This book provides a complete text on highway and traffic engineering for developing countries. It is aimed principally at students and young engineers from the developed world who have responsibility for such work in the third world, but will also be valuable for local highway engineers.
Author(s): B. Thagesen
Publisher: Spon Press
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 593
Tags: Транспорт;Организация и управление дорожным движением;
BookCover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 13
List of photographs and acknowledgements......Page 15
Part 1 Introduction......Page 17
1 Highways and development......Page 19
Part 2 Highway Planning......Page 38
2 Planning methods......Page 40
3 Economic evaluation......Page 63
4 The World Bank HDM model......Page 84
Part 3 Traffic Characteristics......Page 114
5 Highway user behaviour......Page 116
6 Traffic safety......Page 137
Part 4 Geometric Design......Page 155
8 Alignment......Page 173
9 Cross-section......Page 199
7 Geometric design controls......Page 157
Part 5 Drainage......Page 212
11 Hydraulic design......Page 227
10 Hydrology......Page 214
Part 6 Pavements......Page 255
16 Pavement design......Page 349
12 Soil investigation......Page 257
13 Tropical rocks and soils......Page 282
14 Earthworks and pavements......Page 303
15 Asphalt pavements......Page 326
Part 7 Construction......Page 374
17 Construction contracts......Page 376
18 Construction supervision......Page 389
19 Labour-based construction......Page 412
Part 8 Maintenance......Page 439
21 Maintenance management......Page 468
20 Maintenance operation......Page 441
Part 9 Development Assistance......Page 494
22 Development aid......Page 496
23 The project cycle......Page 511
Part 10 Institutional Issues......Page 525
24 Institutional strengthening......Page 527
25 Training of staff......Page 544
Index......Page 571
