Changes in the water resources and the geologicalgeomorphological characteristics of the mountainous areas due to the construction and function of the road works. The case of the Lamia-Karpenisi national road
Within the frame work of this research, the existing conditions of the dynamic characteristics of the surface and ground waters, and the phenomena of soil mass movement while the changes and disfiguration which the natural environment has undergone are also registered (especial reference is made regarding the water resources and the geological and geomorphological structure), due to the construction and the function of Lamia-Karpenisi national road and especially in the mountainous segment of the route which stems from lither side of the Timfristos tunnel. In order to immediately recognized and assess the environmental changes along the national road, a register chart, was used on which the special facts are registered, with minimum resolution of a hundred meters.
1 Technological Educational Institute of Lamia / Annex of Karpenisi / Department of Forestry, 361 00 Karpenisi, Greece 2 C.N.R./ Istituto di Geologia Marina, 101 P. Gobetti str., 401 29 Bologna, Italy
Keywords:Environment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental geology, Water resources, Geomorphology
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Book:RANGE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS - Proceedings of the 3rd Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Karpenissi, 4-6 September 2002 (Edited by: Panagiotis D. Platis, Athanasios I. Sfougaris, Thomas G. Papachristou, Alexandrow G. Tsiontsis)
