Highway as Environment
Author : Yale University. Department of City Planning. Highway Research Team
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,10 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Highway engineering
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Author : Yale University. Department of City Planning. Highway Research Team
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,10 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Highway engineering
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Author : Christopher W. Wells
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0295804475
For most people in the United States, going almost anywhere begins with reaching for the car keys. This is true, Christopher Wells argues, because the United States is Car Country—a nation dominated by landscapes that are difficult, inconvenient, and often unsafe to navigate by those who are not sitting behind the wheel of a car. The prevalence of car-dependent landscapes seems perfectly natural to us today, but it is, in fact, a relatively new historical development. In Car Country, Wells rejects the idea that the nation's automotive status quo can be explained as a simple byproduct of an ardent love affair with the automobile. Instead, he takes readers on a tour of the evolving American landscape, charting the ways that transportation policies and land-use practices have combined to reshape nearly every element of the built environment around the easy movement of automobiles. Wells untangles the complicated relationships between automobiles and the environment, allowing readers to see the everyday world in a completely new way. The result is a history that is essential for understanding American transportation and land-use issues today. Watch the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48LTKOxxrXQ
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2006-01-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309100887
All phases of road developmentâ€"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenanceâ€"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Author : United States. Federal Highway Administration. Environmental Development Division
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Environmental policy
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Author : Richard T.T. Forman
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781559639330
A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficient services with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing, yet information remains scarce for those interested in studying, understanding, or minimizing the ecological effects of roads and vehicles. Road Ecology addresses that shortcoming by elevating previously localized and fragmented knowledge into a broad and inclusive framework for understanding and developing solutions. The book brings together fourteen leading ecologists and transportation experts to articulate state-of-the-science road ecology principles, and presents specific examples that demonstrate the application of those principles. Diverse theories, concepts, and models in the new field of road ecology are integrated to establish a coherent framework for transportation policy, planning, and projects. Topics examined include: foundations of road ecology roads, vehicles, and transportation planning vegetation and roadsides wildlife populations and mitigation water, sediment, and chemical flows aquatic ecosystems wind, noise, and atmospheric effects road networks and landscape fragmentation Road Ecology links ecological theories and concepts with transportation planning, engineering, and travel behavior. With more than 100 illustrations and examples from around the world, it is an indispensable and pioneering work for anyone involved with transportation, including practitioners and planners in state and province transportation departments, federal agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. The book also opens up an important new research frontier for ecologists.
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Highway planning
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Author : Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780784474587
Prepared by the Environmental Technology Evaluation Center (EvTEC) and the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), CERF Service Centers. This report provides an update on technology and is intended to assist the Federal Highway Administration's Priority Technology Program (PTP) and departments of transportation in all 50 states. It identifies barriers that hinder the widespread use of bioremediation in the highway environment, as well as methods to overcome these barriers. The evaluation is based on design, construction, performance, and quality assurance information outlined in the HITEC and EvTEC Protocols. The three case studies examine PTP projects in Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi.
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Automobile graveyards
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Author : United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Highway engineering
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