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Future Asset management Issues No. 1: Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Asset management

Publication no: AP-R356-10
ISBN: 978-1-921709-18-0
Published: 30 April 2010

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This discussion paper is aimed to identify the issues relevant to the future operations of road network asset managers, arising from the consequences of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in the context of reducing the impact of climate change. As government, state road authorities (SRAs) and even councils look to develop policies to reduce GHG emissions, a greater awareness of what asset managers need to do both now and in the future is necessary as a consequence of the need to reduce GHG emissions. This paper identifies those issues that can be potential subjects of future research to assist asset managers.

AP-R356/10 Future Asset Management Issues Part 1: Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Asset Management
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1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Aim
- 1.2. Background
2. CLIMATE CHANGE
- 2.1. The Evidence
- 2.2. The Future Predictions
3. MEASURES PROPOSED TO REDUCE GHG
- 3.1. Broad Measures to Reduce GHG in Transport
- 3.2. Likely Short to Medium Term Measures to Reduce Transport GHG
4. LONGER TERM CONSEQUENCES OF REDUCING GHG EMISSIONS ON ASSET MANAGEMENT
- 4.1. Potential Infrastructures Changes
- 4.2. The Need for New Management Systems
- 4.3. The Need for Institutional Change
5. IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS OF FUTURE RESEARCH FOR ASSET MANAGERS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- 5.1. Measures to Directly Reduce GHG Emissions via Asset Management
- 5.2. Measures to Indirectly Reduce GHG Emissions
6. FINDINGS
- 6.1. The Evidence and Future Predictions for Climate Change
- 6.2. Proposed Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions
- 6.3. Identification of the Impacts of Reducing GHG Emissions on Asset Management
- 6.4. Identification of Areas of Future Research for Asset Managers
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