Dear Colleagues,

Changes in climate conditions, such as hotter seasons, extreme precipitation events, increasing severe storms, and/or sea level rise, could severely affect roads in low-income countries (LICs). Failing to account for such impacts in future road design, maintenance and operating, and planning and protocols could result in accelerated road deterioration and increased risk of damage, traffic disruption, and accidents, with knock-on effects on economies.  This Special Issue, therefore, welcomes research which can address the following research question:

“How could new ways of designing and building roads using new standards and marginal materials deliver low-maintenance, sustainable, resilient roads economically?”

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Innovative and sustainable construction and maintenance practices;
• Pavement materials;
• The use of alternative and/or marginal materials;
• Pavement materials testing;
• Pavement performance evaluation;
• Pavement performance monitoring;
• Road asset management;
• Life cycle analysis;
• Road economic analysis;
• Case study applications;
• Climate resilient design;
• Climate change impacts.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Michael Peter Nicholas Burrow
Dr. Gurmel Singh Ghataora
Dr. Esdras Ngezahayo
Guest Editors

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• climate resilience
• pavement engineering
• pavement materials
• road economics
• life cycle analysis
• HDM-4
• road asset management