SUSTAINABLE ROAD

DEVELOPMENT
by
Dr.Sirinimit Wungsoontorn
TEAM Consulting Engineering
and Management Co., Ltd.

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 GREEN ECONOMY
UNDP (2009) : A GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Production, Distribution and Consumption with

environmental consideration reduce the
environmental consumption.
• Emphasis on the
- relationship between man and ecosystem.
- sustainable resource utilization

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 ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
Prof. Elinor Ostrom : 2009
Noble Prize Winner

• Balance the sustainable development (economic,

social and environment).
• Emphasis on importance of environmental impact
assessment.
• Responsible on the social and environment.

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 ECO DESIGN
E.F. Shumacher (1973) “Small is beautiful”
Natural resources have to be utilized with
sustainable considerations.

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 ECO DESIGN
• Reduce : design to reduce the
resources in
production process.
• Reuse : part of the products can be
reuse again.
• Recycle : part of the products can be
re-process and use again.
• Repair : the product should be
designed for easily repaired.

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 THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY

“…Royal Speech : Sufficiency Economy is not limited to

farmers but for everyone and all professions both in the
city and in the countryside. For example, and owner of a
factory and company guided by the Sufficiency Economy.
If he wants to expand his business, the reason would be
the normal, gradual growth of the business. If he wants
to loan, he can, but has be with great care and
consideration. It is not to loan too much that there is no
security. He must know how to spend.”
Dr. Sumet Tantivejkul in “ใต้เบื้องพระยุคลบาท”

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 THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY FRAMEWORK

Three Equilibrium & Sustainability

Components

Moderation

Reasonableness Self-immunity

Knowledge & Morality Two

underlying
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
„development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own
needs‟

WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development), 1987.

Our Common Future. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press.
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 PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

• HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE, SYSTEMS THINKING

• AWARENESS, LEARNING, AND PARTICIPATION
• PRACTICALITY
• EQUITY
• EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY

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 HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE,
SYSTEMS THINKING

Consider the whole system as well as its parts.

Recognize that seemingly unconnected

projects, activities and their component parts
are interrelated and interdependent.

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AWARENESS, LEARNING, AND PARTICIPATION

Share information to increase awareness, generate

knowledge and build capacity.
Seek broad representation and participation to
ensure shared responsibility informed decision
making, and recognition of diverse and changing
values.
Use consensus-building and transparent reporting for
improved accountability where possible.

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 PRACTICALITY

Sustainability is a dynamic, evolving process

that requires us to sustain a „long-term vision‟
and to implement and measure progress in
a practical and incremental fashion.

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 EQUITY

Ensure that equity issues are

considered and that benefits and costs
are distributed fairly over space and
time.

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 EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY

Seek to maximize the contribution to human

and ecosystem health and to economic
viability.

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 How to apply sustainability to everyday
practice

Place priority on human health and safety

issues in sustainable infrastructure.
Capture all intended and unintended costs and
benefits (monetary and non-monetary) across
economical, environmental and social
dimensions.
Cooperate with and engage communities and
others through public consultation and
participation.
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How to apply sustainability to everyday
practice (Cont‟d)

 Incorporate “reduce, reuse and recycle”

philosophies.

 Minimize the overall disruption to the

community by considering intended and
potential unintended impacts of
infrastructure projects.

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 How to apply sustainability to
everyday practice (Cont‟d)
 Balance the demand for communities services
with social, environmental and economic
priorities and consequences.

 Weight impacts (intended and unintended,

direct and indirect); identify and manage risks
when considering innovation and reasonable
alternatives.
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 How to apply sustainability to everyday
practice (Cont‟d)

 Promote the pursuit of excellence and

innovation through a commitment to
continuous improvement and learning.

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 Sustainability Approach In Highway Project
(ODOT, 2006)
Planning Design Construction
1. Protect and conserve the natural   
environment at every opportunity.
2. Use programmatic and other streamlined  
permitting processes to improve
efficiency and result
in better environmental outcomes.
3. Consider how land use and transportation  
interact – compact, mixed-use
communities with transportation options
result in reduced demand for highway
capacity.

