Transportation Infrastructure

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Opening Address

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Opening Address

      • Jan Kmita, Richard M. Gutkowski

      Pages 3-17

3. Situation Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Challenges Regarding Railway Transport and Environmental Factors

      • Aleksander Janiszewski

      Pages 21-38

   3. Poland’s National/Regional Needs in Road/Rail Transportation Issues

      • Maciej I. Sawicki

      Pages 39-57

   4. Road & Bridge Management in Poland

      • Marek Mistewicz

      Pages 59-73

   5. Transport Policy in a Reunified Germany

      • Klaus Lohrberg

      Pages 75-91

   6. Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures, Geological and Mining Law, Minerals and its Transportation in Poland

      • Andrzej Deja, Michal Gientka

      Pages 93-100

   7. Virtual models of structures in transportation management systems in Poland

      • Jan Bień, Stefan Rewiński

      Pages 101-107

   8. Research and Development Trends in Western European Road and Bridge Construction Programmes

      • Klaus Lohrberg

      Pages 109-117

   9. Recent Developments in Highway Research in the United States

      • Damian J. Kulash

      Pages 119-124

   10. Modern Bridge Materials and Technology in Slovakia

       • Tibor Javor

       Pages 125-137

   11. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Bridges

       • Robert E. Green Jr.

       Pages 139-145

   12. Critical GIS-T/Integrated Transportation Information Systems Issues in Management of Transportation Infrastructure in Central Europe: Lessons from the U.S.A. Experience

       • Bijan Azad

       Pages 147-157

4. Position Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Load Tests on Bridges

      • Justo Diaz, Jaime Fernandez, Ramon Alvarez, J. M. Rodriquez

      Pages 161-169

   3. Field Testing of Bridges for Environmental Deterioration and its Consequences

      • Robert E. Green Jr.

      Pages 171-179

   4. Working Group 1 - Transportation Construction Materials and the Environment Research and Development Needs for Timber Bridges-A Position Paper

      • R. M. Gutkowski

      Pages 181-198

   5. Roadway Construction Materials

      • Bogdan Stypulkowski

      Pages 199-218

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.

• Bauingenieurwesen
• Brückenbau
• Infrastruktur
• Straßenbau
• Transportwesen
• Verkehrswesen
• bridges engineering
• civil engineering
• infrastructure
• roads engineering
• structure
• traffic
• transportation
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

  Richard M. Gutkowski

• Institute of Civil Engineering, Wrocław Technical University, Wrocław, Poland

  Jan Kmita

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