{"product_id":"9781468465174","title":"Highways: An Architectural Approach","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHighways: An Architectural Approach\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAbbey, Lester\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is highway architecture? Who are the highway architects? Where do they practice? What is their role? WHAT IS HIGHWAY ARCHITECTURE? Highway architecture is a way of attempting to achieve the best of both worlds by shepherding a highway project from planning through design, construction, and operation. It is an approach to rebuilding our highway infrastructure, from a humanistic rather than strictly an engineering point of view. Continuity of purpose is the prime objective. A corollary goal is to make the highway an integral part of its setting. As now practiced, the building or rebuilding of anyone highway is partitioned, fragmented, and compartmentalized. Planners hand a concept to designers; design­ ers then prepare plans and specifications and pass their work on to construction people; construction people build the highway and turn it over to maintenance personnel. Rarely does one find continuity from planning to operation of a facility. WHO ARE THE HIGHWAY ARCHITECTS? Although it is unlikely that anyone hands out a business card with occupation listed as \"Highway Architect,\" this does not mean that no one practices the profession. Highway architects are those people who share the responsibility for developing a highway project. True, the practice is quite limited, but site development entrepre­ neurs, rural county engineers, landscape architects, and consultants to smaller local governments often perform as highway architects. They take a project from concep­ tion to completion and are concened with how the local community will react to it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-02-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781468465174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4684-6515-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 229cm x152cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 319\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47188460044428,"sku":"9781468465174","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781468465174.jpg?v=1775050750","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781468465174","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}