A critical review of the life cycle assessment studies on road pavements and road infrastructures

Y Aryan, AK Dikshit, AM Shinde - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of life cycle assessment (LCA)
studies related to road pavements and road infrastructures. The main aim of this study is to …

Assessing environmental sustainability of local waste management policies in Italy from a circular economy perspective. An overview of existing tools

D Camana, A Manzardo, S Toniolo, F Gallo… - Sustainable Production …, 2021 - Elsevier
Circular economy is a strategy for sustainable production and waste management. However,
a definition of reliable metrics to evaluate its performance and identification of conditions in …

Life cycle assessment of roadworks in United Arab Emirates: Recycled construction waste, reclaimed asphalt pavement, warm-mix asphalt and blast furnace slag use …

U Hasan, A Whyte, H Al Jassmi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment methodology was applied in this study to calculate environmental
impacts of a 3.5-km-long dual carriageway asphalt highway section case study in Abu Dhabi …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of roads: Exploring research trends and harmonization challenges

E Hoxha, HR Vignisdottir, DM Barbieri, F Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The transparency, heterogeneity and hypotheses considered in the calculation of the
environmental impacts of roads are still barriers to the identification of low-carbon solutions …

Rheological and anti-moisture characteristics of rubberized reclaimed asphalt pavement with interfacial bond behavior

L Xu, S Magar, Z Zhao, Q **ang, F **ao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of recycled materials in terms of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and
crumb rubber, as an environmental-friendly and sustainable strategy, has become an …

LCA of different construction choices for a double-track railway line for sustainability evaluations

C Celauro, A Cardella, M Guerrieri - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The international commitment to achieve carbon neutrality in the next few decades has
oriented human activities towards the preservation of natural and non-renewable resources …

Optimization of environmental impacts of construction projects: a time–cost–quality trade-off approach

SA Banihashemi, M Khalilzadeh, A Shahraki… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The construction industry and the implementation of civil projects are considered to be one
of the causes of environmental pollution. Given the impacts and pollution created by the …

Integrated and comparative Structural-LCA analysis of unbound and cement-stabilized construction and demolition waste aggregate for subbase road pavement …

L Tefa, I Bianco, GA Blengini, M Bassani - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
A more extensive use of recycled aggregate in road construction is key to meeting the
ambitious targets of the EU circular economy action plan. However, scepticism among …

Project level management decisions in construction and rehabilitation of flexible pavements

AS Mohamed, F **ao, C Hettiarachchi - Automation in construction, 2022 - Elsevier
During the pavement life cycle, construction and rehabilitation activities and vehicle-road
interactions provoke extensive environmental, economic, and social impacts. Therefore …

Critical review and methodological issues in integrated life-cycle analysis on road networks

U Hasan, A Whyte, H Al Jassmi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Life-cycle management of road network projects traditionally emphasise material production
and construction stages, with less attention given to usage stage and functionality …