Designing Climate Change (CC)-resilient asphalt pavement structures: A comprehensive literature review on adaptation measures and advanced soil constitutive models

Abstract

Increasingly, Climate Change (CC) is yielding more adverse climatic conditions that lead to the occurrence of natural hazards. Within these CC-related phenomena, it is possible to list global warming, flooding events, and urban heat islands. These scenarios generate damage to road infrastructure to a greater or lesser extent. Consequently, the CC-related phenomena affect the interconnection of production centers with cities and other communities. In this way, as CC causes potential damage to the pavement structures, socio-economic growth rates are correspondingly decreased. The preceding reveals the importance of designing CC-resilient asphalt pavements, which represent the vast percentage of transport infrastructure built worldwide. In this regard, this literature review aims to summarize the leading technologies and strategies developed in the state-of-the-art to mitigate the impacts of CC, as well as promote disaster risk reduction. Thus, this manuscript explains the following resilient design alternatives: anti-rutting asphalt mixtures, multilayer cool coatings, less temperature-sensitive asphalt mixtures, high-inertia pavements, flame retardancy of asphalt binders, anti-fatigue asphalt mixtures, self-healing asphalt mixtures, self-deicing asphalt mixtures, road-heating systems, fast-draining asphalt pavements, hydrophobic asphalt pavement, anti-ageing additives, solar pavements, and cool pavements. Furthermore, several constitutive models capable of simulating soil behaviour under CC-related events are introduced throughout this paper. This review highlights critical advancements in pavement engineering and encourages the adoption of sustainable, resilient design practices to safeguard infrastructure and ensure long-term socio-economic stability. The findings from this investigation provide a valuable resource for pavement designers, civil engineers, and policymakers, offering practical guidance for adapting road infrastructure to future climatic conditions.

Keywords

• Asphalt materials
• Climate change
• Natural hazards
• Pavement Structures
• Road Infrastructure