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Publications Routes/Roads Environment

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of environment. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • TS3 - Safety and Sustainability - Safety of the Road System in Romania

    Responsibility for the organisation of road safety in Romania lies with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure through the subordinate unit, National Company for Roads Infrastructure Administration (NCRIA SA).

  • PIARC Prize - Climate Change and Resilience - Climate-Change-Related Risk Thresholds for the Road Infrastructure in Spain

    Climate change is one of the main environmental problems of today and one that is forcing us to rethink our approach to territory management in order to anticipate the adverse weather patterns that are being forecast and that will cause serious losses with regard to the provision of road services.

  • PIARC Prize - Young Professionals - Development of Solar Pavement in Japan and its Contribution to Carbon Neutrality

    In road paving, solar pavement is being developed worldwide against the backdrop of the Paris Agreement, which set a long-term goal of mitigating climate change by 2050 and beyond, SDGs, carbon neutrality and other initiatives. We are developing solar pavement with the aim of developing road paving technology that contributes to carbon neutrality, and are conducting demonstration testing, primarily, test paving, in places with vehicle traffic.

  • A Strategic Research Agenda for Biodiversity-Friendly Transport Infrastructure in Europe

    Transport ecology, which developed from road ecology, opens up a specific field of research at the crossroads between two major areas: transport research and biodiversity research. Amidst growing tensions surrounding this interface (often conflicting objectives of environmental preservation and economic development), one of the BISON project’s objectives was to identify and prioritise research and innovation needs so that transport infrastructure can take greater account of biodiversity throughout [...]

  • The Final Frontier - Meeting the Challenges of Linear Infrastructure in Africa

    The environmental and infrastructure sectors in Africa are at the early stages of adopting a meaningful collaborative agenda for developing ecologically sustainable linear infrastructure. There are efforts, lessons and knowledge emerging from various parts of the continent which highlight a pressing need to move this agenda forward. African countries have a very limited timeline to ensure ecological sustainable in the face of rapid and expansive linear development across the continent. It is imperative [...]