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Research for restorative infrastructure

Moving from sustainable to restorative approach is an important subject in current research. Restorative meaning shifting the focus from less bad in sustainability criteria to contributing to a positive outcome. It is widely recognized that developed infrastructure is vital for economic development as it facilitates manufacturing, services and trade. Infrastructure development has a strong effect on quality of life, and today the awareness that assessment of environmental, social, and economic consequences of infrastructure development needs to be an integral part in considering all stages of its life is rising. The infrastructure is very much different from buildings. It has an immense impact in terms of used resources, and the determination of user benefits is different. Over the past years some tools were developed to assess the sustainability of infrastructure, even those that differentiate the levels of achievement from conventional i.e. state of the practice, over improved (encouraging) and enhanced (on the right track), all the way to superior (remarkable performance), conserving (zero negative impact) and restorative (restoration of resources, ecological, economic and social systems). This paper aims at summarizing the current research for restorative infrastructure, and subsequently discussing challenges of application on an example of two new bridges in Croatia.

sustainable development ; restorative infrastructure ; climate change ; sustainable bridges

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