The Environment And Landscape In Motorway Design

Author : Guochao Qian,Shuyu Tang,Min Zhang,Chun Jing
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118332955

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The Environment and Landscape in Motorway Design by Guochao Qian,Shuyu Tang,Min Zhang,Chun Jing Pdf

The construction and operation of highways has a significant impact on the environment. While such impact is impossible to avoid, modern highways are constructed and landscaped to minimise these impacts as far as possible. Good landscaping minimises the impact on those living or working close to the highway, while at the same time regenerating the natural landscape disturbed during construction. Using as its background the successful landscape design of the Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway in Jiangsu Province, China, which opened to traffic in 2007, Highway Landscape Design includes reference to all aspects of the landscaping of highways, including interchanges, embankments, central reservations, bridges, service and toll station areas, and drainage systems. Appropriate consideration is given to the negative impact on the surrounding environment during the process of construction and it discusses the ecological evaluation and conservation strategy for the highway route. China is in some respects at the forefront of highway landscape design as a result of rapid growth and development coupled with the financial resources to implement major infrastructure works, and the concepts, technologies and methods developed for this Expressway provide valuable experience for sustainable development strategies for such infrastructure.

Author : American Association of State Highway Officials. Operating Committee on Roadside Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : UVA:X000660222

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A Guide for Highway Landscape and Environmental Design by American Association of State Highway Officials. Operating Committee on Roadside Development Pdf

The Guide provides broad statements and guidelines for highway landscape and environmental design factors considered to be properly within the scope of the Committee's interests and responsibilities. The Guide's purpose is that of developing quality, character and consistency in highways in general conformity with accepted landscape architectural principles and practices. It is intended to be used by person responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the highway landscape and environment.

Author : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Highway Subcommittee on Design
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Landscape architecture
ISBN : 1560510099

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A Guide for Transportation Landscape and Environmental Design by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Highway Subcommittee on Design Pdf

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Department of Design,National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Roads
ISBN : ERDC:35925002007885

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The Art and Science of Roadside Development by National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Department of Design,National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board Pdf

Roadside development was investigated from all facets. A history of efforts to guide the practical applications of roadside development to America's rapidly growing highway system is summarized. The primary premise that highway location and design must be attractive as well as utilitarian has been expanded to include the right of way land, scenic areas, and land adjacent to the highway. Conservation of natural resources in highway design and construction is emphasized. Erosion control, landscape plantings, roadside rest areas, scenic turnouts and overlooks are discussed in terms of planning, design, and materials. Safety, maintenance, and future aspects of roadside development are also considered. legal authority and techniques for development are appended.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UIUC:30112057386473

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Environmental Considerations in Planning, Design, and Construction by Anonim Pdf

This Special Report contains papers presented at the Fifth Summer Meeting of the Highway Research Board, July 31-August 2, 1972, at Madison, Wisconsin. The papers are from the sessions on environmental considerations in planning, design, and construction. They fall into 5 topics: Where do we stand?; Environmental planning process; Preservation of recreational, natural, and historical values; Visual quality in highway design; Effects of highway construction on the environment.

Author : National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Ecological Impacts of Road Density
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309164834

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Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads by National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Ecological Impacts of Road Density Pdf

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 : Christopher J. Hoban,Koji Tsunokawa
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : NWU:35556025448895

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Roads and the Environment by Christopher J. Hoban,Koji Tsunokawa Pdf

Content Description #Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Eckbo, Dean, Austin & Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Landscape architecture
ISBN : UVA:X006011646

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Landscape Design Guide for Highways and Expressways by Eckbo, Dean, Austin & Williams Pdf

Author : Highways England
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0115537244

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Design Manual for Roads and Bridges by Highways England Pdf

Dated September 2019

Author : Richard T.T. Forman,Daniel Sperling,John A. Bissonette,Anthony P. Clevenger,Carol D. Cutshall,Virginia H. Dale,Lenore Fahrig,Robert L. France,Charles R. Goldman,Kevin Heanue,Julia Jones,Frederick Swanson,Thomas Turrentine,Thomas C. Winter
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1559639334

