Creating Green Roadways - Integrating Cultural, Natural, Visual Resources Into Transportation

Informationen zum Autor James L. Sipes is a landscape architect, environmental planner, and the author of Digital Land and Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources . Matthew L. Sipes is a civil engineer with HMB Professional Engineers, Inc. Klappentext In Creating Green Roadways , James and Matthew Sipes demonstrate that roads don't have to be the enemy of sustainability: they can be designed to minimally impact the environment while improving quality of life. The authors examine traditional, utilitarian methods of transportation planning that have resulted in a host of negative impacts: from urban sprawl and congestion to loss of community identity and excess air and water pollution. They offer a better approach--one that blends form and function. Through case studies and photos from around the country, Creating Green Roadways provides an examination of all aspects of green roads, from transportation policy to the basics of road design, public involvement, road ecology, and the economics of sustainable roads. This comprehensive guide offers a practical strategy for rethinking how we design, plan, and maintain our transportation infrastructure. Zusammenfassung Provides an examination of various aspects of green roads, from transportation policy to the basics of road design, public involvement, road ecology, and the economics of sustainable roads. This book offers a practical strategy for rethinking how we design, plan, and maintain our transportation infrastructure.

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• Authors: James Sipes, James L Sipes, James L. Sipes, James L. Sipes Sipes, James/ Sipes Sipes, Matthew L Sipes, Matthew L. Sipes, SIPES JAMES L SIPES MATTHEW L, Sipes James L., Sipes Matthew L.
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781610913751
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-375-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; TRANSPORTATION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy