Benefits and challenges of linking green infrastructure and highway planning in the United States

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 182-197

  Marcucci, Daniel J ^a   Jordan, Lauren M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco logical; Executive Order 13274; Green infrastructure; Integrated transportation planning; Planning and environmental linkages (PEL)

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECO-LOGICAL; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS; EXECUTIVE ORDER 13274; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; HIGHWAY PROJECTS; INTERCONNECTORS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOGICAL FLOW; MARYLAND , USA; POLICY ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGENERATIVE CAPACITY; REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY PLANNING;

TRANSPORTATION;

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHWAY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MARYLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871778590     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9966-7     Document Type: Article

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