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Title:

RIGHT-OF-WAY FORESTRY

Accession Number:

00380722

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309035562

Abstract:

Since World War II, the landscape-architecture approach to the maintenance of the right-of-way (ROW) of our major highway systems has been most commendable. The grade of the nonpaved portion of the ROW has been aesthetically maintained by planting grass and a combination of woody shrubs and trees. This was accomplished at relatively low cost compared with the annual new-highway construction budget. Since 1978, widespread inflation has caused a marked reduction in annual transportation department budgets, which has made a review of maintenance costs necessary. An alternative approach to ROW maintenance is forestry. This should reduce costs considerably and under normal economic conditions should actually yield a net profit. In addition, ROW forestry will produce many thousands of tons of biomass annually for energy, food and fodder, and feedstock for the chemical industries. (Author)

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01495497

Authors:

Young, Harold E
Hatton, David B

Editors:

Kassabian, Naomi

Pagination:

pp 14-16

Publication Date:

1983

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 913
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1983-1-17 to 1983-1-21

ISBN:

0309035562

Media Type:

Print

Features:

References (5)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Right of way

Subject Areas:

Design; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 30 1984 12:00AM

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