Biodiversity impact assessment in road development in Lithuania

Transport

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Vaiškūnaitė, Rasa ^a   Mierauskas, Pranas ^b   Špakauskas, Valdas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

biodiversity; dispersion; environmental impact assessment; habitat fragmentation; impact mitigation measures; trace metals; traffic pollution emission

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IMPACT MITIGATION; METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES; MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTS; TRACE METAL; TRAFFIC POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84863446699     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16484142.2012.695749     Document Type: Article

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