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 index and heavy metals accumulation of tree species for sustainable environmental management in megacity of Lahore

R Nawaz, M Aslam, I Nasim, MA Irshad, S Ahmad… - Air, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban air and soil quality has been deteriorating during the past few years due to
urbanization, industrialization and increased number of vehicles. The goal of the current …

Screening of plant species response and performance for green belt development: Implications for semi-urban ecosystem restoration

WU Anake, FO Bayode, HO Jonathan, CA Omonhinmin… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Screened plant species with potential for green belt development can act as eco-sustainable
tools for restoring the polluted ecosystem. Eight plant species from two study locations in …

Impact of vehicular emissions on anatomical and morphological characteristics of vascular plants: a comparative study

T Shakeel, M Hussain, GM Shah, I Gul - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abbottabad is a famous tourist destination due to its greenery and location. However, rapid
increase in population and unplanned urbanization cause various environmental problems …

Green and Eco-Friendly Treatment of Textile Wastewater by Using Azadirachta indica Leaf Extract Combined with a Silver Nitrate Solution

MA Irshad, MA Humayoun, SA Al-Hussain, R Nawaz… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study was conducted to treat textile industrial wastewater through the
combination of green and synthetic solutions. Two case studies were applied for the …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of attributable proportion of particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10) to different mortalities in Lahore city, Pakistan

H Malhi, I Ahmed, R Nawaz, A Ahmed… - Global Nest …, 2023 - journal.gnest.org
Urbanization causes a variety of environmental issues including air pollution. Particulate
matter is one of the air pollutants that affects human health. Present study was conducted to …

Modeling air pollution health risk for environmental management of an internationally important site: the salt range (Kallar Kahar), Pakistan

AH Nasir, R Nawaz, R Haider, MA Irshad - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to assess the health effects of emissions released by cement industries
and allied activities, such as mining and transportation, in the salt range area of district …

Impact of automobile exhaust on biochemical and genomorphic characteristics of Mimusops elengi L. growing along roadsides of Lahore city, Pakistan

A Hasnain, H Dadkhah-Aghdash, M Luqman… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Automobile exhaust releases different types of pollutants that are at great risk to the air
quality of the environment and incidental distress to the nature of roadside plants. Mimusops …

Air Pollution Tolerance and Heavy Metal Accumulation of Selected Tree Species at Swamp Forest Research Station, Onne, Rivers State

RE Ubaekwe, VA Okpara, UD Chima - Journal of Forest and …, 2024 - koreascience.kr
Trees improve air quality through the accumulation of air pollutants in their leaves; however,
the responses of different tree species to air pollution varies. Hence, this study evaluated the …

[PDF][PDF] Monitoring of Ambient Air Pollution in Lahore City

HM Malhi, I Ahmed, I Nasim, I Khurshid, R Haider… - 2023 - researchgate.net
Lahore is facing different environmental issues, including air pollution. The present study
was conducted to measure the level of different air pollutants in the ambient air of Lahore …