DEVELOPMENTS IN INNOVATIVE LOW-VOLUME ROAD TECHNOLOGY IN BOTSWANA

Botswana is characterized by a number of features, including its vast size, small and spatially dispersed population, scarcity of conventional road building materials, near absence of surface water, and climatic extremes, which combine to pose a major challenge to economic road construction. This has dictated a need for developing innovative approaches to road technology in circumstances in which conventional approaches often are prohibitively costly and inappropriate for direct application to local conditions. Presented are several innovative, cost-saving approaches to road technology in Botswana that have been developed through several decades of research with the aim of optimizing the use of locally available resources. The applicability of these techniques in similar environments with a semiarid climate also is discussed and the need for caution when using standard specifications in areas such as Botswana is highlighted.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/1652-09
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1652, Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads, May 23-26, 1999, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Volume 1.
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Pinard, M I
  • Obika, B
  • Motswagole, K J
• Conference:
  • Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
  • Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Date: 1999-5-23 to 1999-5-26
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 68-75
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1652
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Developing countries; Local materials; Low volume roads; Road construction; Technological innovations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Semiarid regions
• Geographic Terms: Botswana
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I36: Aggregates; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00763257
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309065240
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 21 1999 12:00AM