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Jul 11, 2012
Review of Existing Transportation Sustainability Initiatives and Their Applicability to Qatar
Authors: Karim A. Abdelwarith [email protected], Amr A. Kandil [email protected], John E. Haddock [email protected], Ahmed B. Senouci [email protected], and Hassan R. Al-Derham [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World
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Sustainable development is Qatar's main national goal. The fact that Qatar has secured the World Cup bid for 2022 will make it the first Arab country to host the world cup. This honor and Qatar's plan to advance its development has led the state to start upgrading its entire transportation infrastructure. Qatar's commitment to sustainability and the state's upcoming investments in the transportation sector has led the authors to investigate current transportation sustainability assessment systems, which can be transferred to Qatar. A thorough literature review revealed that the current initiatives have a number of limitations that render them inapplicable to Qatar. This paper presents these findings and suggests the main features of a sustainability rating system applicable to Qatar. This will be the first step in developing the Qatar Transportation Sustainability Assessment System (QTS).
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Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World
Pages: 1951 - 1960
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© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Jul 11, 2012
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Ph.D. Student, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907. E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Professor, Division Construction Engineering and Management, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907. E-mail: [email protected]
Asscoiate Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907. E-mail: [email protected]
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, PO Box: 2713. E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Vice President for Research, Qatar University, Doha, PO Box: 2713. E-mail: [email protected]
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