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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 spe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Robinson, Richard, 1946-, Thagesen, Bent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Spon Press, 2004.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Highway engineering > Developing countries.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Highway & Traffic.
Highway engineering
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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