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Babak Ebrahimi

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A review of environmental impacts of winter road maintenance

2019

Abstract The need for winter road maintenance (WRM) is changing in cold regions due to climate change. How the different modes of WRM will contribute to future overall emissions from infrastructure is therefore of great interest to road owners with a view to a more sustainable, low-carbon future. In the quest for near-zero-emissions transport, all aspects of the transport sector need to be accounted for in the search for possible mitigation of emissions. This study used 35 peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2018 to map available information on the environmental impacts and effect of WRM and reveal any research gaps. The articles were categorized according to their research th…

010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesCold climate0211 other engineering and technologiesClimate change02 engineering and technologyHighway maintenanceGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology01 natural sciencesRoad transportFuel efficiencyGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental impact assessmentWinter maintenanceEnvironmental planningLife-cycle assessment021101 geological & geomatics engineering0105 earth and related environmental sciencesCold Regions Science and Technology
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Road Planning and Route Alignment Selection Criteria in the Norwegian Context

2019

This paper reveals the main factors that guide road alignment design process in Norway. The goal is to discover what constitutes the main priorities for road planners, how these priorities are ranked when it comes to alignment selection, and how they are related to guiding factors identified in official planning documents and government transport plans throughout the life cycle of a road. This is done through a comprehensive literature and data search, involving published academic research in the road alignment design field, and by exploring Norwegian road planning documents and guidelines. Examples from a recently implemented road project are also included as a way to illustrate alignment …

GovernmentVDP::Teknologi: 500Process managementProcess (engineering)Computer sciencelanguageDesign processContext (language use)NorwegianSocial responsibilitySelection (genetic algorithm)language.human_languageField (computer science)
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