Road Engineering for Development, Second EditionDeveloping 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 wide range of technical and non-technical problems that may confront road engineers working in this area. The technical content of the book has been fully updated and current development issues are focused on. Designed as a fundamental text for civil engineering students this book also offers a broad, practical view of the subject for practising engineers. It has been written with the assistance of a number of world-renowned specialist professional engineers with many years experience in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Central America. |
Contents
Roads and development | 3 |
12 Evolution of development theory | 6 |
13 Poverty | 10 |
14 Evolution of road development | 13 |
15 Impact of roads on economic development | 14 |
16 Transport and poverty | 15 |
17 Impact of roads on the transition to a market economy | 20 |
References | 21 |
132 Pavement structure | 251 |
133 Unbound pavement layers | 253 |
134 Design of gravel pavements | 256 |
135 Stabilized pavement layers | 257 |
References | 263 |
Asphalt pavement materials | 264 |
143 Surface dressing | 268 |
144 Premixed asphalt | 273 |
Policy | 23 |
22 Government policy | 24 |
23 Organizational policy | 26 |
24 Integrated policy | 28 |
25 Dissemination | 31 |
27 Policy formulation | 33 |
28 Policy issues | 36 |
References | 37 |
Traffic | 38 |
33 Traffic flows and growth | 42 |
34 Capacity and speedflow | 43 |
35 Increasing capacity | 50 |
36 Traffic information and data | 51 |
References | 56 |
Traffic safety | 57 |
43 Road accident costs | 59 |
44 Contributory factors | 62 |
45 Institutions and information systems | 64 |
46 Improving road safety | 65 |
47 Priorities for action | 75 |
References | 76 |
Roads and the environment | 78 |
53 Environmental impact assessment | 86 |
54 Concluding remarks | 90 |
References | 91 |
Planning methods | 92 |
62 Strategic planning | 93 |
63 Physical network planning | 95 |
64 Transport demand forecasting | 98 |
65 Plan development and implementation | 106 |
66 Planning for rural transport infrastructure | 110 |
References | 112 |
Economic appraisal | 114 |
73 Cost estimation | 117 |
74 Assessment of benefits for major roads | 119 |
75 Costbenefit analysis for major roads | 122 |
76 Minor road appraisal | 127 |
References | 132 |
Design | 135 |
Soil investigation | 137 |
82 Evaluation of existing information | 138 |
83 Field investigation | 144 |
84 Laboratory testing | 147 |
85 Soil classification | 157 |
References | 161 |
Tropical soils and rocks | 162 |
92 Rocks | 163 |
93 Soils | 165 |
References | 177 |
Hydrology and drainage | 178 |
102 Rainfall | 179 |
103 Flood discharge estimation | 183 |
104 Hydraulic design | 188 |
105 Longitudinal drainage components | 190 |
106 Cross drainage components | 193 |
107 Culvert design | 196 |
108 Erosion and scour protection | 199 |
References | 204 |
Geometric design controls | 205 |
112 Approach to selecting design standards | 207 |
113 Classification of roads | 208 |
114 Sight distance | 211 |
115 Traffic | 215 |
References | 223 |
Geometric alignment design | 224 |
122 Horizontal alignment | 225 |
123 Vertical alignment | 229 |
124 Phasing | 234 |
125 Alignment selection | 235 |
126 Intersections | 239 |
127 Lowcost roads | 241 |
128 Computeraided design | 242 |
References | 243 |
Earthworks unbound and stabilized pavements | 244 |
References | 283 |
Structural design of asphalt pavements | 284 |
152 Basic empirical methods | 285 |
153 Overseas Road Note 31 | 286 |
154 The AASHTO method | 289 |
155 Theoreticalmechanistic design | 295 |
156 Overlay design | 302 |
References | 304 |
Construction | 307 |
Contracts and works procurement | 309 |
162 Types of contract | 313 |
163 The FIDIC contract | 316 |
References | 323 |
Contract supervision | 325 |
173 Quality control | 329 |
174 Measurement of work | 332 |
175 Payment to the contractor | 333 |
176 Progress control | 336 |
177 Extension of time | 337 |
178 Cost claims | 338 |
179 Default of contractor | 341 |
1710 Supervision procedures | 342 |
References | 344 |
Appropriate technology | 345 |
183 Intermediate methods | 352 |
184 Equipment management | 364 |
References | 367 |
Maintenance | 369 |
Maintenance management | 371 |
193 Network information | 374 |
194 Assessing needs | 376 |
195 Determining options | 381 |
196 Choosing actions | 383 |
197 Implementation | 386 |
198 Monitoring and audit | 389 |
199 Information systems | 390 |
References | 392 |
Maintenance operations | 393 |
203 Safety | 394 |
204 Asphalt pavements | 395 |
205 Unpaved roads | 402 |
206 Roadside areas | 407 |
207 Drainage systems | 409 |
208 Traffic control devices | 414 |
References | 415 |
The HDM4 road investment model | 416 |
212 Types of analysis | 417 |
213 Structure of HDM4 | 420 |
214 Components of HDM4 | 423 |
215 Examples of applications | 431 |
References | 437 |
Institutional issues | 439 |
Institutional development | 441 |
222 Finance | 443 |
223 Management | 450 |
224 Ownership and responsibility | 457 |
225 Expected outcomes | 458 |
Training of staff | 460 |
232 Institutional issues | 462 |
233 Training types | 463 |
234 Training needs analysis | 466 |
235 Planning | 468 |
236 Detailed preparation | 473 |
237 Implementation | 477 |
References | 480 |
Development aid | 481 |
243 International aid agencies | 485 |
244 Bilateral donors | 487 |
245 Assistance to the transport and road sector | 488 |
246 Recent trends in aid management | 489 |
247 Project cycle and framework | 492 |
References | 498 |
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