The environment and landscape in motorway design /
The construction and operation of motorways has a significant impact on the environment, While such impact is impossible to avoid, modern motorways are constructed and landscaped to minimize or mitigate these environmental impacts as far as possible, while at the same time regenerating the natural l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Multiple languages |
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Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom :
Wiley Blackwell, China Communications Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The construction and operation of motorways has a significant impact on the environment, While such impact is impossible to avoid, modern motorways are constructed and landscaped to minimize or mitigate these environmental impacts as far as possible, while at the same time regenerating the natural landscape disturbed during construction. China is at the forefront of motorway landscape design as a result of rapid growth and the development of major infrastructure works. Using as its background the successful landscape design of the Nanjing-Hangzhou Motorway in Jiangsu Province, China, which opened, to traffic in 2008, The Environment and Landscape in Motorway Design discusses all aspects of the landscaping of motorways, 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 the book discusses the ecological evaluation and conservation strategy for the motorway route. The concepts, technologies and methods developed for this motorway provide valuable experience for the sustainable construction of such infrastructure. Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 371 pages : : illustrations.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-360) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118332962 (electronic bk.) 1118332962 (electronic bk.) |