The integration of roads in urban waste management
- Highways Magazine No. 138 - January / February 2005
Juan de Oña López
Doctor Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
ETSI Roads, Channels and Ports of Granada
Antonio López Navarro
Doctor Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Provincial de Almería
Francisco Osorio Robles
Doctor Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
ETSI Roads, Channels and Ports of Granada
ABSTRACT
Slope erosion of roads and urban waste management problems seem no point in common. However, these urban waste, whose disposal poses serious problems for society, can help reduce erosion on these slopes. This article presents research conducted to analyze the feasibility of such an application, the improvements on the embankments, and the economic cost to the government.
KEYWORDS
Sustainable development, erosion on slopes of roads, municipal waste, sewage sludge.