Constructing China's roads as works of art: A case study of "Esthetic Greenway" construction in the shennongjia region of China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 324-330

  Cheng, B ^a   Lv, Y ^a   Zhan, Y ^b   Su, D ^b   Cao, S ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Association for the Handicapped of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Design esthetics; Environmental conservation; Green corridor network; Greenway; Harmonious road systems

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANNING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORRIDOR NETWORKS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; GREENWAYS; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; ROAD SYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

ART; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTHETICS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

CHINA; HUBEI; SHENNONGJIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84928525653     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2210     Document Type: Article

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