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Economic and Environmental Analysis of Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change on Pavements
The earth’s climate is continuously changing due to anthropogenic activities. The predicted change in climate parameters adversely affects the service life of roadways. The paper focuses on evaluating economic benefits to highway agencies and users if adaptive measures are taken to mitigate the impact of climate change. For this study, a location within Texas was selected to cover the variability of climate within the state. Pavement sections were selected based on the variability of location, traffic, and level of service, and these sections are analyzed under variable future climatic conditions. The analysis of pavement sections was performed using AASHTO Pavement ME Design software. Adaptation strategies were implemented to sustain the serviceability of roadways. The effects of these strategies on the performance of pavements were analyzed along with changes in total life cycle cost (LCC) and environmental (emissions) benefits of roads. Additional costs and emissions incurred were derived by comparing the LCC under present climate and projected future climate scenarios. The combined analysis indicates that considering future weather changes early into design reduces emissions as well as costs incurred by the users.
Economic and Environmental Analysis of Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change on Pavements
The earth’s climate is continuously changing due to anthropogenic activities. The predicted change in climate parameters adversely affects the service life of roadways. The paper focuses on evaluating economic benefits to highway agencies and users if adaptive measures are taken to mitigate the impact of climate change. For this study, a location within Texas was selected to cover the variability of climate within the state. Pavement sections were selected based on the variability of location, traffic, and level of service, and these sections are analyzed under variable future climatic conditions. The analysis of pavement sections was performed using AASHTO Pavement ME Design software. Adaptation strategies were implemented to sustain the serviceability of roadways. The effects of these strategies on the performance of pavements were analyzed along with changes in total life cycle cost (LCC) and environmental (emissions) benefits of roads. Additional costs and emissions incurred were derived by comparing the LCC under present climate and projected future climate scenarios. The combined analysis indicates that considering future weather changes early into design reduces emissions as well as costs incurred by the users.
Economic and Environmental Analysis of Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change on Pavements
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Singh, Dharamveer (editor) / Vanajakshi, Lelitha (editor) / Verma, Ashish (editor) / Das, Animesh (editor) / Sharma, Megha (author) / Inti, Sundeep (author) / Tandon, Vivek (author)
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India ; Chapter: 11 ; 165-177
2022-05-14
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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