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Life-cycle assessment of pavements. Part I: Critical review

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  • Santero, Nicholas J.
  • Masanet, Eric
  • Horvath, Arpad

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The rapidly expanding set of pavement life-cycle assessments (LCAs) available in the literature represents the growing interest in improving the sustainability of this critical infrastructure system. The existing literature establishes a foundational framework for quantifying environmental impact, but fails to deliver global conclusions regarding materials choices, maintenance strategies, design lives, and other best-practice policies for achieving sustainability goals. In order to comprehensively quantify environmental footprints and effectively guide sustainability efforts, functional units need to be standardized, systems boundaries expanded, data quality and reliability improved, and study scopes broadened. Improving these deficiencies will allow future studies to perform equitable and comparable assessments, thus creating a synergistic set of literature that continuously builds upon itself rather than generates independent and isolated conclusions. These improvements will place the body of pavement LCA research in a better position to confidently lead private industry and government agencies on successful paths towards sustainability goals.

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  • Santero, Nicholas J. & Masanet, Eric & Horvath, Arpad, 2011. "Life-cycle assessment of pavements. Part I: Critical review," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 55(9), pages 801-809.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:55:y:2011:i:9:p:801-809
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.03.010
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