Environmental impact assessments are an essential component of making decisions on transport infrastructure investments. Traditional procedures have proved ineffective for impacts that go beyond the scope of projects in isolation. Strategic environmental assessment has emerged in response, to...

Abstract: Das Auftreten von Interdependenzen zwischen Verkehrsinfrastrukturmaßnahmen stellt sowohl Bewertung und Priorisierung von Projekten, als auch die Bestimmung einer optimalen Projektkonfiguration vor eine Herausforderung. An Beispielen wie des Rostocker Warnowtunnels oder der Autobahn M1...

Strategic environmental assessment is emerging as a tool for integrated decision-making on major transport infrastructure investments and in the planning and policy making process more generally. The discipline is a new one, and by reviewing experience around the world, this report contributes...

Recent years have seen considerable changes in the technology of transportation with the development of high-speed rail networks, more fuel-efficient automobiles and aircraft, and the widespread adoption of informatics in disciplines such as traffic management and supply chain logistics. The...