A comparative study of the emissions by road maintenance works and the disrupted traffic using life cycle assessment and micro-simulation

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Huang, Yue ^a   Bird, Roger ^b   Bell, Margaret ^b  

^a Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asphalt pavements; Life cycle assessment; Sustainable construction; Traffic emissions; VISSIM

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MAINTENANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS; PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION; PAVEMENT REHABILITATION; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; VISSIM;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON EMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAVEMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61549095281     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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