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Road Ecology by Richard T.T. Forman,Daniel Sperling,John A. Bissonette,Anthony P. Clevenger,Carol D. Cutshall,Virginia H. Dale,Lenore Fahrig,Robert L. France,Charles R. Goldman,Kevin Heanue,Julia Jones,Frederick Swanson,Thomas Turrentine,Thomas C. Winter Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : AASHTO
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781560512592

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A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design by Anonim Pdf

Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) reflect the need to consider highway projects as more than just transportation facilities. Depending on how highway projects are integrated into the community, they can have far-reaching impacts beyond their traffic or transportation function. CSS is a comprehensive process that brings stakeholders together in a positive, proactive environment to develop projects that not only meet transportation needs, but also improve or enhance the community. Achieving a flexible, context-sensitive design solution requires designers to fully understand the reasons behind the processes, design values, and design procedures that are used. This AASHTO Guide shows highway designers how to think flexibly, how to recognize the many choices and options they have, and how to arrive at the best solution for the particular situation or context. It also strives to emphasize that flexible design does not necessarily entail a fundamentally new design process, but that it can be integrated into the existing transportation culture. This publication represents a major step toward institutionalizing CSS into state transportation departments and other agencies charged with transportation project development.

Author : Ashley Scott Kelly,Xiaoxuan Lu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Human geography
ISBN : 9789811640674

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Critical Landscape Planning During the Belt and Road Initiative by Ashley Scott Kelly,Xiaoxuan Lu Pdf

This open access book traces the development of landscapes along the 414-kilometer China-Laos Railway, one of the first infrastructure projects implemented under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and which is due for completion at the end of 2021. Written from the perspective of landscape architecture and intended for planners and related professionals engaged in the development and conservation of these landscapes, this book provides history, planning pedagogy and interdisciplinary framing for working alongside the often-opaque planning, design and implementation processes of large-scale infrastructure. It complicates simplistic notions of development and urbanization frequently reproduced in the Laos-China frontier region. Many of the projects and sites investigated in this book are recent "firsts" in Laos: Laos's first wildlife sanctuary for trafficked endangered species, its first botanical garden and its first planting plan for a community forest. Most often the agents and accomplices of neoliberal development, the planning and design professions, including landscape architecture, have little dialogue with either the mainstream natural sciences or critical social sciences that form the discourse of projects in Laos and comparable contexts. Covering diverse conceptions and issues of development, including cultural and scientific knowledge exchanges between Laos and China, nature tourism, connectivity and new town planning, this book also features nine planning proposals for Laos generated through this research initiative since the railway's groundbreaking in 2016. Each proposal promotes a wider "landscape approach" to development and deploys landscape architecture's spatial and ecological acumen to synthesize critical development studies with the planner's capacity, if not naive predilection, to intervene on the ground. Ultimately, this book advocates the cautious engagement of the professionally oriented built-environment disciplines, such as regional planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture, with the landscapes of development institutions and environmental NGOs.

Author : G. A. Jellicoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Express highways
ISBN : UCAL:B4429225

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Motorways by G. A. Jellicoe Pdf

Author : Craig Churchward
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : 9780309258869

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Evaluation of Methodologies for Visual Impact Assessments by Craig Churchward Pdf

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 741: Evaluation of Methodologies for Visual Impact Assessments evaluates visual impact assessment (VIA) procedures, methods, and practices that satisfy or exceed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other requirements. The report documents VIA methodologies and approaches used in the United States and other countries, describes the decision making framework used to select specific VIA techniques for a given project, includes VIA best practice case studies from state departments of transportation, and highlights promising new developments in the field."--pub. desc.

Author : Jim McCluskey
Publisher : Architectural Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015026970700

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Road Form and Townscape by Jim McCluskey Pdf

Revised edition (first, 1979) of a thorough presentation on the environmental context of roads. The author, civil engineer and landscape architect, combines close attention to aesthetic urban and rural values with effective engineering solutions. Abundantly illustrated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR