This review paper is the first that summarizes many aspects of the ecological role of trees in
urban landscapes while considering their growth conditions. Research Highlights are:(i) …

Air pollution is one of the major global environmental issues urgently needed attention for its
control through sustainable approaches. The release of air pollutants from various …

Soil Magnetism: Applications in Pedology, Environmental Science and Agriculture provides
a systematic, comparative, and detailed overview of the magnetic characterization of the …

Street dust samples from Durgapur, the steel city of eastern India, were collected from five
different land use patterns, ie, national highways, urban residential area, sensitive area …

For the first time, Araucaria heterophylla needles were used as a biomonitor to assess the
concentration of metals in urban areas. The samples were collected in the Andean city …

Concerns about motor vehicle emissions on human health are typically focused on aerial
pollution and are regulated via controls on tailpipe emissions. However, vehicles also …

Quantification of the contributions from traffic source to arable roadside soil heavy metal
loadings is a challenge. The contribution depends on: traffic intensity, road type and …

Coal is the predominant energy source in China, resulting in coal gangue. We used the
absolute principal component score multiple linear regression (APCS-MLR) model and the …

Magnetic susceptibility is used worldwide as a measure of concentration of (ferri) magnetic
minerals in soil, sediment and dust. In soils, these minerals are of various origins: air-derived …

This work addresses the effect of biochar amendment to soil on contaminant sorption,
bioavailability, and ecotoxicity. A distinction between positive primary amendment effects …