A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools

Pavements are engineered systems present in every modern society, and they have significant environmental, economic and social impacts. In an effort to promote more sustainable decisions regarding pavement design, construction and management, several pavement sustainability assessment tools have bee...

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Main Authors: Bryce, James, Brodie, Stefanie, Parry, Tony, Lo Presti, Davide
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40239/
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author Bryce, James
Brodie, Stefanie
Parry, Tony
Lo Presti, Davide
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Brodie, Stefanie
Parry, Tony
Lo Presti, Davide
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description Pavements are engineered systems present in every modern society, and they have significant environmental, economic and social impacts. In an effort to promote more sustainable decisions regarding pavement design, construction and management, several pavement sustainability assessment tools have been developed. This research reviewed some of these tools and found that many of them do not treat the pavement as a system; instead, they seek to optimize individual aspects of the pavement in an effort to increase its sustainability. Therefore, a framework for analytically assessing the system outcomes towards sustainable objectives is presented and applied for modern pavement sustainability assessment. The results suggest that this framework provides a way to systematically include data in the evaluation of the outcomes of pavement management decisions towards achieving sustainable objectives.
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spelling nottingham-402392020-05-04T19:57:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40239/ A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools Bryce, James Brodie, Stefanie Parry, Tony Lo Presti, Davide Pavements are engineered systems present in every modern society, and they have significant environmental, economic and social impacts. In an effort to promote more sustainable decisions regarding pavement design, construction and management, several pavement sustainability assessment tools have been developed. This research reviewed some of these tools and found that many of them do not treat the pavement as a system; instead, they seek to optimize individual aspects of the pavement in an effort to increase its sustainability. Therefore, a framework for analytically assessing the system outcomes towards sustainable objectives is presented and applied for modern pavement sustainability assessment. The results suggest that this framework provides a way to systematically include data in the evaluation of the outcomes of pavement management decisions towards achieving sustainable objectives. Elsevier 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed Bryce, James, Brodie, Stefanie, Parry, Tony and Lo Presti, Davide (2017) A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 120 . pp. 108-118. ISSN 0921-3449 Pavements; Sustainability assessment; Lifecycle assessment; Infrastructure management; Performance management http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344916303196 doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.11.002 doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.11.002
spellingShingle Pavements; Sustainability assessment; Lifecycle assessment; Infrastructure management; Performance management
Bryce, James
Brodie, Stefanie
Parry, Tony
Lo Presti, Davide
A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
title A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
title_full A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
title_fullStr A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
title_full_unstemmed A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
title_short A systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
title_sort systematic assessment of road pavement sustainability through a review of rating tools
topic Pavements; Sustainability assessment; Lifecycle assessment; Infrastructure management; Performance management
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40239/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40239/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40239/