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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.

  • Numerical forecasting of radiotion fog

    This article includes research results were presented during the Standing International Road Weather Commission (SIRWEC); 21-22 March 1994; Seefeld (Tyrol - Austria).

  • Impacts of expressway ring roads: Example of the Nagoya Metropolitan Expressway

    Impacts of the ring roads in the Nagoya metropolitan area and issues still at stake in the region.

  • Impact of Permafrost thaw on airfield and road infrastructures in Nunavik

    Damage to airstrips and access roads has led Ministère des Transports du Québec to take this problem seriously. Research had been undertaken in 2004 to assess current and foreseeable impacts on northern infrastructures, recommend adaptation measures for problem situations, and review airstrip design for future projects.

  • Evaluating environmental managment

    One of the issues being examined by PIARC's Sustainable Development and Road Transport Committee is the "concrete application of policies to road transport, such as those developed in the Kyoto protocol and the Rio de Janeiro conference, ". Developing environmental management is important so that road administrations can handle policy application in an appropriate manner.