The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment

The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment edited by John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport.

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 toget...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Davenport, John (Editor), Davenport, Julia L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Environmental Pollution, 10
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ecology .
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Environmental management.
Applied ecology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Ecological effects of aviation
  • The local costs to ecological services associated with high seas global transport
  • Shipwrecked – Shipping impacts on the biota of the Mediterranean Sea
  • Snakes and ladders: Navigable waterways as invasion corridors
  • The transport and the spread of living aquatic species
  • Small craft and the spread of exotic species
  • The environmental impacts of private car transport on the sustainability of Irish settlements
  • Mortality in wildlife due to transportation
  • Habitat fragmentation due to transport infrastructure : Practical considerations
  • Restoring habitat connectivity across transport corridors: identifying high-priority locations for de-fragmentation with the use of an expert-based model
  • Habitat and corridor function of rights-of-way
  • Impact of road traffic on breeding bird populations
  • Towards the sustainable development of modern road ecosystems
  • Environmental impacts of transport, related to tourism and leisure activities
  • Contaminants and pollutants.

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