The Environment and Landscape in Motorway Design by Qian Guochao, Tang Shuyu, Zhao Min, and Jing Chun - 2014

Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Engineers and a botanist survey current thinking and practice in integrating landscape and environmental considerations into the design and construction of road ways. After summarizing the impact of motorway construction on the environmental landscape and protection countermeasures, they describe environmental landscape design for interchanges, the central reservation, service areas and toll stations, bridges and structures, and drainage systems. The Nanjing-Hangzhou Motorway serves as an extended case study, and they look both at the environmental landscape design and at vegetation types and available plant resources along its route. A chapter also discusses the ecological evaluation of motorway green space systems. (2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)