Improving Vietnam's Sustainability : Rural Road Pavement and Surfacing Design Options
Recent research in S E Asia and Vietnam in particular, funded by the World Bank and DfID since 2003, has focused on improving rural community access through more sustainable low volume rural road design. More appropriate design ensures that roads b...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20337899/improving-vietnams-sustainability-key-priorties-2014-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20799 |
| Summary: | Recent research in S E Asia and Vietnam
in particular, funded by the World Bank and DfID since 2003,
has focused on improving rural community access through more
sustainable low volume rural road design. More appropriate
design ensures that roads built are cost effective in terms
of whole life performance. Because of increasing recognition
that gravel surfacing was not always the best solution for
rural roads in Vietnam, the initial research focused on the
performance of existing unsealed roads and the
identification of sustainable alternatives. Subsequent
research has focused on the relative performance of the
alternative option trials and their role in providing a more
climate resilient rural infrastructure. In general, this
work has concentrated on a range of pavements to establish
the best performance within a range of physical and
socio-economic environments. This note highlights the
findings of the Rural Road Gravel Assessment Programme
(RRGAP) and the Rural Road Surfacing Trials (RRST phases I,
II and III) undertaken within Vietnam under the umbrella of
the Ministry of Transport Rural Road Surfacing Research
(RRSR) committee. Outcomes were enhanced by information from
complimentary projects within Lao PDR and Cambodia. |
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