MONETIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF ROADS
This report endeavours to present current thinking on the social costs of roads as they affect the environment and the society they serve. The intent of this report is to focus discussion on the areas of environmental impact that must be considered when assessing the costs to society of a road investment.The environmental cost of highway and road transportation has increasingly become a concern of governments and the public. Traditional approaches to project planning and evaluation have been criticized for not taking into account the intrinsic values of the environment. Thus the ministry undertook a study of environmental costing and its use in transportation decision making. This report presents some of the background material required to incorporate monetized environmental costs into evaluations supporting highway and road planning and projects.(A)
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BRITISH COLUMBIA. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS. HIGHWAY PLANNING AND POLICY BRANCH
940 BLANSHARD STREET
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada V8W 3E6 -
Authors:
- BEIN, P
- Publication Date: 1997-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Calculation; Costs; Ecosystems; Environment; Evaluation and assessment; Externalities; Forecasting; Impact studies; Loss and damage; Planning; Transportation
- ITRD Terms: 6464: Calculation; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1614: Damage; 2466: Ecosystem; 2455: Environment; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 132: Forecast; 9112: Impact study; 143: Planning; 215: Social cost; 1155: Transport
- Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00756986
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- ISBN: 0-7726-2605-7
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Dec 17 1998 12:00AM