Download or read book Forest Road Operations in the Tropics written by John Sessions and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-01-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together information on road planning, location, design, construction and maintenance to support environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of road operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies. Numerical examples are included to provide clarity for interpreting graphs, procedures, and formulas.