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Simon Ofori Ametepey (Koforidua Technical University, Ghana)
Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Wellington Didibhuku Thwala (University of South Africa, South Africa)

Sustainable Road Infrastructure Project Implementation in Developing Countries: An Integrated Model

ISBN: 978-1-83753-811-9, eISBN: 978-1-83753-810-2

Publication date: 17 November 2023

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Ametepey, S.O., Aigbavboa, C.O. and Thwala, W.D. (2023), "Index", Sustainable Road Infrastructure Project Implementation in Developing Countries: An Integrated Model, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-810-220231014

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INDEX

Adaptable designs
, 109

African Development Bank (ADB)
, 126

African Union (AU)
, 107

Agenda 21
, 11

American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC)
, 57, 59–60

American Public Works Association (APWA)
, 57

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 57

Assessment
, 66

Assessment methodologies
, 44

Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)
, 27

BE2ST-In-Highways Rating System
, 56–57, 67–69

Beneficiaries
, 29

Biodiversity
, 75

Blue carbon
, 87

Broward County in Florida
, 89

Brundtland Report
, 161

Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
, 56

Carbon emissions
, 4, 107

Carbon offset markets
, 86–87

Carbon tax revenues
, 85

Carbon taxation
, 85–86

Certification

methodologies
, 48–50

system
, 58, 67

CH2M Hill
, 60

Civil Engineering Environmental Quality and Assessment Scheme (CEEQUAL)
, 45, 49, 153, 170

Certification System
, 60–61

Certification Tool
, 67

Clean Development Mechanism of Kyoto Protocol
, 87

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
, 84

Climate change

adaptation measures into sustainable road infrastructure development
, 108–110

in developing countries
, 107–108

response
, 98, 106–107, 144

road infrastructure and
, 108

Climate gentrification
, 86

Community participation
, 99–100

Compliance marketplaces
, 87

Compliance Offset Scheme
, 87

Comprehensive Assessment Systems for Building Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE)
, 56

Concessions
, 84

Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB)
, 27

Considerate Constructors
, 116

Conventional public involvement mechanisms
, 101

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 115

Correlation qualities
, 115

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)
, 46

Credits
, 49

Criteria
, 66–67

Cultural legacy
, 161

Cultural sustainability
, 161

Culture
, 161

Customers
, 29

Deformation
, 106

Delphi analysis
, 135

Delphi study
, 134

DSO
, 148–155

findings from
, 136–148

Delphi survey
, 134–136

Demands for sustainability from DPs
, 128–129

Department of Feeder Roads (DFR)
, 123

Developing countries
, 31–33

Development
, 15

Development partners (DPs)
, 126

Disclosure
, 101

Dissatisfaction
, 99

Distribution of resources
, 70

Downpours, likelihood of
, 106

E3 model
, 85

EA regulations and procedures
, 128

Ecological degradation
, 10

Ecological sustainability
, 32

Ecological/societal effects

life-cycle assessment
, 47–48

methods for evaluating
, 47

rating techniques and certification methodologies
, 48–50

societal appraisal techniques
, 48

Economic development
, 15

Economic growth
, 14–15, 22

Economic sustainability
, 11, 161–162

indicators
, 137

Educational programmes
, 35

Energy consumption
, 67

Engineering performance (EP)
, 163

indicators
, 143

Environmental and social assessment (ESA)
, 126

Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
, 130

Environmental Assessment (Amendment) Regulations
, 126

Environmental Assessment (EA)
, 126

Environmental impact
, 4

Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures (EIAP)
, 127

Environmental management (EM)
, 126

Environmental protection
, 14

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
, 126

Environmental Protection Agency Act of 1994
, 126–128

Environmental sustainability
, 11

indicators
, 137–139

Envision Certification System
, 57, 69–70

Equity
, 15

Estuaries
, 87

Evaluation
, 83

Expert feedback
, 135

Expert views
, 135

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
, 60

Financing models
, 82

5-capital framework
, 16

Forestry Commission’s Forest Services Division (FSD)
, 131

Forestry Policy
, 129

Fossil fuels
, 85

Frequency counts
, 135

Funding models
, 82

Future uncertainty
, 109

‘Future We Want’ The
, 12

Fuzzy set technique
, 74

GB Tool
, 56

Ghana Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures
, 126

Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda (GSGDA)
, 129

Ghana’s Environmental Policy
, 127

Ghana’s transportation sector
, 122–123

Governance of stakeholders and infrastructure development
, 115–116

Governments
, 29

Green Globes
, 56

Green Guide
, 70

for Road Rating Tool
, 58

Green infrastructure financing (GI financing)
, 81

carbon offset markets
, 86–87

carbon taxation
, 85–86

green/climate bonds
, 84

impact development fees
, 89–90

non_ad valorem special assessments
, 90–91

options
, 83–91

PPP
, 83–84

TDR
, 87–89

TIF
, 86

Green/climate bonds
, 84

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions)
, 4, 67, 75

GreenLITES Certification System
, 58, 71

Greenpave Certification Tool
, 71–72

Greenpave Rating Tool
, 58–59

Greenroads
, 58

Certification Tool
, 72–73

Rating System
, 59

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 85

Growth
, 15

Guide for Green Roads
, 70–71

Harvard Graduate School of Design
, 57

Hazardous chemical waste
, 67

Health and safety (HS)
, 162

Heat waves
, 107

I-LAST Certification Tool
, 59–60, 73

Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
, 59–60, 73

Illinois Liveable and Sustainable Transportation (IRTBA)
, 59–60

Impact development fees
, 89–90

Informal transition rate
, 10–11

Infrastructure
, 31

upgrades
, 86

vulnerability
, 108

Infrastructure development
, 5, 22–23, 56, 66

sustainability implementation in
, 23–25

Infrastructure projects
, 27, 116

frameworks, models, and guidelines
, 50–51, 56

in Ghana’s current legal and administrative frameworks
, 126–130

sustainability of
, 44–45

Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)
, 57

Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA)
, 23

Institute of Resilient Infrastructure (IRI)
, 108

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
, 60

Institutional arrangements for sustainability policies
, 130–131

Institutional sustainability
, 162

indicators
, 139–140

Integrated sustainable road infrastructure project implementation model (ISRIPI model)
, 160

identifying constructs (criteria and indicators) for
, 160–129

International Council for Research and Innovation (CIB)
, 23

International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
, 153

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
, 33

International organizations
, 99

International Roughness Index (IRI)
, 57

Interquartile range (IQR)
, 135

INVEST Certification Tool
, 73–74

Invest Rating Tool
, 60

Investors
, 29

Judicial appeal
, 101

Key performance indicators (KPI)
, 76

Land value capture
, 86

Landowners
, 88

LCCA
, 57

Leadership style
, 69–70

LEED
, 56

Legitimacy
, 115

Liberty
, 15

Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
, 45, 47–48

Life-cycle costing
, 67

Life-cycle costs
, 75

Low-impact development (LID) (see Green infrastructure financing (GI financing))

Mangroves
, 87

Material usage
, 75

Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG)
, 57

Michigan roadways
, 76

Mitigation methods
, 129

Modelling techniques
, 45

MoT
, 123

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)
, 45–46

Multiple organizations
, 15

National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP)
, 127

National environmental requirements
, 126–127

Natural coasts
, 87

Natural resources
, 26

New York State Department of Transport (NYS-DOT)
, 71

Noise management
, 75

Non_ad valorem special assessments
, 90–91

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
, 11

Observational approach
, 109–110

Operational policies (OP)
, 128

Organizational theory
, 115

‘Our Common Future’
, 11

Participation
, 27, 83

Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment Tool for Environmental and Economic Impacts (PaLATE)
, 57

People, planet, and profit (3Ps)
, 16

Perception of SD
, 15

Planners
, 29

Pollution control
, 75

Population increase
, 10

Power
, 115

Primary stakeholders
, 101

Private funding
, 82

Private investment
, 82

Project administration
, 75–76

Project assessment techniques
, 46

cost-benefit analysis
, 46

Project beneficiaries
, 99

Project management (PM)
, 162

indicators
, 143

Project Management Institute (PMI)
, 114

Project managers
, 29

Project partners
, 99

Project risks
, 75

Property taxes
, 91

Public participation
, 98, 101

best practices
, 101–102

community participation
, 99–100

essence
, 101

gaps in research on sustainable road infrastructure development
, 98

indicators
, 144–146

ladder
, 100

Public school impact fees
, 89

Public–private partnership (PPP)
, 83–84

Rating

techniques
, 48–50

tools
, 58

Recycled Materials Resource Centre (RMRC)
, 56–57

Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF)
, 129–130

Resilience
, 108

Resource management
, 75

Resource utilization and management indicators
, 143, 162–163

Rio+20 conference
, 11

Risk assessment
, 109

Road construction
, 31

Road infrastructure and climate change
, 108

Road infrastructure development (RID)
, 5, 98

in Ghana
, 123–124

size and condition of Ghana’s road network
, 124

Road infrastructure projects, criteria and indicators of existing sustainability rating system for
, 66–67

Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683)
, 130

Road Traffic Regulations (LI 953)
, 130

Roads and Ministry of Highways (MRH)
, 123

Salt marshes
, 87

Scorecards
, 60

Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG)
, 50

Seagrasses
, 87

Sector medium-term development plan (SMTDP)
, 129

Social activists
, 99

Social cost of carbon savings
, 67

Social life-cycle assessments (SLCA)
, 45

Social qualities
, 161

Social sustainability
, 11, 161

Societal appraisal techniques
, 48

Socio-cultural sustainability indicators
, 127

Socioeconomic sustainability
, 32

Stakeholders
, 27, 29–30, 109, 114

engagement
, 101

identification
, 116

impact assessment
, 116

management
, 98, 114–115, 146–148

Standards
, 26

Stars Rating Tool
, 61

Stockholm Conference in 1972
, 11

Strategic planning
, 115

Strong sustainability
, 12, 24–25

Subcontractors
, 29

Subsidence
, 106

Summary tables
, 51

Sustainability
, 14, 99

of infrastructure projects
, 44–45

Sustainability implementation in infrastructure development
, 23

strong sustainability
, 24–25

weak sustainability
, 23–24

Sustainable construction (SC)
, 25

Sustainable development (SD)
, 5, 10

concept and definition
, 12–16

economic growth vs.
, 14–15

environmental protection vs.
, 14

geneses and progression
, 10–12

models
, 16

pillars
, 13

principles
, 5

sustainability vs.
, 14

varied perceptions and criticisms
, 15–16

Sustainable development
, 60

Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 4, 6, 12

Sustainable Development Research Network (SDRN)
, 10

Sustainable economic development
, 5

Sustainable growth
, 15

Sustainable infrastructure, lessons from Ghana’s development of
, 131

Sustainable infrastructure development (SID)
, 4–5, 25, 98

benefits of implementing
, 34–35

critical factors
, 33–34

factors encouraging adoption of
, 35–37

principles
, 27–28

Sustainable infrastructure financing
, 81–83

GI finance options
, 83–91

Sustainable infrastructure project (SIP)
, 29

existing approaches and systems for assessing
, 45–51

review of research works on criteria and indicators for implementation of
, 74–77

Sustainable road construction, key parties involved in
, 116–117

Sustainable road infrastructure development (SRID)
, 5, 27, 98

background
, 4–5

in developing countries
, 31–33

gaps in research on
, 98

incorporating climate change adaptation measures into
, 108–110

managing stakeholders’ interest and sustainability requirements
, 30

motivation
, 6

objectives
, 7

problem statement
, 5–6

processes
, 31–32

project stakeholders in road infrastructure sector
, 29

purpose
, 6

significance
, 7

Sustainable road infrastructure project implementation model (SRIPI model)
, 129

measurement components
, 171–172

requirement and rationalization of model
, 169–170

structural component
, 170–171

Sustainable road infrastructure projects (SRIPs)
, 6, 98

main criteria
, 136–137

Sustainable road network development in Ghana
, 124–126

Sustainable society
, 11

Swedish carbon tax
, 85–86

Systems theory
, 115

Tappan Zee Bridge in New York
, 84

Tax Incremental Financing (TIF)
, 86

Technological improvement
, 10

Three-legged ideology
, 13

Traffic congestion
, 67

Traffic Noise Model Look Up (TNM-Look)
, 57

Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
, 87–88

Transport Division of New South Wales
, 75

Transport Integration Plan’s SEA
, 129

Transportation
, 5–6

Triple bottom line (TBL)
, 16

Twofold reasonable nexus test
, 89

UK Department of Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG)
, 50

UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
, 49

United Kingdom (UK)
, 49

United Nations (UN)
, 4, 12

United Nations Environmental Programme International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP-IETC)
, 23

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)
, 11, 107

United States of America (USA)
, 4, 49

Urgency
, 115

Utilities
, 6

Waste management
, 75

Waste reduction
, 67

Water
, 75

usage
, 67

Water Resources Commission (WRC)
, 131

WCED
, 11

Weak sustainability
, 12, 23–24

Wildlife Division (WD)
, 131

World Bank (WB)
, 49, 99, 126

World summit on SD (WSSD)
, 11

Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure
, 57