72799 - CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DESIGN IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES

Anno Accademico 2016/2017

  • Docente: Cesare Sangiorgi
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: ICAR/04
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

A successful learner from this course will know how to verify the impact of a road infrastructure in the territory, and how to design the technical interventions for the mitigation of these effects.

Contenuti

Context Sensitive Design and Context Sensitive Solutions

Basic CSD and CSS concepts. Highway flexibility.

Landscaping. Soil-bio engineering techniques. Mitigation and green retaining structures. Shielding.

Design of a brushlayering slope.

Territorial Fragmentation. Fragmentation indexes. Faunal movements. Defragmentation techniques. Faunal passageways. Ducts and Ecoducts.

Sound and Noise. Decibels. Measuring noise. Noise pollution standards. Protection from noise. Low noise pavements. Porous asphalts. Dimensioning acoustic barriers. Non acoustic aspects of barriers. Design of acoustic barriers. Acoustic pavement materials.

Wash off stormwaters. Road first flush water collection. Water treatment. First flush harvesting and treatment. Best Management Practices. Green solutions: lamination, filtration, infiltration and ponds.

Air pollutants. Effects on humans. Mitigation techniques. Anti-smog pavements. Low energy bituminous materials.

Testi/Bibliografia

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Metodi didattici

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Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

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Strumenti a supporto della didattica

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Orario di ricevimento

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