Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport

Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport

Extreme poverty is a predominantly rural phenomenon, and the poor quality of roads linking remote areas to market centers is one of its distinguishing features. The time and cost of moving goods over poor roads makes rural traders uncompetitive. Th...

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Main Author: Whalley, Oliver George
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
highways
pavement
rural roads
geo cell
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682174/bringing-paved-roads-hinterland-cost-saving-way-speed-travel-transport
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spelling okr-10986-249632021-05-26T09:05:19Z Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport Whalley, Oliver George highways pavement rural roads geo cell Extreme poverty is a predominantly rural phenomenon, and the poor quality of roads linking remote areas to market centers is one of its distinguishing features. The time and cost of moving goods over poor roads makes rural traders uncompetitive. The problem often remains unsolved because sparse traffic makes it cost-prohibitive to pave rural roads by traditional means. Developing countries need affordable options for extending paved road networks into rural areas. A versatile new construction method using low-cost concrete poured into flexible plastic webbing offers a promising alternative. These geo cell pavements, cost less to build and maintain than concrete, asphalt, or chip seal pavements. The new pavement technology has been used in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and the Pacific, offering an affordable way to improve accessibility for poorer remote areas. Geo cell pavements that link rural traders and farmers to market centers could become an important tool in the effort to eliminate extreme poverty. 2016-08-26T15:37:58Z 2016-08-26T15:37:58Z 2016-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682174/bringing-paved-roads-hinterland-cost-saving-way-speed-travel-transport http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24963 English en_US Connections; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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pavement
rural roads
geo cell
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pavement
rural roads
geo cell
Whalley, Oliver George
Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport
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description Extreme poverty is a predominantly rural phenomenon, and the poor quality of roads linking remote areas to market centers is one of its distinguishing features. The time and cost of moving goods over poor roads makes rural traders uncompetitive. The problem often remains unsolved because sparse traffic makes it cost-prohibitive to pave rural roads by traditional means. Developing countries need affordable options for extending paved road networks into rural areas. A versatile new construction method using low-cost concrete poured into flexible plastic webbing offers a promising alternative. These geo cell pavements, cost less to build and maintain than concrete, asphalt, or chip seal pavements. The new pavement technology has been used in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and the Pacific, offering an affordable way to improve accessibility for poorer remote areas. Geo cell pavements that link rural traders and farmers to market centers could become an important tool in the effort to eliminate extreme poverty.
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author Whalley, Oliver George
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title Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport
title_short Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport
title_full Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport
title_fullStr Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport
title_full_unstemmed Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport
title_sort bringing paved roads to the hinterland : a cost-saving way to speed travel and transport
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
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