Xenobiotics in Urban Ecosystems
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This volume provides state-of-the-art knowledge on xenobiotics in urban ecosystems, addressing a wide range of related issues, such as xenobiotic types and chemical composition, environmental fate, remedial approaches, regulatory policies and socioeconomic impacts. The book incorporates theoretical and practical aspects pertaining to xenobiotics to assess their threat level in urban environments, while determining appropriate responses and remediation measures to curb harmful impacts and prevent future contaminations. The book will be of interest to soil scientists, ecological engineers,…mehr

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This volume provides state-of-the-art knowledge on xenobiotics in urban ecosystems, addressing a wide range of related issues, such as xenobiotic types and chemical composition, environmental fate, remedial approaches, regulatory policies and socioeconomic impacts. The book incorporates theoretical and practical aspects pertaining to xenobiotics to assess their threat level in urban environments, while determining appropriate responses and remediation measures to curb harmful impacts and prevent future contaminations. The book will be of interest to soil scientists, ecological engineers, agriculturists, urban policymakers, students and researchers working in the field of urban agriculture and environmental sciences.
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Rishikesh Singh, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Amity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Amity University, Punjab, Mohali, India. He has worked as Post-doctoral Fellow at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Dr. Singh obtained his doctoral degree from Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. His research interests include soil carbon dynamics, land-use change and management, waste management, environmental contaminants, biochar and carbon sequestration. He has published several research and review articles, and is working as a reviewer of several international journals. He has published 10 books in different international publishers including Elsevier, Springer Nature, CRC Press, and Wiley. Dr. Singh has >70 Scopus publications with more than 1200 citations.  Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently working as Assistant Professor (Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi,New Delhi, India). He obtained his master degree in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He obtained his doctorate degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India. Dr. Singh has more than 100 publications and has published several books in various international publishers Dr. Sachchidanand Tripathi is an Associate Professor at Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India. The areas of his interest are plant ecology, soil ecology, ecophysiology and urban ecology. He has published more than 50 publications (including research publications, books and book chapters, conference proceedings) and 5 books with reputed international journals and publishers. Dr. K. K. Chandra is working as Professor and Head, Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Environmental Sciences, at the Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has been awarded a Ph. D. from the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. The area of his doctoral research was the contribution of Mycorrhizal fungi in restoration of coal mined areas. His current research areas are "Agroforestry for environmental conservation and sustainable development', 'evaluation of high carbon stock tree species for urban forestry', Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for restoration of wastelands', Impact of drought conditions on growth and physiology of forest species'. Dr. Rahul Bhadouria is working as an assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published more than 22 papers, 22 book chapters, and 8 edited books in internationally reputed journals/publishers. His current research areas are, management of soil C dynamics to mitigate climate change, a perspective on tree seedling survival and growth attributes in tropical dry forests under the realm of climate change, plant community assembly, functional diversity and soil attributes along the forest-savanna-grassland continuum in India, recovery of degraded mountains in central Himalayas and urban ecology.