Advances in New Green Road Materials and Applied Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

With the continuous development of society and the gradual improvement of road engineering construction, humans have increasingly urgent requirements for road service function, green construction and safety guarantee. Since entering the 21st century, the emergence of new functional materials and the development of interdisciplinary approaches have provided strong support for the design and construction of all kinds of green roads. At present, building environment-friendly green and low-carbon roads, expanding road service functions, improving road ecological benefits and further improving road environments have become important challenges for road workers and researchers. At the same time, it is also the frontier direction of the development of the road engineering discipline.

To this end, scholars around the world have carried out a great deal of in-depth research on green road materials and applied technologies, and a number of important innovative results have been achieved, which is of great significance for promoting road service performance and reducing the consumption of road maintenance resources.

This Special Issue addresses the above issues and aims to gather recent research that advances the knowledge about new green road materials and applied technologies. The supplement of these researches will guide the development of functional road materials and promote the design optimization and technological innovation of green roads. For this Special Issue we encourage the submission of academic, empirical, and case study research focusing on the research topics below.

• Sustainable transportation;
• Green design and construction;
• Gravel material use reduction;
• Asphalt fume pollution prevention and control;
• Automotive exhaust degradation materials;
• Drainage pavement;
• Recycling for waste asphalt pavement materials;
• Biomass asphalt material;
• Bulk industrial solid waste recycling;
• Carbon footprint capture of road materials in the whole life cycle;
• Construction waste recycling.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Chaohui Wang
Prof. Dr. Dawei Wang
Prof. Dr. Kai Liu
Dr. Qian Chen
Guest Editors

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