Urban greenery for air pollution control: a meta-analysis of current practice, progress, and challenges

S Chaudhuri, A Kumar - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022 - Springer
Most governmental initiatives in India, to leash down urban air pollution, have yielded little
results till date, largely due to purely technocratic vision, which is shrouded by technological …

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 …

Air pollution tolerance index and heavy metal bioaccumulation in selected plant species from urban biotopes

A Nadgórska–Socha, M Kandziora-Ciupa, M Trzęsicki… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
This research was carried out on plants Taraxacum officinale, Plantago lanceolata, Betula
pendula and Robinia pseudoacacia growing in urban biotopes with different levels of heavy …

A review on the effects of environmental factors on plants tolerance to air pollution

P Adak, N Kour - Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 2021 - dormaj.org
Due to unsustainable, unplanned, and rapid development, air pollution has become a
universal problem. Physical and chemical methods have come up with a tremendous …

Air pollution tolerance index (APTI) and expected performance index (EPI) of trees in Sambalpur town of India

C Sahu, S Basti, SK Sahu - SN Applied Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Poor disposal of waste and release of pollutants to the environment through urbanization,
industrialization and anthropogenic activities have been a serious threat to human health …

Using Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata in environmental pollution research in an urban area of Southern Poland

I Skrynetska, J Karcz, G Barczyk… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
The aim of this study was to perform a complex assessment of changes in the elements of an
ecosystem that are caused by environmental pollution in industrial and urban biotopes. The …

Robinia pseudoacacia and Melandrium album in trace elements biomonitoring and air pollution tolerance index study

A Nadgórska-Socha, M Kandziora-Ciupa… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
The accumulation efficiency of selected trace elements in the leaves of Melandrium album
and Robinia pseudoacacia grown on heavy metal contaminated sites in comparison with a …

Assessment of the reverberations caused by predominant air pollutants on urban vegetation: a multi-site study in Varanasi located in Indo-Gangetic Plains

H Singh, P Singh, SB Agrawal, M Agrawal - Gases, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant responses to air pollution have been extensively studied in urban environments.
Nevertheless, detailed and holistic studies assessing their retaliation to air contaminants are …

Air pollution tolerance index: An approach towards the effective green belt around Kathmandu metropolitan city, Nepal

K Kanwar, MK Dhamala, R Maskey-Byanju - Nepal Journal of …, 2016 - nepjol.info
Road vegetation is an effective way to mitigate road generated particulates. Green belts with
high Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) value in the urban centers play an important role in …

[PDF][PDF] Analyzing preferred indoor ornamental potted plants for their air pollution tolerance ability

S Chauhan, BB Manisha, KC Kandpal… - Pol. J. Environ. Stud, 2022 - academia.edu
Ornamental potted indoor plants provide environment friendly, self-regulating and cost-
effective solutions to ameliorating indoor air pollution. The present study aimed to measure …