Roads and the Environment
Effects on the Natural Society
Roads are a vital component of civilization. They provide access for people to study, enjoy, and commune with forested wildlands and to extract an array of resources from natural and modified ecosystems. Roads have well-documented, short- and long-term effects on the environment that have become highly controversial because of the value society now places on unroaded wildlands and because of wilderness conflicts with resource extraction.General Consideration of Road NetworksRoad Development Histories Are Crucial to Understanding Their Effects. All roads were not created equal and do not behave the same. Road networks differ greatly in how they developed through time and…
