Wildlife and roads : the ecological impact / editors, Bryan Sherwood, David Cutler, John A. Burton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sherwood, Bryan R.

Cutler, D. F. (David Frederick), 1939-

Burton, John A.

Series:

An occasional publication of the Linnean Society of London

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Roads.

Transportation--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Wildlife and roads: a Government perspective; THE BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN; OBJECTIVES OF INTEGRATED TRANSPORT STRATEGY; HOW THE ROADS REVIEW FITS IN; NEW APPRAISAL FRAMEWORK; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 2 Requirements of EU and UK wildlife legislation; EU WILDLIFE LEGISLATION; UK LEGISLATION; BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS; REFERENCES; 3 Highways and wildlife in the UK: the Highways Agency view; 4 Statutory agencies and roads: English Nature; ENGLISH NATURE'S DUTIES; PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE; THE LAST NINE YEARS

DIRECT IMPACT OF ROADS ON WILDLIFEINDIRECT EFFECTS; NON TRUNK ROADS; ENGLISH NATURE'S POLICIES; THE ROADS REVIEW; INTEGRATED TRANSPORT POLICY; CONCLUSIONS; 5 Balancing environment and transport; 6 Treatment of biodiversity issues in road Environmental Impact Assessments; IMPLEMENTATION OF BIODIVERSITY OBLIGATIONS; CURRENT ROAD EIA OBLIGATIONS IN THE UK; CURRENT STATUS OF BIODIVERSITY IN UK ROAD EIAS; A WAY FORWARD FOR ROAD EIAS - THE BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 7 Transport and sustainable development; THE CURRENT AGENDA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

THE BLACKWATER VALLEY ROUTETHE NEXT 20 YEARS; 8 Transport and the biodiversity action plan; OBJECTIVES FOR TRANSPORT POLICY; BIODIVERSITY OBJECTIVES AND TRANSPORT; TRANSLATING OBJECTIVES INTO POLICIES; 9 The constructor's experience: the designers response; REFERENCES; 10 The constructor's experience: the contractor response; ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA AND MANAGEMENT; SITE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS; PROGRAMMING IMPLICATIONS; BEST PRACTICE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 11 Public opinion wildlife and roads; ROADS AND THREATS TO WILDLIFE; CASE STUDIES; LOCAL ROADS AND SSSIs; NON-SSSI HABITATS

WILDLIFE KILLS AND DISTURBANCEAIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 12 The ecological impact of air pollution from roads; KEY ISSUES; LOCAL AND REGIONAL IMPACTS OF POLLUTION; IMPACTS OF SPECIFIC TRAFFIC POLLUTANTS; EVIDENCE OF IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM ROADS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 13 The ecological effects of road lighting; PLANTS; MAMMALS; BIRDS; REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS; FISH; INSECTS; CONCLUSIONS; THE WAY FORWARD; REFERENCES; 14 Design build fund and operate: ecological issues during the construction of privately financed road schemes; BENEFITS

CONCLUSION15 Environmental impacts of transport infrastructure: habitat fragmentation and edge effects; LOWLAND DRY HEATH; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 16 Roads as barriers; MOBILITY OF SPECIES; THE EVIDENCE FOR A BARRIER EFFECT; RESEARCH; MITIGATION MEASURES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 17 Roads and habitat corridors for animals and plants; THEORY ON THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BARRIERS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF BARRIERS DISPERSAL ABILITIES AND POPULATION DECLINE; ROADS AS BARRIERS; ROAD VERGES AS CORRIDORS; A CAUTION; REFERENCES; 18 A decision support system for roadside deadwood; THE SYSTEM; CONCLUSION

19 Are roads harmful or potentially beneficial to butterflies and other insects?

Notes:

Revised papers originally presented at a conference held at the Linnean Society of London in 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611869403

9781281869401

1281869406

9781860949586

1860949584