Evaluating aggregate terrestrial impacts of road construction projects for advanced regional mitigation

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 936-948

  Thorne, James H ^a   Girvetz, Evan H ^b   McCoy, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate impacts; Cumulative mitigation obligations; Impacted habitats; Listed species; Multiscale database; Road construction

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA , USA; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CUMULATIVE MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; DATA ARCHITECTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTIONS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; IMPACTED HABITATS; LAND COVERS; LISTED SPECIES; MAP PLANNING; MULTISCALE DATABASE; PROJECT PLANNING; RANGE MAPS; SPATIAL SCALE; TERRESTRIAL HABITATS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

AGGREGATES; ANIMALS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; WATERSHEDS; ZONING;

TRANSPORTATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GIS; MITIGATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HIGHWAY; LAND USE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349244392     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9246-8     Document Type: Article

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