Evaluating the impact of highway construction projects on
Published: 25 March 2022. Evaluating the impact of highway construction projects on landscape ecological risks in high altitude plateaus. Chao Li, Jingxiao Zhang, Simon P. …
Can roads have a positive effect on nature?
Roads can be good for the environment despite their bad reputation, says Professor Bill Laurance. IN 1989, A WEALTHY real-estate developer named George Quaid illegally bulldozed a 32km road through …
Impact and effect of developing roads and highways
Highway development shares the effects with other human activities that degrade the natural environment, highways (as well as power line rights-of-way and other transportation routes) have unique impacts associated with their linear form. Within forested landscapes, highways act as concave corridors, areas that exhibit lower …
Road Construction | U.S. Geological Survey
Road construction is one of the primary activities in which humans move large quantities of earth materials. The importance of road construction as a major anthropogenic process is evidenced in the literature in its use as one of only a few factors to calculate the total human geomorphic impact on the environment. Case studies indicate that the cuts …
Environmental impacts of forest road construction on
Environmental impacts of forest road construction on mountainous terrain Iranian J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2013 Mar 15;10(1) :23. doi: 10 ... 21% of trees were damaged by excavators and 33% of trees were damaged by bulldozers during forest road construction, and on very steep terrain, 27% of trees were damaged by …
The Surprising Effects of Construction on the …
The effects of construction on the environment are immense from mining precious resources, extracting materials, and destroying habitat. To better understand its impact, it is vital to …
A Guide to Good Practices for Environmentally Friendly …
Juan D. Quintero. B / A Guide to Good Practices for Environmentally Friendly Roads. We are about to witness a rapid growth in road building, with at least 25 million kilometers of new roads built by 2050. Nine-tenths of these roads will be in developing countries—in areas that harbor some of the planet's most irreplaceable refuges for ...
Seizing the decarbonization opportunity in construction
The construction ecosystem has a major impact on the environment through other channels as well, including the significant amount of waste generated (600.33 million US tons of construction waste in the United States alone in 2018) 3 "Construction and Demolition Debris: Material-Specific Data," Facts and Figures about Materials, …
Assessment of the environmental impact of road …
The PM 10 generated by road constructions produces significant adverse effects on human health and environment. The significance of the concern relies on …
Environmental and Social Effects of Road Construction …
This study is aimed to assess the environmental and social impacts, evaluate the project implementation and its barriers of implementation of the developmental projects on the livelihood of local community taking Mizan-Dima road construction project. Mixed methods designs which include both qualitative and quantitative were used. The participants of …
Assessment of the environmental impact of road construction…
The increasing importance of the environmental and social impacts of air pollution calls for the prediction of the PM 10 emissions in construction projects to prevent conflicts with population and workers. The PM 10 generated by road constructions produces significant adverse effects on human health and environment. The …
3 Effects of Roads on Ecological Condiditons
3. Effects of Roads on Ecological Conditions. INTRODUCTION. Widespread attention continues to be drawn to the ecological effects of roads, especially as the road system continues to expand. Roads are …
How to Decrease the Environmental Impact of Construction
1) Limit Fuel Usage. Construction firm's biggest negative impact on the environment is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, like gas and diesel. Every construction project results in these gas emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other waste products that pollute the air and are believed to contribute to global warming.
A LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FOREST ROAD
The effects of road design and harvest intensity on forest damage caused by selective loggig; empirical results and a simulation model from the Bosque Chimanes, Bolivia. Forest Ecology and Management (1993) 59 (1-2) 1-14, 19 ref. 1981: GUNDERMANN E. (The impact of forest road construction in the high mountain region of West Germany
Reducing the environmental impact of road …
environmental management, the inbuilt sustainability of existing road construction practices is being developed and extended to produce variety of environmentally sustainable options. A new
Human Impacts on the Environment
Grades. 5 - 8. Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These negative impacts can affect human behavior and can prompt mass migrations or battles over clean water.
(PDF) Assessing Environmental Impact Indicators in Road Construction
The overall environmental impacts of road construction project can be classified into thr ee major categories: direct, indirect, and operational emissions. The overall environmental impacts equal the
The Environmental Impacts of Construction Projects and …
Construction's Impact on the Environment and Climate Change. Climate change scientists believe that the Earth is rapidly getting warmer and that human activity is playing a significant role in accelerating this process. The biggest way in which construction firms are doing this is by contributing to carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon …
3 Effects of Roads on Ecological Condiditons | Assessing and …
The density of the road network, the volume of traffic on a road, the road's location, topography, and other factors have major roles in the intensity of associated environmental effects of roads. A few studies have correlated the density of the road network to their environmental effects (Findlay and Houlahan 1997, Carr and Fahrig 2001).
Environmental implications of the road network in …
The effects include pollution from moving vehicles, chemical spills from trucks, displacement of wildlife and vegetation due to construction of new roads, disturbance of hydrology and the ecosystem among others. Despite these negative effects on the ecology, South African population estimated at 46 million people and a positive economic growth ...
Environmental Impact Assessment of Road Asphalt Pavements
In the Mix3: 80% of the coarse and fine aggregates is available in a quarry 35 km away from the asphalt concrete. plant; 20% of the coarse and the fine aggregates and filler is in a quarry 50 km ...
Economic, Socio-Political and Environmental Risks of Road …
If poorly planned or implemented, however, new roads can provoke serious cost overruns, corruption and environmental impacts, while generating sparse …
An assessment on the effects of road constructions on …
Ecological effects on roads construction include physical disturbance, habitats loss, extinction of populations of species near road edges, mortality of wildlife that are using roads edges as ...
Analysis of Major Environmental Impact Categories of Road Construction
To address the environmental problems associated with construction materials, the construction industry has made considerable efforts to reduce carbon emissions. However, construction materials cause several other environmental problems in addition to carbon emissions and thus, a comprehensive analysis of environmental impact …
Analysis of the driving role and impact of road construction …
Road construction will have a large impact on the ecosystem in the road area, and carbon stock, as an important indicator to measure the scale and quantity of primary productivity of the ecosystem, will also change, but the specific pattern is not clear. It is important to study the impact of road construction on carbon stock for regional …
Assessment of the environmental impact of road …
Roads construction produces significant adverse effects on environment and human health due to the discharge in atmosphere of pollutants released during the …
How Does Construction Impact the Environment?
The Stats. According to new research by construction blog Bimhow, the construction sector contributes to 23% of air pollution, 50% of the climatic change, 40% of drinking water pollution, and 50% of landfill wastes. In separate research by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the construction industry accounts for 40% of worldwide …
THE ECOLOGY OF RURAL ROADS: EFFECTS, …
Strategies for mitigating environmental impacts include configuring roads to avoid destroying ecosystems, installing fences to reduce road mortality, creating safe …
(PDF) Reducing the environmental impact of road …
A new concept of a "sustainable road" has emerged through both academia and industry, and is defined to be a road that is: - …
(PDF) Impacts of road constructions on ecological …
Impacts of road constructions on eco logical bio diversity and livelihoo d in Sierra Leone Mohamed Exton Z oker 1*, Karim 2, Brima Kargbo 3, Raymond Kemoh 4, Lansana Denis Yorpoi 5