Title Road engineering for development / edited by Richard Robinson and Bent Thagesen

Edition 2nd ed Published London ; New York : Spon Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 514 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Planning; Roads and development; Policy; Traffic; Traffic safety; Roads and the environment; Planning methods; Economic appraisal; Design; Soil investigation; Tropical soils and rocks; Hydrology and drainage; Geometric design controls; Geometric alignment design; Earthworks, unbound and stabilized pavements; Asphalt pavement materials; Structural design of asphalt pavements; Construction; Contracts and works procurement; Contract supervision; Appropriate technology; Maintenance Maintenance managementMaintenance operations; The HDM-4 road investment model; Institutional issues; Institutional development; Training of staff; Development aid; Index Summary Developing countries in the tropics have different natural conditions and different institutional and financial situations to industrialized countries. However, most textbooks on highway engineering are based on experience from industrialized countries with temperate climates, and deal only with specific problems. Road Engineering for Development (published as Highway and Traffic Engineering in Developing Countries in its first edition) provides a comprehensive description of the planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads in developing countries. It covers a Notes Revised edition of: Highway and traffic engineering in developing countries. 1995 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Highway engineering -- Developing countries TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Highway & Traffic. Highway engineering Developing countries Form Electronic book Author Robinson, Richard, 1946- Thagesen, Bent. ISBN 0203301986 9780203301982 9781482288209 1482288206 9781315273563 131527356X 9780203223673 0203223675 9780415279482 0415279488 9780415318822 0415318823

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