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Urban Sustainability: Pavement Design, Construction and Environment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 23262

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman

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UniSA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
Interests: soil/geotechnical engineering; bio-cementation; permeable/pavements; sustainable construction material; resource recovery and recycling; energy efficiency/recovery
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Dr. Asif Iqbal

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UniSA STEM, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia
Interests: spatio-temporal impact assessment; developing eco-efficient and sustainable strategies for urban development; construction and geotechnical practices; utilizing life cycle impact assessment; emissions modelling, and remote sensing and spatial data analysis
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Worldwide population is highly urbanized and therefore it is important to ensure the liveability of the cities for residents (amenities, housing, transport, air and water quality), while ensuring maximum efficiency in design, construction and operation of urban systems.

Pavements are an integral part of urban transportation systems connecting neighbourhoods, industries, ports/terminals, pedestrian/cycling networks, stormwater treatment, and many others. The economic and environmental efficiency of these urban pavements are reliant on the economic benefits that are gained by minimizing wasted resources, as well as its influence on improving environmental performances. Therefore, optimized design considering operational environment (soil category, purpose of operations, etc.), future environmental and economic pressure (climate change and resource scarcity), adaptable to future demand (due to increased traffic volume or greater demand), micro-climatic effects (heating/cooling), and use of sustainable construction material can be influential in determining the eco-efficiency of urban pavements.

Overall, there are issues that hinder the efficiency of an urban system, including energy and water use, waste generation, transport, and emissions. Design approaches for energy efficient housing, cost effective approaches for reducing/recycling construction wastes, transport planning ensuring maximum economic and environmental efficiency, and assessing urban health (emissions, noise, waste, pollution) and setting indicators can be instrumental for urban sustainability.

This special issue focuses on attaining eco-efficiency of urban systems either in pavements designing, or in construction management, or in emissions/pollutions assessment/management. The issue emphasizes on optimization criteria that enhances the sustainability of urban health.

Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman
Dr. Asif Iqbal
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Pavement design
  • Flexible and rigid pavement
  • Concrete Block pavements
  • Permeable pavements
  • Sustainable construction material
  • Urban health
  • Emissions (risks assessment/management)
  • Energy efficiency
  • Environmental efficiency
  • Water management
  • Urban heat effects

