Environment and Landscape in Motorway Design.

The construction and operation of highways has a significant impact on the environment. While such impact is impossible to avoid, modern highways are constructed and landscaped to minimise these impacts as far as possible. Good landscaping minimises the impact on those living or working close to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Qian, Guochao
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
Temas:
Roadside improvement.
Roads > Environmental aspects.
Routes > Abords > Aménagement.
Routes > Aspect de l'environnement.
roadsides.
roadside improvement.
Roads > Environmental aspects
Roadside improvement
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The construction and operation of highways has a significant impact on the environment. While such impact is impossible to avoid, modern highways are constructed and landscaped to minimise these impacts as far as possible. Good landscaping minimises the impact on those living or working close to the highway, while at the same time regenerating the natural landscape disturbed during construction. Using as its background the successful landscape design of the Nanjing-Hangzhou Expressway in Jiangsu Province, China, which opened to traffic in 2007, Highway Landscape Design includes ref.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1306876281
9781306876285
9781118332948
1118332946

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