Issues and methods for transdisciplinary planning of combined wildlife and pedestrian highway crossings

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2123, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Ahern, Jack ^a   Jennings, Lee ^a   Fenstermacher, Beth ^a   Warren, Paige ^a   Charney, Noah ^a   Jackson, Scott ^a   Mullin, John ^a   Kotval, Zenia ^a   Brena, Sergio ^b   Civjan, Scott ^b   Carr, Ethan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CROSSWALKS; FOOTBRIDGES; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGHWAY CROSSINGS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION; PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT; PERI-URBAN AREAS; PRESERVATION PROJECT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; RESEARCH PARTICIPATION; SUBURBAN AREAS;

PLANNING;

EID: 76149095959     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2123-14     Document Type: Article

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