Application of Context Sensitive Design for Meihe Freeway

Abstract:

Increasing public interest and concern about transportation projects impacts on the national environment. Context Sensitive Design (CSD) is among the most significant concepts to emerge in highway project planning, design, and construction in recent years. However, CSD needs to be felt its way to effectual practice through a multitude of trials and misconceptions in China. The objective of paper is to summarize activities and finding in the CSD field during Meihe Freeway construction. Meihe Freeway is a successful CSD project. As a Meihe CSD team number, the author presents the CSD approach, addresses context sensitive solutions to CSD issues with flexible concepts. The paper illustrates issues and lessons learned from CSD alignment design with consideration of constrained budget, stakeholder values, ecological balance and environmental protection.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 178-181)
• Pages: 1202-1208
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.178-181.1202
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Xu Tao
• Keywords: Context Sensitive Design, Context Sensitive Solutions, Environmental Resource, Highway Design, Natural Ecological System

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