Environmental impacts of infrastructure development under the belt and road initiative

HC Teo, AM Lechner, GW Walton, FKS Chan… - Environments, 2019 - mdpi.com
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the largest infrastructure scheme in our lifetime,
bringing unprecedented geopolitical and economic shifts far larger than previous rising …

Power lines and impacts on biodiversity: A systematic review

LD Biasotto, A Kindel - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2018 - Elsevier
The growth of energy consumption demands a large expansion of transmission line (TL)
networks worldwide. The reduction of the environmental impacts of these infrastructures will …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-criteria analysis of transport infrastructure projects

E Broniewicz, K Ogrodnik - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Planning, construction and operation of transport infrastructure are associated with a
multitude of adverse effects on the environment. The Strategic Environmental Assessment …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of road network expansion on landscape ecological risk in a megacity, China: A case study of Bei**g

W Mo, Y Wang, Y Zhang, D Zhuang - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Road networks affect the spatial structure of urban landscapes, and with continuous
expansion, it will also exert more widespread influences on the regional ecological …

Spatial variations in the relationships between road network and landscape ecological risks in the highest forest coverage region of China

Y Lin, X Hu, X Zheng, X Hou, Z Zhang, X Zhou, R Qiu… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The road network is one of the most ubiquitous and significant long-term legacies of all types
of human disturbances on the landscape. Taking the upper reaches of the Minjiang River in …

Impacts of traffic accessibility on ecosystem services: An integrated spatial approach

W Chen, Y Zeng, J Zeng - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The continuous degradation of ecosystem services is an important challenge faced by the
world. Improvements in transportation infrastructure have had substantial impacts on …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive research agenda for integrating ecological principles into the transportation sector

MV Corazza - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The paper examines the integration of novel Transportation Ecology principles into transit
operations, aiming to address the environmental impacts associated with surface services in …

Heterogeneous environmental policy tools for expressway construction projects: A crossregional analysis in China

K Ye, Z Guo, W Zhang, Y Liang - Environmental Impact Assessment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Expressway construction often poses substantial environmental problems, requiring
governments to introduce effective environmental policies that leverage a rich portfolio of …

Assessing the ecological impacts of transportation infrastructure development: A reconnaissance study of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya

TO Nyumba, CC Sang, DO Olago, R Marchant… - PLoS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Transportation infrastructure, such as railways, roads and power lines, contribute to national
and regional economic, social and cultural growth and integration. Kenya, with support from …

A spatial ecological assessment of fragmentation and disturbance effects of the Swedish road network

M Karlson, U Mörtberg - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
Transportation infrastructure has a wide range of effects on ecological processes, which
result in both positive and negative impacts for biodiversity. However, the treatment of …