On CO2 efficiency and trade-offs between sustainability, safety, economy and resilience in infrastructure developments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21229491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Min Liu (0000-0002-6622-5486, Harbin Institute of Technology), Dagang Lü (0000-0002-3115-7102, Harbin Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Da-Gang Lu, Michael Havbro Faber (0000-0003-3761-0737, Harbin Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 113 |
| Pages | 105647 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainable Cities and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2210-6707 • E-ISSN: 2210-6715 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105647 |
| OpenAlex | W4400485670 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
The escalating crisis of climate change underscores the pressing need to reduce global CO 2 e emissions substantially. At the same time, a major increase is expected in global demand for infrastructure systems. In meeting this challenge, we here provide and illustrate a novel modeling framework that affords decision support in pursuit of sustainable developments of infrastructure systems. Based on this framework, for the case of roadway traffic infrastructure systems, it is shown that different strategies for the development of roadway traffic infrastructure systems, yielding approximately the same economic benefits to society, can differ in their embedded carbon footprint by up to a factor of three. This knowledge has the potential to contribute significantly to sustainable developments in general and mitigation of climate change in particular. Our models and results may readily assist decision-makers in the construction industry, at national and supra-national scales, in identifying optimal strategies for infrastructure developments. Furthermore, our work may straightforwardly support regulatory bodies and code writers in defining requirements for material and structural performances for the next generation of standards and codes
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |