”WAYS TO DIVERSITY”
- harmonizing transport infrastructure with the landscape
Present-day road network is dense. The transportation increases, and large road and railroad investments can be expected in a near future. This will increase the pressure on natural and cultural assets in the landscape.How are animals and humans affected by roads and railroads? What values and qualities in the landscape do we want to preserve? How can we enhance infrastructure planning?
This conference puts a focus on the effects of transportation infrastructure on ecological, social and cultural values in the landscape. Effects in the landscape are not well considered in present road- and railroad planning. Accordingly, today's transport system is not environmentally sustainable. During the last few years, we have seen several examples where larger infrastructure projects have been in conflict with natural and cultural assets of great value. New strategies, methods, and tools need to be developed in order to achieve a future transport system that does not interfere with environmental quality objectives. This conference aims at presenting and discussing solutions for this development.
The conference is arranged by the Swedish Biodiversity Centre, in cooperation with the research programme INCLUDE, part of TransportMistra. The conference presents the research from the three first years of this programme, but also invites researchers and practitioners from Sweden and other Nordic countries to contribute with their competence and experience in shaping a transport infrastructure in harmony with the landscape.
