Transportation Infrastructure: Environmental Challenges in Poland and Neighboring Countries [Paperback]

Experts discuss how to repair, rehabilitate and modernize the transportation infrastructure in emerging Central Europe. The focus is on applying modern engineering technologies and management decision-making technologies to solve common and regional environmental issues in ground transportation, with emphasis on roads and bridges. The book includes situation, position and technical papers and state-of-the-art presentations from scientific and engineering experts as well as from government agency officials responsible for national and regional transport. Concise, cogent recommendations are presented. The reader is provided with current information on related environmental and transportation issues. Experts and lay readers will benefit from the information on economic, social, and political aspects.Opening Addresses.- J. Kmita.- Situation Papers.- Challenges Regarding Railway Transport and Environemntal Factors.- Polands National/Regional Needs in Road/Rail Transportation Issues.- Road and Bridge Management in Poland.- Transport Policy in a Reunified Germany.- Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures, Geological and Mining Law, Minerals and Its Transportation in Poland.- Virtual Models of Structures in Transportation Management Systems in Poland.- Research and Development Trends in Western European Road and Bridge Construction Programmes.- Recent Developments in Highway Research in the United States.- Modern Bridge Materials and Technology in Slovakia.- Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Bridges.- Critical GIS-T/Integrated Transportation Information Systems Issues m Management of Transportation Infrastructure in Central Europe: Lessons from the U.S.A. Experience.- Position Papers.- Load Tests on Bridges.- Field Testing of Bridges for Environmental Deterioration and Its Consequences.- Transportation Construction Materials and the Environment - Research and Development Needs for Timber Bridges.- Roadway Construction Materials.- The Diagnol³C