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Each Dutch National Highway has a comprehensive landscape plan that addresses its place within the road, water and landscape systems and includes measures for dealing with air and noise pollution, water quality and habitat. At the Rijkswaterstaat, engineers, landscape architects, policymakers and ecologists share office space. Their collaboration generates elegant combinations of systems, heavily engineered but with nature’s best interests in mind. Click image to enlarge. [Image from A4 Deltaroute Plan, Rijkswaterstaat]
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Road Ecology: Wildlife Habitat and Highway DesignOn Places, Laura Tepper looks at the emerging field of road ecology and its influence on a new generation of highway landscape design.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Tepper explored highway landscapes on a traveling fellowship from UC Berkeley. She practices landscape design in San Francisco.More Bio >>
