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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783771403321

Titolo

Assessing and managing the ecological impacts of paved roads [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Ecological Impacts of Road Density, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

0-309-16483-4

1-280-28652-0

9786610286522

0-309-65631-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

388.12

Soggetti

Roads - Environmental aspects

Highway planning

Roads - Design and construction - Environmental aspects

Pavements - Environmental aspects

Ecological assessment (Biology)

Transportation and state - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgment of Review Participants""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 History and Status of the U.S. Road System""; ""3 Effects of Roads on Ecological Conditions""; ""4 Ameliorating the Effects of Roads""; ""5 Legal Context for Planning and Policy""; ""6 Planning and Assessment""; ""7 Integrating Obstacles and Opportunities""; ""8 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Information on Committee Members""

""Appendix B Spatial Scale of Road Effects on Ecological Conditions: Annotated Bibliography""""Appendix C Congressional Declaration of National Environmental Policy--National Environmental Policy Act of 1969""