Integrating environmental perspectives into pavement management: Adding the pavement life-cycle assessment tool for environmental and economic effects to the decision-making toolbox

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2093, 2009, Pages 40-49

  Nathman, Rachel ^a   McNeil, Sue ^b   Van Dam, Thomas J ^c  

^a HNTB Airports Group   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c APPLIED PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMULSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PAVEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSETS MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORTS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT TOOLS; MICROSOFT EXCEL; PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION; PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 76149100216     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2093-05     Document Type: Article

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