Ebook: The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment
- Tags: Environmental Management, Applied Ecology
- Series: Environmental Pollution 10
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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. The contributors have different attitudes and agendas. Some are ecologists, some planners, others social scientists. Focus ranges from identification of threats and amelioration of damaging effects through to future design of transport systems to minimize environmental degradation. Some chapters consider restricted areas of the globe; others the globe itself. Views encompass deep pessimism and cautious optimism.
Uniquely, the volume considers transport effects in all environments. This is the first book that attempts to discuss the relationship between human transport and all ecosystems. It appeals not only to the specialist environmentalist by picking out novel topics, but also to anyone involved in transport issues as it tackles the issues from an historical perspective, encompassing the past, present and future of the effects of human transport.
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. The contributors have different attitudes and agendas. Some are ecologists, some planners, others social scientists. Focus ranges from identification of threats and amelioration of damaging effects through to future design of transport systems to minimize environmental degradation. Some chapters consider restricted areas of the globe; others the globe itself. Views encompass deep pessimism and cautious optimism.
Uniquely, the volume considers transport effects in all environments. This is the first book that attempts to discuss the relationship between human transport and all ecosystems. It appeals not only to the specialist environmentalist by picking out novel topics, but also to anyone involved in transport issues as it tackles the issues from an historical perspective, encompassing the past, present and future of the effects of human transport.
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. The contributors have different attitudes and agendas. Some are ecologists, some planners, others social scientists. Focus ranges from identification of threats and amelioration of damaging effects through to future design of transport systems to minimize environmental degradation. Some chapters consider restricted areas of the globe; others the globe itself. Views encompass deep pessimism and cautious optimism.
Uniquely, the volume considers transport effects in all environments. This is the first book that attempts to discuss the relationship between human transport and all ecosystems. It appeals not only to the specialist environmentalist by picking out novel topics, but also to anyone involved in transport issues as it tackles the issues from an historical perspective, encompassing the past, present and future of the effects of human transport.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Ecological effects of aviation....Pages 5-24
The local costs to ecological services associated with high seas global transport....Pages 25-38
Shipwrecked – Shipping impacts on the biota of the Mediterranean Sea....Pages 39-69
Snakes and ladders: Navigable waterways as invasion corridors....Pages 71-75
The transport and the spread of living aquatic species....Pages 77-97
Small craft and the spread of exotic species....Pages 99-118
The environmental impacts of private car transport on the sustainability of Irish settlements....Pages 119-164
Mortality in wildlife due to transportation....Pages 165-189
Habitat fragmentation due to transport infrastructure : Practical considerations....Pages 191-204
Restoring habitat connectivity across transport corridors: identifying high-priority locations for de-fragmentation with the use of an expert-based model....Pages 205-231
Habitat and corridor function of rights-of-way....Pages 233-254
Impact of road traffic on breeding bird populations....Pages 255-274
Towards the sustainable development of modern road ecosystems....Pages 275-331
Environmental impacts of transport, related to tourism and leisure activities....Pages 333-360
Contaminants and pollutants....Pages 361-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-393
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. The contributors have different attitudes and agendas. Some are ecologists, some planners, others social scientists. Focus ranges from identification of threats and amelioration of damaging effects through to future design of transport systems to minimize environmental degradation. Some chapters consider restricted areas of the globe; others the globe itself. Views encompass deep pessimism and cautious optimism.
Uniquely, the volume considers transport effects in all environments. This is the first book that attempts to discuss the relationship between human transport and all ecosystems. It appeals not only to the specialist environmentalist by picking out novel topics, but also to anyone involved in transport issues as it tackles the issues from an historical perspective, encompassing the past, present and future of the effects of human transport.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Ecological effects of aviation....Pages 5-24
The local costs to ecological services associated with high seas global transport....Pages 25-38
Shipwrecked – Shipping impacts on the biota of the Mediterranean Sea....Pages 39-69
Snakes and ladders: Navigable waterways as invasion corridors....Pages 71-75
The transport and the spread of living aquatic species....Pages 77-97
Small craft and the spread of exotic species....Pages 99-118
The environmental impacts of private car transport on the sustainability of Irish settlements....Pages 119-164
Mortality in wildlife due to transportation....Pages 165-189
Habitat fragmentation due to transport infrastructure : Practical considerations....Pages 191-204
Restoring habitat connectivity across transport corridors: identifying high-priority locations for de-fragmentation with the use of an expert-based model....Pages 205-231
Habitat and corridor function of rights-of-way....Pages 233-254
Impact of road traffic on breeding bird populations....Pages 255-274
Towards the sustainable development of modern road ecosystems....Pages 275-331
Environmental impacts of transport, related to tourism and leisure activities....Pages 333-360
Contaminants and pollutants....Pages 361-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-393
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