Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience

Roads and water are generally seen as enemies, with water responsible for most of the damage to roads, and roads being a major cause of problems such as erosion, waterlogging, flooding, and dust storms. This tension, however, can be reversed. The concept of Green Roads for Water (also known as “...

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Main Authors:	van Steenbergen, Frank, Arroyo-Arroyo, Fatima, Rao, Kulwinder, Hulluka, Taye Alemayehu, Woldearegay, Kifle, Deligianni, Anastasia
Format:	Book
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2021
Subjects:	ROADS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD DESIGN CLIMATE CHANGE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/102951623742853259/green-roads-for-water-guidelines-for-road-infrastructure-in-support-of-water-management-and-climate-resilience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35752

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spelling	okr-10986-357522021-06-15T13:15:48Z Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience van Steenbergen, Frank Arroyo-Arroyo, Fatima Rao, Kulwinder Hulluka, Taye Alemayehu Woldearegay, Kifle Deligianni, Anastasia ROADS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD DESIGN CLIMATE CHANGE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE RESILIENCE Roads and water are generally seen as enemies, with water responsible for most of the damage to roads, and roads being a major cause of problems such as erosion, waterlogging, flooding, and dust storms. This tension, however, can be reversed. The concept of Green Roads for Water (also known as “Green Roads” or “roads for water”) places roads in the service of water and landscape management and climate resilience without sacrificing or diminishing their transport functions. With global investment in roads of US$1–US$2 trillion per year, plus maintenance costs, the widespread adoption of Green Roads approaches can leverage investment at a transformative scale, making road development and maintenance a vital tool for achieving climate resilience, water security, and productive use of natural resources. Green Roads for Water: Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience provides strategies to use roads for beneficial water management tailored to diverse landscapes and climates, including watershed areas, semiarid climates, coastal lowlands, mountainous areas, and floodplains. The underlying premise of Green Roads is therefore quite simple: designing roads to fit their natural and anthropomorphic contexts; minimize externalities; and balance preservation of the road, water resources, landscape, and soil resources will usually cost less than traditional protective resilience approaches and will produce more sustainable overall outcomes. 2021-06-14T18:45:31Z 2021-06-14T18:45:31Z 2021-06-14 Book https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/102951623742853259/green-roads-for-water-guidelines-for-road-infrastructure-in-support-of-water-management-and-climate-resilience 978-1-4648-1677-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35752 International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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topic	ROADS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD DESIGN CLIMATE CHANGE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE RESILIENCE
spellingShingle	ROADS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD DESIGN CLIMATE CHANGE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE RESILIENCE van Steenbergen, Frank Arroyo-Arroyo, Fatima Rao, Kulwinder Hulluka, Taye Alemayehu Woldearegay, Kifle Deligianni, Anastasia Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience
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description	Roads and water are generally seen as enemies, with water responsible for most of the damage to roads, and roads being a major cause of problems such as erosion, waterlogging, flooding, and dust storms. This tension, however, can be reversed. The concept of Green Roads for Water (also known as “Green Roads” or “roads for water”) places roads in the service of water and landscape management and climate resilience without sacrificing or diminishing their transport functions. With global investment in roads of US$1–US$2 trillion per year, plus maintenance costs, the widespread adoption of Green Roads approaches can leverage investment at a transformative scale, making road development and maintenance a vital tool for achieving climate resilience, water security, and productive use of natural resources. Green Roads for Water: Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience provides strategies to use roads for beneficial water management tailored to diverse landscapes and climates, including watershed areas, semiarid climates, coastal lowlands, mountainous areas, and floodplains. The underlying premise of Green Roads is therefore quite simple: designing roads to fit their natural and anthropomorphic contexts; minimize externalities; and balance preservation of the road, water resources, landscape, and soil resources will usually cost less than traditional protective resilience approaches and will produce more sustainable overall outcomes.
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author	van Steenbergen, Frank Arroyo-Arroyo, Fatima Rao, Kulwinder Hulluka, Taye Alemayehu Woldearegay, Kifle Deligianni, Anastasia
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title	Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience
title_short	Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience
title_full	Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience
title_fullStr	Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience
title_full_unstemmed	Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience
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publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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Green Roads for Water : Guidelines for Road Infrastructure in Support of Water Management and Climate Resilience

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