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Title: LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF DEICING SALT ON THE ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT: PART I: FORESTRY
Accession Number: 00810834
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The effects of winter road maintenance constitute a complex system of many interrelationships. One of these relationships is the effect of deicing salt on vegetation. Such effects are described in the form of a DPSIR (Driving force, Pressure, State, Impact, Response) model. According to the model, the need for transportation (D) leads to a roadside exposure to salt (P), which alters the state of the vegetation (S), thereby leading to different kinds of impacts (I), which may require some kind of response (R). The impacts of deicing salt on roadside vegetation are grouped into three spheres of interest: the public, landowners, and ecology. In Sweden, the Environmental Code requires that the Swedish National Road Administration work to understand how these complex systems operate and to take active measures to prevent damage to human health and the environment. This mandate requires knowledge of each DPSIR model element as well as the relationships between the elements. So far, research on this topic has resulted mainly in model indicators that cannot be used easily by road administrators. It is therefore of great importance to be able to assign adequate indicators to all levels of the model and to monitor these indicators on both a temporal and spatial scale that facilitates responding with the proper actions. To establish an environmentally sustainable winter road maintenance system, it is also crucial to establish the long-term tolerance limits of human health and nature as the base for salting strategies.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00810814
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Blomqvist, GPagination: p. 179-185
Publication Date: 2001
Conference:
Ninth Maintenance Management Conference
Location:
Juneau, Alaska ISBN: 0309067472
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Policy; I62: Winter Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM
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