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 Sustainability Approach In Highway Project
(ODOT, 2006)
Planning Design Construction
4. Link the highway system to other  
modes, such as bike, pedestrian, bus,
rail etc, to help manage demand.
5. Involve citizens in facility designs that  
impact their communities to ensure that
transportation solutions are context-
sensitive.
6. When outsourcing work to the private  
sector, ensure opportunities are
available to disadvantaged, minority,
women owned, and emerging small
businesses.

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 Sustainability Approach In Highway Project
(ODOT, 2006)
Planning Design Construction
7. Design infrastructure for low impact and 
durability over the long term.

8. Reduce material used and waste  

generated – use the mantra “reduce,
reuse, recycle”.
9. Procure materials locally to reduce their  
transportation impacts.

10. Procure other goods and services  

(design services, construction
contractors, reprographics, hotels,
meals, equipment etc) locally to
stimulate the local economy.

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 Sustainability Approach In Highway Project
(ODOT, 2006)
Planning Design Construction
11. Reduce fuel used in 
construction equipment.
12. Retrofit construction 
equipment to reduce emissions.
13. Provide opportunities for 
workforce development
(including vocational training
and apprenticeships), paying
particular attention to minority
groups to ensure a diverse and
representative workforce.
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Purposes of Sustainability Assessment:

• Sustainability considerations are comprehensive

(socio-economic as well as biophysical matters,
their interrelations and interdependency, the long
term as well as the short term).
• Human and ecological effects must be addressed.
• Minimization of negative effects is not enough;
assessment requirements must encourage
positive steps towards greater community and
ecological sustainability, towards a future that is
more viable, pleasant and secure.

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• Corrective actions must be woven together to
serve multiple objectives and to seek positive
feedback in complex systems.
• Sustainability requires recognition both of
inviolable limits and of endless opportunities for
creative innovation.
• Sustainability is multiple reinforcing gains.
• In the pursuit of sustainability, are intertwined
and the process is open-ended. There is no end
state to be achieved.

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 1.
Engagement.
Assessing for
Sustainability 2.
People.

6. 3.
Synthesis and Environment.
Continuous
Learning. 4.
5. Economy.
Institutional
Arrangements
and Governance.

Modified from : IISD (2004) 25

 1.
Engagement
1.1 1.2
Engagement Dispute Resolution
Processes Mechanism

1.3
Reporting and
Verification

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1. Engagement

Ensure all affected communities of

interest have the opportunity to
participate in the decisions that
influence their own future

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1.1 Engagement Processes

 Collaboratively identifying desired

objectives, best approaches for
gathering evidence in support of
achieving objectives

 Overseeing the application of the

approach to assessing the contribution
to sustainability articulated here.

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1.2 Dispute Resolution

An agreed upon dispute resolution

mechanism exists and is understood by
and accessible to all communities of
interest.

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1.3 Reporting and Verification

Appropriate systems of reporting and

verification are in place.

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 2.
2.1
People
2.2
Community
Social/Cultural
Organization
Integrity
and Capacity

2.3 2.4
Worker and Availability of
Population Health Basic Infrastructure

2.5 2.6
Direct; Indirect Full Social/Cultural
and Induced Costs, Benefits
or Diffuse Effects and Risks

2.7 2.8
Responsibilities Social/Cultural
and sureties Stress and Restoration
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2. People

Project operation lead directly or

indirectly to maintenance of people‟s
well-being (preferably and
improvement)

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2.1 Community Organization and
Capacity
Effective and representative
community organization and
capacity are in place in the local
community

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2.2 Social / Cultural Integrity

Confidence on the part of all

communities of interest that social
and cultural integrity will be
maintained or improved consistent
with the vision and aspirations of the
community.

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2.3 Worker and Population Health,
Safety and Wellbeing

Maintenance or improvement of
indicators population health, safety
and well-being.

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2.4 Availability of Basic Infrastructure

The infrastructure to meet basic

needs is available to workers and
residents.

