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Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites
Market Opportunities in Sustainable Phytoremediation
- 1st Edition - November 30, 2018
- Editors: Vimal Chandra Pandey, Kuldeep Bauddh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 9 1 2 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 9 1 3 - 4
Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites: Market Opportunities in Sustainable Phytoremediation brings together recent and established knowledge on different aspects of phytoreme… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhytomanagement of Polluted Sites: Market Opportunities in Sustainable Phytoremediation brings together recent and established knowledge on different aspects of phytoremediation, providing this information in a single source that offers a cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential knowledge on industrially contaminated site restoration that is useful for both practitioners and scientists. The book gives interested groups, both non-profit and for-profit, methods to manage dumpsites and other contaminated areas, including tactics on how to mitigate costs and even profit from ecological restoration.
- Covers successful examples of turning industrially contaminated sites into ecologically healthy revenue producers
- Explores examples of phytomanagement of dumpsites from around the globe
- Provides the tools the reader needs to select specific plant species according to site specificity
Researchers in Environmental Science, Environmental Managers
- No. of pages: 626
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 30, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128139127
- eBook ISBN: 9780128139134
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Vimal Chandra Pandey
Dr. Vimal Chandra Pandey is an applied research scientist of phyto- and phycoremediation at Chandigarh University, India. He obtained his PhD from Dr. RML Avadh University and conducted post-doctoral research at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India. Dr. Pandey’s research focuses on the remediation and management of polluted sites using ecologically and socio-economically valuable plants and algae. His work focuses strongly on restoring ecosystem services and developing a bio-based economy in support of the UN SDGs. Dr. Pandey is a member of the IUCN commission on Ecosystem Management and the National Academy of Sciences, India. He is the author and editor of several books, including Elsevier’s Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes in Cities, Bioremediation of Pollutants, and more.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Scientist, University Center for Research and Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, IndiaKB
Kuldeep Bauddh
Dr. Kuldeep Bauddh is currently an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at the Centre for Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. Dr. Bauddh is currently engaged in teaching in key areas of environmental sciences like Environmental Pollution and Management, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology, Soil Science, and Hazardous Waste Management. He is also an Associate Editor of the journal “Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability” as well as the co-editor of the magazine “Kahaar”. His main research areas are phytoremediation, ecological restoration and slow release fertilizers.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, IndiaRead Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites on ScienceDirect