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Research in Road Ecology

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Foreman, Richard et al. (2003). Road Ecology: Science and Solutions. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
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A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficient services with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing, yet information remains scarce for those interested in studying, understanding, or minimizing the ecological effects of roads and vehicles.

This book has been translated into Chinese and published in China in June 2008.The Main translotor is Taian Li, center's visiting scholar in 2008, and his co-workers at Lanzhou University, China.

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Davenport, John and Julia L. Davenport, Editors (2006). The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment :Springer.
Human transport by land, sea and air has increased exponentially through time in intensity, paralleling rises in population, prosperity and rates of technological change. Transport has considerable ecological effects, many of them detrimental to environmental sustainability. This volume brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines to review the ecological effects and their causes in terms of road, rail, ship and aircraft transport.

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Hilty, Jodi A. et al.(2006). Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation. Island Press.
Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with an overarching goal of conserving biodiversity. It offers an objective, carefully interpreted review of the issues and is a one-of-a-kind resource for scientists, landscape architects, planners, land managers, decision-makers, and all those working to protect and restore landscapes and species diversity.

 

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Related Links

AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence
Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE)
Defenders of Wildlife
Federal Highway Administration: Easy Ways to Help Wildlife Along Roads
Federal Highway Administration: Doing the Right Thing: Improving Transportation and Enhancing Ecosystems
Second Nature: Improving Transportation Without Putting Nature Second Surface Transportation Policy Project
Surface Transportation Policy Project
TransForm (Formerly Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC))
Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University-Bozeman
Wildlife Crossings Toolkit

 

 

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