Improving infrastructure sustainability in suburban and urban areas: Is porous asphalt the right answer? And how?

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 673-684

  Pratico F G ^a   Vaiana, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Porous european mixes (PEM); Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP); Recycling; Rehabilitation; Surface performance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUTURE GENERATIONS; PAVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY; POROUS ASPHALTS; POROUS EUROPEAN MIXES (PEM); RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; SUBURBAN AREAS; SURFACE PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; URBAN AREAS;

ASPHALT; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RECYCLING; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASPHALT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PAVEMENT; RECYCLING; RESEARCH WORK; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84865142688     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/UT120571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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