Viewer appreciation of highway landscapes: The contribution of ecologically managed embankments in Quebec, Canada

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 14-32

  Froment, José ^a   Domon, Gérald ^a  

^a Landscape and Environmental Design   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aesthetic quality; Ecological management; Highway corridor (syn. roadway corridor, motorway corridor); Intensive management; Landscape; User appreciation

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY SERVICE AREAS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AESTHETIC QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT; HIGHWAY CORRIDORS; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; USER APPRECIATION;

ECOLOGY;

EMBANKMENT; ESTHETICS; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33748550377     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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