Welcome to Mångfaldskonferensen 2008

”WAYS TO DIVERSITY” - harmonizing transport infrastructure with the landscape

With researchers from SLU, VTI, Kalmar UniversityKTH, Stockholm University and other

Funded by:

Focus on roads and railroads as barriers and disturbance factors in the landscape

Acknowledged that:• we already have much basic knowledge about the

environmental pressure• some additional knowledge is needed for decision

support• compiling and synthesising knowledge gives new

insights• to manage the landscape effects, new appoaches

are needed in the planning system

Four main questions:

What characterizes a sustainable landscape, and how can it be evaluated?

What are the critical impacts of infrastructure and traffic on environmental qualities, and are there critical limits in this impact?

How can this impact be assessed and communicated to users?

What are the remedies, and how can the planning process be improved?