Flexible pavements and climate change: A comprehensive review and implications

Y Qiao, AR Dawson, T Parry, G Flintsch, W Wang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Flexible pavements and climate are interactive. Pavements are climate sensitive
infrastructure, where climate can impact their deterioration rate, subsequent maintenance …

Climate change impacts on urban sanitation: a systematic review and failure mode analysis

L Hyde-Smith, Z Zhan, K Roelich… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Climate change will stress urban sanitation systems. Although urban sanitation uses various
infrastructure types and service systems, current research appears skewed toward a small …

Resilience assessment of asphalt pavement rutting under climate change

C Zhang, Y Tan, Y Gao, Y Fu, J Li, S Li… - … Research Part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
The service performances of asphalt pavement, especially rutting, will be inevitably affected
by climate change. However, existing studies have generally focused on the rutting depth …

Life-cycle assessment of climate change impact on time-dependent carbon-footprint of asphalt pavement

X Chen, H Wang, R Horton, J DeFlorio - Transportation Research Part D …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to quantify life-cycle carbon footprint of asphalt pavement due to warming
temperatures under climate change scenario. Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) Design …

Adaptive maintenance strategies to mitigate climate change impacts on asphalt pavements

L Yao, Z Leng, F Ni, G Lu, J Jiang - Transportation Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to explore the potential of optimization-based maintenance strategies in
adapting asphalt pavements to future climate change. Based on a highway network in …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of future climate change on flexible road pavement economics: A life cycle costs analysis of 24 case studies across the United States

Y Qiao, Y Guo, AMK Stoner, J Santos - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Highway agencies are facing pressure for repairing and replacing underfunded and aged
road pavement networks that were initially designed for historical climatic conditions. Road …

Adaptation measures for asphalt pavements to climate change in China

T Liu, S Yang, X Jiang, B Liao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is impacting on pavement infrastructure in China. To eliminate the issues of
asphalt freeway pavement caused by climate change, this study evaluated the temperature …

Climate change adaptation strategies for Canadian asphalt pavements; Part 1: Adaptation strategies

ST Swarna, K Hossain, YA Mehta, A Bernier - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is strong evidence for climate change leading to a rise in temperatures and a change
in precipitation trends. These environmental changes pose a threat to pavement …

Investigation of key climatic factors affecting asphalt pavement roughness in different climate regions

C Chen, Y Deng, M Li, X Shi - … Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This study demonstrated the use of multiple techniques for big data processing and
subsequent exploratory analyses, and investigated the relationships between climatic …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of climate change and urban heat islands on the deterioration of concrete roads

S Sen, H Li, L Khazanovich - Results in Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Concrete pavements constitute a relatively small portion of US roadways but carry a
disproportionately high volume of traffic. The potential deterioration in the long-term …