ali… - Microchemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Monitoring of trace elements concentration in various types of sample matrices is an
important research theme in the field of pollution and health hazards. Various research …

Health assessment of industrial ecosystems of Isfahan (Iran) using phytomonitoring: Chemometric, micromorphology, phytoremediation, air pollution tolerance and …

SS Barjoee, E Malverdi, M Kouhkan, I Alipourfard… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the air pollution tolerance index (APTI), anticipated
performance index (API), enrichment factor (EF), pollution load index (PLI), bioaccumulation …