An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning, Volume 1 and Guide to the Integrated Ecological Framework (*SHRP 2 Project C06A)
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Typically, environmental issues in transportation decision making are considered in relative isolation, and overlapping regulatory processes of different agencies are addressed relatively independently. Resource and transportation agencies recognize that this approach can result in less desirable outcomes for the natural environment, while causing delays and increased expenses. SHRP 2 launched two projects--Integration of Conservation, Highway Planning, and Environmental Permitting Using an Outcome-Based Ecosystem Approach (C06A) and Integration of Conservation, Highway Planning, and Environmental Permitting Through Development of an Outcome-Based Ecosystem-Scale Approach and Corresponding Credit System (C06B)--to support the integration of transportation and ecological planning.
These projects developed the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF), a nine-step process for integrating ecological planning and transportation planning. An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning, Volume 1, summarizes SHRP 2 Project C06A. Guide to the Integrated Ecological Framework describes the IEF and outlines a way to integrate the conservation and restoration needs and objectives of multiple entities. The IEF process and the Guide are both incorporated into the web-based resource transportationforcommunities.com. Known as TCAPP, this home for many SHRP 2 Capacity products is a decision support system for planning, programming, and project development activities.
* To make research available as early as possible, SHRP 2 is temporarily posting final report s that have been submitted by the research team, reviewed according to the relevant National Academy of Sciences procedures, and accepted for publication. These prepublication drafts, which have not been edited or formatted for publication, will be replaced by the final versions as they complete the editorial process.
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