%0 Journal Article
%T Sustainable rural roads for livelihoods and livability
%J Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
%D 2012
%A Faiz, Asif
%A Faiz, Aysha
%A Wang, Weixu
%A Bennett, Christopher
%V 53
%N 
%P 1-8
%X 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 />
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1877-0428
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.854