Traffic Management in Forest and Ecosystem Conservation. A Study on NH 766 Through Bandipore National Park and Proposing a Traffic Management Plan with Alternate Route Consideration
- Title
- Traffic Management in Forest and Ecosystem Conservation. A Study on NH 766 Through Bandipore National Park and Proposing a Traffic Management Plan with Alternate Route Consideration
- Creator
- Wilson A.B.M.; Naseer M.A.
- Description
- Transportation network is inevitable in the developing world. In India where we have a rich forest cover, many of the roads are passing through eco-sensitive areas such as national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. There are issues being reported due to these roads passing through the eco-sensitive areas such as animal deaths due to road accidents, loss of habitats, fragmentation of ecosystems, and loss of forest cover. The CalicutKollegal national highway, NH766 is passing through Bandipore national park on the stretch which connects Sultan Bathery and Gundelpette. Recently, a conflict had risen between environmental activists and the public for imposing a complete traffic ban along the NH766 passing through the Bandipore NP. A baseline study had conducted on the NH766, and the impact of the same on the ecosystem existing is analyzed through the data collected. A network analysis is performed on the alternate route available for bypassing the traffic. Traffic management plan and policies are derived out of the analysis on the baseline data collected and the inferences drawn from the network analysis performed on the alternate routes. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- Source
- Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol-261, pp. 703-718.
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Subject
- Forest conservation; Sustainable transportation; Traffic management plan
- Coverage
- Wilson A.B.M., School of Architecture, Christ (Deemed to be University), Kengeri, Bangalore, India; Naseer M.A., Department of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology-Calicut, Kozhikode, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 23662557; ISBN: 978-981192272-5
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Conference paper
Collection
Citation
Wilson A.B.M.; Naseer M.A., “Traffic Management in Forest and Ecosystem Conservation. A Study on NH 766 Through Bandipore National Park and Proposing a Traffic Management Plan with Alternate Route Consideration,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/20042.