Climate change adaptation in the African roads sector: Constraints, opportunities and policy challenges
The project looked at addressing capacity enhancement in partner countries to ensure a strong focus on embedment and uptake
Abstract
To enhance the capacity of roads authorities to reduce the current and future impacts of climate change on rural roads, a project was initiated by the Africa Community Access Partnership (AfCAP), a research programme funded by UK Aid, to focus on climate adaptation in this sector. Through research and knowledge sharing, the objective was to compile pragmatic, cost-beneficial engineering and non-engineering procedures and guidance that could be used to direct roads sector institutions to address climate threats. A methodology for carrying out climate adaptation assessments for rural roads was developed and packaged into a handbook and series of linked guideline documents. The project further looked at addressing capacity enhancement in the AfCAP partner countries to ensure a strong focus on embedment and uptake.
This work is part of the Applied Research on Rural Roads and Transport Services through Community Access Programmes in Africa and Asia (AFCAP2 and AsCAP)
Citation
Maritz, J. et al (2019). Climate change adaptation in the African roads sector: Constraints, opportunities and policy challenges. In: Proceedings of the 26th PIARC World Road Congress, 6-10 October 2019, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.