Asphalt Road Pavements to Address Climate Change Challenges—An Overview
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Abstract
Climate change is already happening. It is one of the significant challenges that the planet has to face. Asphalt road pavements cover a large area of the Earth’s surface; consequently, climate change challenges can significantly affect their performance and serviceability. Thus, pavement solutions have been developed to address the problem. This paper aims to present an overview of those topics to increase awareness among transportation engineers and practitioners. First, the most significant aspects of road asphalt pavements’ materials, design and condition are presented. Second, the most relevant climate change challenges for asphalt pavements are described. Then, different pavement solutions are presented. This overview concludes that there are pavement solutions able to address climate change. These depend on local climate conditions and should be incorporated into the decision-making process in planning, design and maintenance.
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OpenAlex topics: Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation · Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring · Smart Materials for Construction
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Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal
CITTA Centro de Investigação do Território, Transportes e Ambiente, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
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