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Urban Air Pollution and Plant Responses

The Critical Connection Between Urban Air Quality and Plants

  • 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ansuman Sahoo, Supriya Tiwari
  • Language: English

Urban Air Pollution and Plant Responses: The Critical Connection Between Urban Air Quality and Plants examines how plants are affected by air pollutants in urban enviro… Read more

Description

Urban Air Pollution and Plant Responses: The Critical Connection Between Urban Air Quality and Plants examines how plants are affected by air pollutants in urban environments. The book's chapters cover various plant responses to urban air pollution, including physiological, morphological, and biochemical reactions. Additionally, the book addresses the impact of urban air pollution on agriculture and discusses the role of plants in producing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their effects on air pollution. Sustainable urban planning strategies, innovations in urban greening, and policy and management approaches are explored as means to improve air quality and create healthier urban landscapes.

An expert group of contributing authors explores the nature and sources of urban air pollutants, highlighting the challenges posed by poor air quality in urban areas. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the critical connection between urban air quality, air pollution, and plant health, offering insights and solutions for achieving sustainable, cleaner growth in urban areas.

Key features

  • Examines the hazardous issues of urban air pollution, including sources, impacts, and potential control strategies
  • Reviews the technological aspects of urban air pollution reduction, with an emphasis on green techniques that can assist in the recovery process of the polluted cities
  • Explores the mechanistic responses of plants toward the various components of urban air pollution, along with the air pollution tolerance index of urban plants

Readership

Post-graduate students, faculty, researchers, scientists, and other professionals working in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science, and Botany

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Urban Air Pollution: Nature and Sources of Urban Air Pollutants

2. Physiological Responses of Plants to Urban Air Pollution

3. Morphological and Anatomical Responses of Plants to Urban Air Pollution

4. Biochemical and Molecular Responses of Plants to Urban Air Pollution

5. Impact of urban air pollution on agriculture

6. Plant's role in producing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their impacts on air pollution

7. Evaluating Plant Health and Tolerance to Air Pollution

8. Plant Bioindicators of Urban Air Quality

9. Sustainable Urban Planning for Air Pollution Control

10. Innovations in Urban Greening for Pollution Mitigation

11. Policy and Management Strategies for Sustainable Urban Landscapes

12. Future Directions in Urban Plant Science and Management

13. A blueprint for sustainable, cleaner growth in urban areas

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Ansuman Sahoo

Dr. Sahoo holds a doctoral degree in Botany from Banaras Hindu University and has 6 years of research experience in the field of air pollution (Tropospheric ozone) and its impacts on legumes. He has published several research and review papers in high-impact journals.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Botany, D.A.V. College, India

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Supriya Tiwari

Dr. Tiwari holds a doctoral degree in Botany and has been involved in teaching since 2009. She has an experience of about 19 years of research work related to air pollution and its impacts on plants. She has multiple research and review publications published in prestigious international journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India