Biomonitoring of urban and regional air quality in industrialised and developing countries - experiences and perspectives

Publikations-Art

Kongressbeitrag

Autoren

Klumpp, A., Domingos, M., Klumpp, G., Franzaring, J., Ansel, W.

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Veröffentlicht in

Proceedings

Herausgeber

Topcu, S., Yardim, M.F., Bayram, A., Elbir, T., Kahya, C.

Band/Volume

1/

ISBN / ISSN / eISSN

975-00331-1-6

Seite (von - bis)

180–189

Tagungsname

Third International Symposium on Air Quality Management at Urban, Regional and Global Scales

Tagungsort

Istanbul

Schlagworte

Bioindikation, Luftschadstoff

Unrestrained industrialisation and urbanisation have caused serious environmental problems in many developing countries, and despite emission reductions during the last decades, air pollution still represents one of the urgent environmental problems also in highly industrialised countries. In this paper, environmental monitoring using bioindicator plants is presented as an appropriate tool to detect and monitor air pollution effects thus supplementing information gained from conventional pollution monitoring and modelling. The use of bioindicator plants in urban and regional air quality control is illustrated by examples from two major projects dealing with industrial pollution in South America and urban pollution in several European countries. Recommendations for the successful use of bioindicator plants are given and perspectives for future application are discussed.