Environmental Protection and Landscape Design of Freeway through a Tropical Rainforest Region

Simao-Xiaomengyang (Sixiao) Freeway through the rainforest in Yunnan province is a national ecological highway demonstration project in China. Following the principles of nature, harmony, and balance, with equal importance attached to functionality and safety, and minimal damage to the zoological environment, engineers succeeded in making Sixiao road an environmentally friendly expressway. The impact of freeway construction on ecology and the environment is discussed alongside the features of the Sixiao Freeway. Based on these, environmental protection measures and landscape designs with Yunnan-style in Sixiao freeway are proposed and analyzed, providing a valuable reference for future road construction and environmental protection in tropical rainforest regions.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412442.279
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Liu, Li
  • Xu, Jin-Zhi
• Conference:
  • Twelfth COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
  • Location: Beijing , China
  • Date: 2012-8-3 to 2012-8-6
• Publication Date: 2012-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 2744-2753
• Monograph Title: CICTP 2012: Multimodal Transportation Systems—Convenient, Safe, Cost-Effective, Efficient

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Context sensitive design; Ecosystems; Environmental protection; Highway design; Landscape design; Tropics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rainforests
• Geographic Terms: Yunnan Province (China)
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; I15: Environment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520558
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784412442
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Mar 30 2014 11:39AM