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SOME ASPECTS OF GEOLOGY AS IT BEARS ON MODERN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE RELATED HIGHWAY NETWORK ARE DISCUSSED. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HIGHWAY AND URBAN ENGINEERING ARE ESPECIALLY CRITICAL AND ARE RECEIVING INCREASING BUT INADEQUATE ATTENTION. THIS REPORT PRIMARILY CONCERNS THE FEATURES THAT BEAR ON HIGHWAY AND URBAN ENGINEERING. THE RESULTS OF EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES, AND FLOODS ARE A DRAMATIC AND INCREASING PREVALENT NEGATIVE ASPECT OF GEOLOGY. THE AVAILABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, OF ENERGY SOURCES, OF PURE WATER, AND OF CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CLEAN AIR ARE IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT MAY ENHANCE OR LIMIT URBAN DEVELOPMENT. ALL THESE FACTORS SHOULD PLAY A VITAL PART IN FUTURE AREA-WIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

Paper sponsored by Department of Economics, Finance and Administration; Department of Urban Transportation Planning; and Department of Soils, Geology and Foundations and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. 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.

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No. 274

pp 1-9

1969

Highway Research Record

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City planning; Geology; Highway engineering; Transportation planning; Urban transportation

Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Society

TRIS, TRB

Sep 22 1994 12:00AM

• GEOLOGY AND CONCERN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
• RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS
• URBANIZATION AND ITS EFFECT ON MINERAL RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
• WATER AS A RESOURCE AND AS A NUISANCE