Phytomanagement of Fly Ash brings together the recent and established knowledge of different aspects of fly ash management, providing a cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential knowledge on contaminated site restoration. Phytomanagement of Fly Ash provides readers with ecologically friendly and cost-effective solutions to decontaminate fly ash polluted sites, along with potential opportunities in phytoremediation that also yield biodiesel, aromatic oil, bio-fortified products and pulp-paper biomass. The book also focuses on novel topics, such as afforestation on fly ash catena, adaptive management, potential sink for carbon sequestration, and ecosystem goods and services.
This book is a useful reference for environmental professionals in the coal industry, ecological planners and managers, students, practitioners and policymakers involved in phytoremediation.
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Table of Contents
1. Fly ash properties, multiple uses, threats and management: an introduction2. Bioremediation of fly ash dumpsites-Holistic approach3. Scope of fly ash use in agriculture: Prospects and Challenges4. Opportunities and challenges in fly ash-aided paddy agriculture5. Microbial responses to fly ash aided soil6. Reclamation of degraded lands via fly ash application7. Afforestation on fly ash catena: an adaptive management8. Fly ash dumps: A potential sink for carbon sequestration9. Ecosystem goods and services of fly ash ecosystems10. An appraisal of phytomanagement of fly ash with economic returns
