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Audit Template For Inland Port Sustainability, Doug Kreis, Sarah Mccormack, Christopher Van Dyke, Bryan Gibson
Audit Template For Inland Port Sustainability, Doug Kreis, Sarah Mccormack, Christopher Van Dyke, Bryan Gibson
Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report
This report serves as an assessment of port sustainability and its potential applications for the inland river ports of Kentucky and the surrounding region. The report discusses and defines sustainability, both generally as it relates to business and industry and specifically as it relates to the port industry. Given the unique nature of the inland port industry, the report reviews lessons learned from 11 port site visits conducted by Kentucky Transportation Center in 2012, primarily at major U.S. coastal ports but also representative inland ports. KTC’s analysis identifies the sustainability challenges facing various domestic and international ports, and what policy …
Green Infrastructure, Sarah M. Mccormack, Roy E. Sturgill, Brian Howell, Christopher W. Van Dyke, Doug Kreis
Green Infrastructure, Sarah M. Mccormack, Roy E. Sturgill, Brian Howell, Christopher W. Van Dyke, Doug Kreis
Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report
The transportation industry has increasingly recognized the vital role sustainability serves in promoting and protecting the transportation infrastructure of the nation. Many state Departments of Transportation have correspondingly increased efforts to incorporate concepts of sustainability into the planning, design, and construction phases of projects and congruently adopted sustainability measures into their internal standard policies and procedures. Sustainably constructed highways foster economic development, promote stewardship of the environment, and solicit citizen involvement for an integrated, comprehensive approach to project planning. As part of an effort to understand the extent to which sustainable design and construction principles are being used, this report …