A methodological framework for addressing environmental problems on aged transport infrastructure

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/46747885:24510/24:00013215

Result on the web

<a href="https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/article/107284/" target="_blank" >https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/article/107284/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.57.107284" target="_blank" >10.3897/natureconservation.57.107284</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A methodological framework for addressing environmental problems on aged transport infrastructure

Original language description

While the environmental impacts of new road and motorway construction are examined in detail as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, far less attention is generally paid to existing structures, some of which have been in operation for decades with no environmental assessment ever carried out. In this paper, a framework for an audit of the assessment of environmental burdens from older transport infrastructure is presented. Its main objective is to set up a systematic and comprehensive approach to the preventive identification of problematic locations on the existing road network to prepare proposals for practical and feasible upgrading or optimization measures that can be addressed within the routine repairs and small reconstructions. It primarily deals with the setup of the whole process, starting with the preparation of the background for the assessment, the field survey procedure, the design of possible measures and their subsequent monitoring. The audit concept identified a total of 14 key problem domains representing individual environmental problems, for which methodological sheets were prepared. However, this is not a rigid number; the whole framework is conceived as an open system allowing for the addition of new topics or possible methodological adaptations to the practices common in other countries or in transport sectors other than roads. The audit is currently considered as a voluntary tool applicable on the state owned transport network, thus the practical usage is in the hands of the state administration and infrastructure operators.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nature Conservation

ISSN

1314-6947

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

57

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

69-88

UT code for WoS article

001411326100005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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