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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"access roads"”.
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An impact assessment of alternative access roads to the Mohale Dam, Lesotho
… Its aim is firstly to compare the Western Access Road (WAR) with the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR) in terms of their ·impact on the environment and identify which of the two routes is the preferred alternative. To this end, the report documents and analyses the results of an impact …
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An impact assessment of alternative access roads to the Mohale Dam, Lesotho
… solutions Following the lA for Contract 1000 (access roads to the Mohale Dam), only two alternative solutions were presented to the decision-maker for consideration. Of these, the LCAR is likely to be rejected because it is associated with high risks to the integrity of the biophysical …
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Foundation for a national road prioritisation model for South Africa
… neglect of citizens' constitutional rights of access to basic services; insufficient prioritisation of roads that best promote the general economy; an excessive rural road network; and application of inefficient road surfaces that increase road maintenance and road-user costs and fail to take …
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Post Harvest Evaluation of Best Management Practices for the Prevention of Soil Erosion in Virginia
… of erosion rates for log decks, skid trails, access roads, harvest areas, and stream crossings within each of Virginia's physiographic regions. A secondary objective was to provide a greater level of decision support for VDOF field staff, through the identified key factors which would indicate …
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An environmental impact assessment for the access road to the Mohale dam, Lesotho : a comparative analysis of the Western access road and the least cost alternative route
… the environmental impacts of the two alternative access roads to the Mohale Dam, Lesotho: the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR) and the Western Access Route (WAR), and to recommend a preferred alternative for construction. The analysis and comparison is couched in a theoretical framework with …
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A comparative evaluation of two alternative access routes, the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR) and the Western Access Route (WAR), for the Mohale Dam construction, phase 1B, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project
… Maseru bypass alternatives; * an EIA of two site access roads at the Mohale Dam construction site; * an EIA of the Resident Engineers Camp, and * an EIA of the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR) and the Western Access Route (WAR) for the transport of construction materials to the Mohale Dam site. …
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Exotic Invasive Plants on Private Woodlands of Virginia: Effects on forest composition, structure, and wildlife habitat
… in disturbed areas. Disturbance, including access roads, trails, harvest sites, powerline corridors, and fence rows, is common on private land. Private landowners are often left to combat these problems without many monetary or expertise resources that are available to federal lands. Three …
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An environmental impact assessment of the alternative access routes, the Western Access Route, and the Least Cost Alternative Route, to the proposed Mohale Dam, Lesotho
… impact assessment of two alternative access roads, the Western Access Route (WAR) and the Least Cost Alternative Route (LCAR), to the proposed Mohale Dam site, Lesotho. The procedure adopted by the Environmental Evaluation Unit (EEU) study team for the assessment of environmental …
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Reinhabiting the Fort Point Channel : a proposal for transforming and extending the warehouse district in South Boston
… This extensive configuration of warehouses and access roads is the product of an integrated process of planning. design and building. As such, it forms a useful model for creating a cohesive urban fabric. The warehouses reflect the rules of a concise architectural language. Thus, while each …
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Engineering classification of pedologic soil groups in Knox County, Tennessee, for residential housing
… to its suitability with respect to foundations, access roads, and individual absorption field sewage disposal systems. This rating is based on soil properties and test results. Suitability ratings of “favorable”, “conditional”, and “unsuitable” are adopted for rating the Knox County soils, but …
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Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions
… suggests that the impacts of development (i.e., roads, mines, cabins and towns) may be accumulating. To predict the cumulative impact of human development on the Atlin herd, we developed seasonal resource selection functions (RSF) at 2 spatial scales with data from 10 global positioning system …
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Forest fragmentation mapping, change detection, and gas well site identification in remotely sensed imagery: the role of spatial resolution
… be sensitive to clearings and other development (access roads) related to natural gas development in areas with higher densities of new well clearings. This research provides a foundation for future investigation into natural gas development and suggests significant changes to forested ecosystems …
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MULTISCALE EFFECTS OF FOREST ROADS ON BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS)
As the vast network of roads continues to expand across the continent, so too does the necessity to understand the associated ecological effects. To appropriately assess the impacts of these roads on wildlife it is necessary to evaluate how they affect ecological processes at multiple spatial and …
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Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions
… suggests that the impacts of development (i.e., roads, mines, cabins and towns) may be accumulating. To predict the cumulative impact of human development on the Atlin herd, we developed seasonal resource selection functions (RSF) at 2 spatial scales with data from 10 global positioning system …
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MULTISCALE EFFECTS OF FOREST ROADS ON BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS)
As the vast network of roads continues to expand across the continent, so too does the necessity to understand the associated ecological effects. To appropriately assess the impacts of these roads on wildlife it is necessary to evaluate how they affect ecological processes at multiple spatial and …
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Geospatial Assessment of Sustainable Built Infrastructure Assets and Flood Disaster Protection
… flood protection include: (1) elevated AIT access roads and other campus area roads using composite sheet pile retaining walls and culverts and (2) one or more buildings protected by composite sheet pile peripheral enclosures for emergency management applications.
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Microscopic Chaos, Fractals, and Transport in Nonequilibrium Steady States. - (Die Veröffentlichung einer ergänzten und überarbeiteten Version bei "World Scientific Publishing" ist für 2005/06 geplant.)
… up to particle billiards that should be directly accessible in experiments. In all cases, the resulting transport coefficients turn out to be either strictly fractal, or at least to be profoundly irregular. The impact of random perturbations on these quantities is also investigated. We furthermore …
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Landscape guidelines for planning and design of access roading to transmission lines
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The impact of upgrading squatter settlements on access to decent housing : A comparative study of selected compounds in Lusaka, Zambia
… The aim of the study therefore, was to access the extent to which upgrading of squatter settlements had enabled households to access decent housing. In chapter one is contained the introduction, conceptual framework, literature review, significance of the study and methodology. Chapter …
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The impact of upgrading squatter settlements on access to decent housing : A comparative study of selected compounds in Lusaka, Zambia
… The aim of the study therefore, was to access the extent to which upgrading of squatter settlements had enabled households to access decent housing. In chapter one is contained the introduction, conceptual framework, literature review, significance of the study and methodology. Chapter …