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2.5 Consideration of all Direct,
Indirect, and Induced Effects

Confidence on the part of all

communities of interest that all direct,
indirect and induced or diffuse effects
have been considered and addressed

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2.6 Full Social / Cultural Costs,
Benefits and Risks

Confidence on the part of all

communities of interest that the full
costs, benefits and risks to people
have been identified and factored into
project or operation-related decision-
making
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2.7 Distribution of Costs, Benefits
and Risks
A mechanism has been created and
implemented for identifying,
assessing and publicly reporting on
the “equity” of the distribution of
costs, benefits and risks from the
perspective of various communities
of interest
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2.8 Cultural / Social Stress and
Restoration
Various forms of stress imposed on
individuals their families and the
community as a whole are within
“acceptable” levels and actions to
restore resulting upset are
undertaken to an “acceptable”
degree.
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 3.
Environment
3.1
3.2
Ecosystem Function,
Ecological
Resilience, and
Entitlement
Self-organizing Capacity

3.3
3.4
Full Ecosystem Costs,
Responsibilities
Benefits, and Risks

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3. Environment

The project lead directly or indirectly,

to the maintenance of the integrity of
biophysical systems so that they can
continue to provide the needed
support for the well-being of people
and other life forms.

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3.1 Ecosystem Function, Resilience and
Self-organizing Capacity

Ecosystem function, resilience and

self-organizing capacity will be
maintained or improved over the
long term.

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3.2 Ecological Entitlement
Capacity of project-affected
renewable and non-renewable
resources will be maintained or
improved such that the needs of
current and future generations
will be met.

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3.3 Full Ecosystem Costs,
Benefits and Risks
The full costs, benefits and risks to
the ecosystem have been identified
and factored into project/operation-
related decision-making.

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3.4 Responsibilities

Responsibilities for ensuring both

short-and long-term ecosystem
wellbeing have been fully assigned
and accepted.

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 4.
Economy
4.1 4.2
Community/Regional Government/Broader
Economies Society Economics

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4. Economy
The economic viability of the project
is assured and the community
economy be better off as a result.

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4.1 Community/Regional Economies

Community and adjacent regional

economic targets are met.

4.2 Government/Broader Society

Economics
A net economic contribution to
governments and broader society.

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 5.
Institutional
Arrangements and
Governance

5.1 5.2
Efficiency and Effectiveness Capacity to Address
of the Mix of Legislated
Operational
rules, Voluntary Programs,
Market Incentives, and
Consequences
Unspoken Cultural Norms

5.3
Overall Confidence
that Commitments Made
Will be Fulfilled
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5.1 Mix of rules, market incentives,
voluntary programs and cultural
norms
An effective mix of legislated rules,
market incentives, voluntary programs
and cultural norms is in place for
governing project activities.

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5.2 Capacity

Capacity to address project or

operation consequences is in place
now and will continue to exist
throughout the full project lifecycle.

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5.3 Confidence that Commitments
Made Will be Fulfilled

A reasonable degree of confidence is

held by all communities of interest
that commitments that have been
made will be fulfilled.

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 6.
Overall Integrated
Assessment and
Continuous Learning

6.1 6.2
Strategic Level Project Level
Alternatives Alternatives

6.4
6.3
Continuous Learning
Overall Synthesis
And Improvement
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6.1 Strategic Level Alternatives
Strategic level review has been
conducted to confirm project needs.

6.2 Strategic Level Alternatives

All reasonable project alternatives
have been considered.

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6.3 Overall Synthesis
A synthesis has been completed and
the system is in place for periodic
reassessment.
6.4 Continuous Learning and
Improvement
A commitment to continuous
learning and improvement is held by
all interests including company,
community, government and others.
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Benefits from sustainable approaches :
• Maximize the ability of future generations to
meet their development
• Improve and enhance quality of life
• Minimize negative impacts on health, safety
and the environment
• Investigate the impacts of potential actions to
manage and mitigate risk
• Manage change through good stewardship
• Minimize overall lifecycle investment
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