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18 pages, 6210 KiB  
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Vehicular PM Emissions and Urban Public Health Sustainability: A Probabilistic Analysis for Dhaka City
by Asif Iqbal, Shirina Afroze and Md. Mizanur Rahman
Sustainability 2020, 12(15), 6284; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156284 - 04 Aug 2020
Cited by 14 | Viewed by 3744
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Particulate Matter (PM) pollution is generally considered as a prime indicator of urban air quality and is linked to human health hazards. As vehicles are a vital component of an urban setting, the risks of particulate pollution need to be assessed. An emission [...] Read more.
Particulate Matter (PM) pollution is generally considered as a prime indicator of urban air quality and is linked to human health hazards. As vehicles are a vital component of an urban setting, the risks of particulate pollution need to be assessed. An emission modelling is essential for that, and thus stochastic modelling approach involving Monte Carlo simulation technique was applied, aiming to reduce the uncertainty in emission modelling. The risks scenarios for the emissions were generated for 2019 (present state) and 2024 (future), integrating the probability of emissions and the associated AQI (Air Quality Index). Despite the vehicles being a minor source of PM in Dhaka (compared to the contribution from other sources), about one-third of the city is found under high risk due to the exhaust particulate pollution; having the potentiality to cover more than 60% of the city in the coming years, affecting the urban public health sustainability. However, the extent of implementation of planning and management strategies can revert the scenarios for the city, which can plausibly reduce the risk from 80% to 50%, or even to a no-risk state. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Sustainability: Pavement Design, Construction and Environment)
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State-of-the-Art Review of Microbial-Induced Calcite Precipitation and Its Sustainability in Engineering Applications
by Md Mizanur Rahman, Reena N. Hora, Isaac Ahenkorah, Simon Beecham, Md Rajibul Karim and Asif Iqbal
Sustainability 2020, 12(15), 6281; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156281 - 04 Aug 2020
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Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a promising new technology in the area of Civil Engineering with potential to become a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and sustainable solution to many problems such as ground improvement, liquefaction remediation, enhancing properties of concrete and so forth. This [...] Read more.
Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a promising new technology in the area of Civil Engineering with potential to become a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and sustainable solution to many problems such as ground improvement, liquefaction remediation, enhancing properties of concrete and so forth. This paper reviews the research and developments over the past 25 years since the first reported application of MICP in 1995. Historical developments in the area, the biological processes involved, the behaviour of improved soils, developments in modelling the behaviour of treated soil and the challenges associated are discussed with a focus on the geotechnical aspects of the problem. The paper also presents an assessment of cost and environmental benefits tied with three application scenarios in pavement construction. It is understood for some applications that at this stage, MICP may not be a cost-effective or even environmentally friendly solution; however, following the latest developments, MICP has the potential to become one. Full article
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Sustainability Assessment of Using Recycled Aggregates in Concrete Block Pavements
by Md Mizanur Rahman, Simon Beecham, Asif Iqbal, Md Rajibul Karim and Abu Taher Zillur Rabbi
Sustainability 2020, 12(10), 4313; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104313 - 25 May 2020
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The mechanistic design of a concrete block pavement (CBP) can be very complicated and often requires the use of computer programs. This paper presents a new mechanistic-empirical method, which is implemented in a computer program (DesignPave) that calculates base course/sub-base thicknesses for a [...] Read more.
The mechanistic design of a concrete block pavement (CBP) can be very complicated and often requires the use of computer programs. This paper presents a new mechanistic-empirical method, which is implemented in a computer program (DesignPave) that calculates base course/sub-base thicknesses for a range of design inputs such as traffic load, interlocking properties, and material stiffness. A range of virgin and recycled unbound granular materials were also experimentally tested to characterize them for possible use as base course or sub-base materials. Combining the new mechanistic-empirical method and the range of base course/sub-base course materials (virgin and recycled aggregates), it was found that while a CBP containing recycled aggregates did not offer a significant direct financial benefit based on the characteristics or material costs, the associated environmental benefits were very high. Full article
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Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment of Vehicular Emissions as an Urban Health Indicator in Dhaka City
by Asif Iqbal, Shirina Afroze and Md. Mizanur Rahman
Sustainability 2019, 11(22), 6427; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226427 - 15 Nov 2019
Cited by 12 | Viewed by 2404
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Emissions modelling is an important tool for assessing the urban health status of any city, but often the assessments are affected by the uncertainty of the data used for the modelling. Therefore, a Monte Carlo simulation technique was used for a probabilistic emissions [...] Read more.
Emissions modelling is an important tool for assessing the urban health status of any city, but often the assessments are affected by the uncertainty of the data used for the modelling. Therefore, a Monte Carlo simulation technique was used for a probabilistic emissions modelling of Dhaka City by simulating 20,000 scenarios for the highest and lowest values of traffic volume and speed profiles for each of the major road links. Only nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from on-road vehicles were considered, as vehicular sources are major contributors. Each dataset included two peak periods and an offpeak period of the day to cover the diurnal variation within each road link. Using the probability of the magnitude of emissions along with the corresponding health risk, a series of spatial urban health risk severity scenarios was generated for 2018 and 2024, suggesting that transportation and environmental planning is required for urban sustainability. Full article
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Environmental Consciousness in Local Sustainable Development: A Case Study of the Anti-Idling Policy in Taiwan
by Chun-Chieh Ma and Hsiao-Ping Chang
Sustainability 2019, 11(16), 4442; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164442 - 16 Aug 2019
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To address the increasing impact of global warming, Taiwan has devised a variety of activities to promote energy savings and carbon reduction. Although the city of Tainan was the first in Asia to enforce an anti-idling policy, the intersection between public value creation [...] Read more.
To address the increasing impact of global warming, Taiwan has devised a variety of activities to promote energy savings and carbon reduction. Although the city of Tainan was the first in Asia to enforce an anti-idling policy, the intersection between public value creation and local sustainable development has not yet been analyzed. Hence, this article explores the anti-idling policy in Tainan through the lens of social judgment theory (SJT). It also considers criteria related to the core values of environmental, economic, and social sustainability to understand the public values held by stakeholders in Tainan. The results of this article illustrate and dismantle the differences between several groups’ understanding of public value as it relates to local sustainable development, and suggest the establishment of intersectoral collaboration and community participation regarding value perception. Although the case is specific to Taiwan, its characteristics are typical of local sustainable development globally, especially in Asia. Full article
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