ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES IN REGIONAL HIGHWAY DESIGN

THE WISCONSIN RECREATIONAL PLANNING PROGRAM DIVIDED THE LANDSCAPE RESOURCES INTO THOSE PHYSICAL RESOURCES POSSESSING INTRINSIC VALUES AND THOSE POSSESSING EXTRINSIC VALUES. INTRINSIC VALUES ARE THOSE FOUND IN THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. EXTRINSIC VALUES ARE THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY MAN- MADE CHANGES, ADAPTATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE RESOURCE. BY INTEGRATING THE SCIENTIFIC AND PERCEPTUAL VALUES OF FIVE BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE PATTERNS /ENVIRONMENTAL CORRIDORS, RESOURCE NODES, SCIENTIFIC, ETHNIC AND PERSONALITY PATTERNS/ WITH NECESSARY FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, THE BLENDING OF RIBBONS OF CONCRETE WITH RIBBONS OF NATURE CAN BE SURPASSED. IN FACT, A NEW DESIGN FORM FOR METROPOLITAN AREAS CAN BE CREATED & THE FORMS OF HUMAN OBJECTS CAN BE ARRANGED TO FIT THE QUALITY OF THE LANDSCAPE. THIS DESIGN FORM SHOULD EVOLVE AS A FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION CONSISTENT WITH THE INHERENT QUALITIES OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Roadside Development and presented at the 45th 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.
• Authors:
  • Lewis Jr, Philip H
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 1-16
• Monograph Title: Roadside development
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 161
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Environmental impacts; Highway design; Landscape design; Natural resources; Regional transportation; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204688
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 6 1994 12:00AM