INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH. PROCEEDINGS OF 1989 MID-YEAR MEETING, LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN COMMITTEE, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, JULY 23-26, 1989

This paper describes the Texas Transportation Institute Landscape Development and Management Research Program. This paper, when presented at the conference, was accompanied by slides which are not reproduced with the text. The program is structured into five areas of focus or "initiatives." These are (1) Design-Vegetation Management, (2) Slope Management, (3) Plant/Water/Pavement Relationships, (4) Plant Establishment and Culture, and (5) Visualization and Information. Each of these initiatives is discussed and the scope of work to be accomplished is briefly described.

• Corporate Authors:

  Rhode Island Department of Transportation

  State Office Building, 2 Capitol Hill
  Providence, RI  United States  02903
• Authors:
  • Landphair, H C
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Conferences; Environmental protection; Landscape design; Management; Plants; Roadside; Slopes; Soil stabilization; Vegetation
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Old TRIS Terms: Slope protection
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490720
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM