CHAPTER 5
The Use of Regional Advance Mitigation Planning (RAMP) to Integrate Transportation Infrastructure Impacts with Sustainability: A Perspective from the USA
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Over half of all humans live in cities, (UNPF 2007) with 1.75 billion more people expected by 2030 (McDonald et al 2011). Urbanization associated with the growth of cities transforms natural landscapes and impacts biodiversity, ecosystem processes and agriculture (Theobald et al 2000, Schwartz et al 2006, Grimm et al 2008a, 2008b, McKinney 2008, Satterthwaite et al 2010). Expanding transportation infrastructure is linked to the functionality of these expanding urban areas (Barthelemy ...
