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Article: Sustainable design of pavement systems in highly urbanized context: A lifecycle assessment
Title | Sustainable design of pavement systems in highly urbanized context: A lifecycle assessment |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Sustainable pavement Flexible pavement Rigid pavement Environmental sustainability Lifecycle assessment |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Publisher | Academic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jenvman |
Citation | Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, v. 305, p. article no. 114410 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Substantial amount of resources is consumed by pavement systems, which have resulted considerable environmental impacts. Understanding the environmental impacts would provide opportunity for reducing resource consumption and informing decision-makers in the process of designing sustainable pavement. There is a lacking of comprehensive and comparative sustainability assessment of pavement systems in highly urbanized context currently. Therefore, this study aims to design and comprehensively evaluate the environmental performance of the commonly adopted pavement systems in highly urbanized context using lifecycle assessment (LCA) technique through a case in Hong Kong. According to the codes and practices of Hong Kong, two pavement systems including flexible and rigid pavements were designed based on the same road section. After that interviews with structured questionnaire were conducted to collect relevant practical information of pavement construction and maintenance from the relevant professional bodies and experts for the subsequent LCA of such designs. The LCA results reveal that the two mid-point impacts of global warming potential and mineral extraction are 21% and 54% higher for rigid pavement than for flexible pavement. Yet, the end-point results indicate that flexible pavement is associated with 64%, 65%, and 69% higher human health impact, ecosystem quality damage, and resource damage, respectively. Material production and transportation contribute significantly to the total impact in the two pavement systems. For instance, it is about 57% and 97% of the total global warming potential for flexible and rigid pavements, respectively. The overall results demonstrated that 49% higher total impact was found for flexible pavement than rigid pavement. Therefore, the use of more recycled and environmentally friendly materials can potentially enhance the environmental sustainability of both pavement systems. The findings should provide useful information to the design and selection of sustainable pavement structures in resource-scarce highly-urbanized cities. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309884 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 8.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.771 |
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dc.contributor.author | Hossain, MU | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, JJY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ng, ST | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Y | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-10T09:15:15Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-10T09:15:15Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, v. 305, p. article no. 114410 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0301-4797 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309884 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Substantial amount of resources is consumed by pavement systems, which have resulted considerable environmental impacts. Understanding the environmental impacts would provide opportunity for reducing resource consumption and informing decision-makers in the process of designing sustainable pavement. There is a lacking of comprehensive and comparative sustainability assessment of pavement systems in highly urbanized context currently. Therefore, this study aims to design and comprehensively evaluate the environmental performance of the commonly adopted pavement systems in highly urbanized context using lifecycle assessment (LCA) technique through a case in Hong Kong. According to the codes and practices of Hong Kong, two pavement systems including flexible and rigid pavements were designed based on the same road section. After that interviews with structured questionnaire were conducted to collect relevant practical information of pavement construction and maintenance from the relevant professional bodies and experts for the subsequent LCA of such designs. The LCA results reveal that the two mid-point impacts of global warming potential and mineral extraction are 21% and 54% higher for rigid pavement than for flexible pavement. Yet, the end-point results indicate that flexible pavement is associated with 64%, 65%, and 69% higher human health impact, ecosystem quality damage, and resource damage, respectively. Material production and transportation contribute significantly to the total impact in the two pavement systems. For instance, it is about 57% and 97% of the total global warming potential for flexible and rigid pavements, respectively. The overall results demonstrated that 49% higher total impact was found for flexible pavement than rigid pavement. Therefore, the use of more recycled and environmentally friendly materials can potentially enhance the environmental sustainability of both pavement systems. The findings should provide useful information to the design and selection of sustainable pavement structures in resource-scarce highly-urbanized cities. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Academic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jenvman | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Environmental Management | - |
dc.subject | Sustainable pavement | - |
dc.subject | Flexible pavement | - |
dc.subject | Rigid pavement | - |
dc.subject | Environmental sustainability | - |
dc.subject | Lifecycle assessment | - |
dc.title | Sustainable design of pavement systems in highly urbanized context: A lifecycle assessment | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Hossain, MU: uzzal@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Hossain, MU=rp02580 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Ng, ST=rp00158 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114410 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 34991032 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85122284163 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 331401 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 305 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 114410 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 114410 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000744115900001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |