Increased costs to US pavement infrastructure from future temperature rise

B. Shane Underwood (), Zack Guido, Padmini Gudipudi and Yarden Feinberg
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B. Shane Underwood: Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Zack Guido: Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona
Padmini Gudipudi: Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Yarden Feinberg: Arizona State University, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 10, 704-707

Abstract: The selection of materials for road construction in the United States is based on assumptions of a stationary climate. With increasing temperatures, upholding these practices could add up to US$26.3 billion in US-wide maintenance costs by 2040 under RCP8.5.

Date: 2017
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