Guochao Qian, Shuyu Tang, Min Zhang, Chun Jing

The Environment and Landscape in Motorway Design

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The construction and operation of highways has a significantimpact on the environment. While such impact is impossible toavoid, modern highways are constructed and landscaped to minimisethese impacts as far as possible. Good landscaping minimisesthe impact on those living or working close to the highway, whileat the same time regenerating the natural landscape disturbedduringconstruction.

Using as its background the successful landscape design of theNanjing-Hangzhou Expressway in Jiangsu Province, China, whichopened to traffic in 2007, Highway Landscape Design includesreference to all aspects of the landscaping of highways, includinginterchanges, embankments, central reservations, bridges, serviceand toll station areas, and drainage systems. Appropriateconsideration is given to the negative impact on the surroundingenvironment during the process of construction and it discusses theecological evaluation and conservation strategy for the highwayroute. China is in some respects at the forefront of highwaylandscape design as a result of rapid growth and developmentcoupled with the financial resources to implement majorinfrastructure works, and the concepts, technologies and methodsdeveloped for this Expressway provide valuable experience forsustainable development strategies for suchinfrastructure.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118332970
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 174mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 908g
• ISBN-13: 9781118332979
• ISBN-10: 1118332970
• Artikelnr.: 41194799

Autorenporträt

Qian Guochao is a Senior Engineer and Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation. Tang Shuyu is a Researcher in the Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chief Engineer of Nanjing Botanical Gardens. Zhao Min is a Senior Engineer and Project Department Director in the Jiangsu Provincial Expressway Construction Headquarters. Jing Chun is a Senior Engineer in the Jiangsu Provincial Expressway Construction Headquarters.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors vii Introduction 1 1 Impact of Motorway Construction on
the Environmental Landscape and Protection Countermeasures 11 1.1 Impact on
the natural environment 11 1.2 Impact on history, culture and scenery 18
1.3 Pollution of the surrounding environment 19 1.4 Impact on public
activities and production 21 1.5 Landscape protection countermeasures and
measures 22 2 Environmental Landscape Design of Filled and Excavated
Sections 32 2.1 Concept 32 2.2 Classification of the side slope 34 2.3
Functions of planting vegetation on the slope 34 2.4 Habitat conditions on
the slope 40 2.5 Slope landscape design 40 2.6 Landscape design types 41
2.7 Selection of green plants for the slope 59 2.8 Remaking of the rocky
cut slope 60 2.9 Slope greening and construction technologies 66 3
Interchange Environmental Landscape Design 82 3.1 Concept 82 3.2 Landscape
design objectives 82 3.3 Creative landscape design 86 3.4 Main types of
landscapes 87 3.5 Design features of interchanges on the Nanjing-Hangzhou
motorway 94 4 Environmental Landscape Design of the Central Reservation 121
4.1 Definition 121 4.2 Functions 121 4.3 Landscape design 126 4.4 Design
pattern 141 4.5 Landscape design and analysis of the central reservation of
the Nanjing-Hangzhou motorway 149 5 Environmental Landscape Design of
Service Areas and Toll Stations 159 5.1 General 159 5.2 Building works and
the 'Pearl Necklace' concept of the Nanjing-Hangzhou motorway 163 6
Environmental Landscape Design of Bridges and Structures 191 6.1 Essential
characteristics of bridges 191 6.2 Coordination between bridges and the
environment 192 6.3 Analysis of examples of bridges along the
Nanjing-Hangzhou motorway 220 7 Environmental Landscape Design along the
Nanjing-HangzhouMotorway 236 7.1 Design techniques 236 7.2 Hotspot sections
along the Nanjing-Hangzhou motorway 236 8 Environmental Landscape Design of
Drainage Systems 245 8.1 General requirements of motorway drainage systems
245 8.2 Consistency of design concepts and drainage system 246 8.3
Innovation in the drainage system of the Nanjing-Hangzhou motorway 246 9
Ecological Evaluation of Motorway Green Space Systems 264 9.1 Green space
system of the Luojiabian Interchange Area 264 9.2 Analysis of
characteristics of green plant communities on typical sections 275 9.3
Green space system of slopes of typical sections 290 10 Vegetation Types
and Available Plant Resources along the Nanjing-HangzhouMotorway 297 10.1
Vegetation in Lishui and Nanjing 297 10.2 Vegetation in Liyang and Yixing
299 10.3 Exploitable plant resources 302 Appendix 10.A Plant Species
Adapted to Motorways in Jiangsu Province 321 11 Green Landscape Design of
the Nanjing-HangzhouMotorway (Phase II) 326 11.1 Project overview 326 11.2
Design principles 326 11.3 The details of green landscape design of the
Nanjing-Hangzhou motorway (phase II) 328 11.4 Conclusion 349 References 351
Further Reading 353 Index 361