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Wildlife and Roads: The Ecological Impact is a timely publication, as there are growing concerns about the impact made by roads on the environment. Many of the aspects of the complex problem of siting new roads and lessening their negative environmental effects are addressed by contributors who are...
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Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | London : Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P261#t=toc |
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Wildlife and Roads: The Ecological Impact is a timely publication, as there are growing concerns about the impact made by roads on the environment. Many of the aspects of the complex problem of siting new roads and lessening their negative environmental effects are addressed by contributors who are specialists in their respective subject areas. Among the topics discussed are legal aspects, transport interests, planners' and contractors' viewpoints, plant and animal ecology, and innovative solutions to some of the problems that roads inevitably impose on the natural environment. The articles are based on papers presented at a meeting held by the Linnean Society of London. Each author has made revisions for this book where necessary to reflect current circumstances. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x,299pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781860949586 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QH545 |
| CLC: | U412.1-05 |
| Contents: | 1. Wildlife and roads: a Government perspective / H. Wenban-Smith -- 2. Requirements of EU and UK wildlife legislation / C. Hatton -- 3. Highways and wildlife in the UK: the Highways Agency view / A. Sangwine -- 4. Statutory agencies and roads: English Nature / D. Langslow -- 5. Balancing environment and transport / J.M. Dickson-Simpson -- 6. Treatment of biodiversity issues in road Environmental Impact Assessments / H. Byron & W. Sheate -- 7. Transport and sustainable development / C. Findlay -- 8. Transport and the biodiversity action plan / G. Wynne -- 9. The constructor's experience: the designers response / C. Livingstone -- 10. The constructor's experience: the contractor response / R. Jones -- 11. Public opinion, wildlife /T. Juniper -- 12. The ecological impact of air pollution from roads / M. Ashmore -- 13. The ecological effects of road lighting / A. Outen -- 14. Design, build, fund, and operate: ecological issues during the construction of privately financed road schemes / J. Wynn & W. Latimer -- 15. Environmental impacts of transport infrastructure: habitat fragmentation and edge effects / P. Angold -- 16. Roads as barriers / P. Anderson -- 17. Roads and habitat corridors for animals and plants / D. Dawson -- 18. A decision support system for roadside deadwood / L. Wyatt -- 19. Are roads harmful or potentially beneficial to butterflies and other insects? / J. Thomas, R.G. Snazell & L.K. Ward -- 20. Measures to protect amphibians and reptiles from road traffic / A.E.S. Langton -- 21. Disturbance by traffic as a threat to breeding birds: valuation of the effect and considerations in planning and managing road corridors / R Reijnen ... [et al.] -- 22. Wildlife mortality: head-on collisions / J. Barton -- 23. The A36 Salisbury bypass: Case Study One / M. Reed & P. Wilson -- 24. M40 Shabbington habitat creation area: Case Study Two / C.J. Bickmore. |