@article{ref1,
title="Sustainable rural roads for livelihoods and livability",
journal="Procedia - social and behavioral sciences",
year="2012",
author="Faiz, Asif and Faiz, Aysha and Wang, Weixu and Bennett, Christopher",
volume="53",
number="",
pages="1-8",
abstract="Of some 33.8 million km. of classified roads that girdle the globe, nearly all unsealed roads and an estimated 85% of paved roads are low-volume roads (LVRs) with ADT of less than 1000 vehicles/day. Rural LVRs have a critical role in economic growth and poverty reduction, and a prominent function in emergency preparedness, disaster relief and rural job creation. This paper discuses the meaning of sustainability and its more practical subset--livability, in relation to rural roads and how the application of context sensitive solutions could help achieve a better balance among the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainability.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1877-0428",
doi="10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.854",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.854"
}