The Ecological Effects of Linear Infrastructure and Traffic: Challenges and Opportunities of Rapid Global Growth

Handbook of Road Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Van Der Ree, Rodney ^a   Smith, Daniel J ^b   Grilo, Clara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mitigation measures; Road construction; Road ecology; Road impacts; Road effect zone; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VEHICLES;

BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE; MITIGATION MEASURES; ROAD ECOLOGY; ROAD IMPACTS; ROAD-EFFECT ZONES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 84977138803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118568170.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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