Integrating Spatial Planning of Protected Areas and Transportation Infrastructures

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Author(s): Mihai Răzvan Niţă (University of Bucharest, Romania), Mihăită Iulian Niculae (University of Bucharest, Romania)and Gabriel Ovidiu Vânău (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 19
Source title: Intelligent Transportation and Planning: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5210-9.ch029

Keywords: Data Analysis & Statistics / Engineering Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Mechanical Engineering

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Our study focuses on the position of protected areas in relation to the transport infrastructure planning and their specific requirements (fragmentation, artificial edge effects, buffer zones, etc.). The presence of transport infrastructure in protected areas is discouraged by the European Union legislation and although their avoidance should be easy, there are numerous cases in which knowledge of the protected areas lacked from the transport infrastructure planning. Our chapter presents the theoretical aspects of integrating protected areas with transportation infrastructures and the main software and methodologies which can be used in the planning process exemplified with case studies. The multitude of challenges found in transportation and conservation planning requires complex decision support systems (DSS), such are the tools based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) we showcased in this chapter.

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