Sustainable Rural Roads for Livelihoods and Livability

Of some 33.8 million km of classified roads that girdle the globe, nearly all unsealed roads and an estimated 85% of paved roads are low-volume roads (LVRs) with an average daily traffic (ADT) of less than 1000 vehicles/day. Rural LVRs have a critical role in economic growth and poverty reduction, and a prominent function in emergency preparedness, disaster relief and rural job creation. This paper discusses the meaning of sustainability and its more practical subset--livability, in relation to rural roads and how the application of context sensitive solutions could help achieve a better balance among the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainability.

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- Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
Authors:
- Faiz, Asif
- Faiz, Aysha
- Wang, Wei
- Bennett, Christopher
Conference:
- SIIV-5th International Congress - Sustainability of Road Infrastructures 2012
- Location: Rome , Italy
- Date: 2012-10-29 to 2012-10-31
Publication Date: 2012-10-3

Language

English

Media Info

Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: pp 1-8
Serial:
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Volume: 53
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1877-0428
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
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Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Context sensitive design; Economic growth; Jobs; Low volume roads; Quality of life; Rural highways; Social impacts; Sustainable development
Uncontrolled Terms: Context sensitive solutions
Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

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Accession Number: 01485738
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Jun 27 2013 2:37PM