| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACEC | American Consulting Engineers Council |
| ADB | African Development Bank |
| AER | Annual Environmental Reports |
| APWA | American Public Works Association |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| AU | African Union |
| BREEAM | Building research establishment’s environmental assessment method |
| CBA | Cost-benefit analysis |
| CCR | Climate change response |
| CEEQUAL | Civil Engineering Environmental Quality and Assessment Scheme |
| CIB | Conseil International du Bâtiment |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
| DFR | Department of Feeder Roads |
| DPs | Development partners |
| DUR | Department of Urban Roads |
| EA | Environmental assessment |
| EIA | Environmental impact assessment |
| EIAP | Environmental impact assessment procedures |
| EM | Environmental management |
| EMP | Environmental management plan |
| EMU | Environmental management unit |
| EnS | Environmental sustainability |
| EP | Engineering performance |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ES | Economic sustainability |
| ESA | Environmental and social assessment |
| ESMF | Environmental and social management framework |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FSD | Forest services division |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHA | Ghana highway authority |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GI | Green infrastructure |
| GRF | Ghana Road Fund |
| GSGDA | Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda |
| HS | Health and safety |
| ICE | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| IDOT | Illinois Department of Transportation |
| IISD | International Institute for Sustainable Development |
| INVEST | Infrastructure Voluntary Assessment Sustainability Tool |
| IQD | Interquartile division |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| IRI | Institute of resilient infrastructure |
| IRI | International roughness index |
| IRTBA | Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association |
| IS | Institutional sustainability |
| ISI | Institute for sustainable infrastructure |
| ISRIPI | Integrated sustainable road infrastructure project implementation |
| KPI | Key performance indicators |
| KTC | Koforidua Training Centre |
| LCA | Life-cycle assessment |
| LCCA | Life-cycle cost analysis |
| LEED | Leadership in energy and environmental design |
| LID | Low-impact development |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MCDA | Multi-criteria decision analysis |
| MEPDG | Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide |
| MoT | Ministry of Transport |
| MRH | Ministry of Roads and Highways |
| NEAP | National Environmental Action Plan |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organizations |
| OP | Operational policies |
| PaLATE | Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment Tool for Environmental and Economic Impacts |
| PEA | Preliminary Environmental Assesment |
| PM | Project management |
| PMI | Project Management Institute |
| PP | Public participation |
| PPP | Public–-private partnership |
| RID | Road infrastructure development |
| RMRC | The Recycled Materials Resource Centre |
| RPF | Resettlement Policy Framework |
| RUM | Resource utilisation and management |
| SC | Sustainable construction |
| SCS | Social and cultural sustainability |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SD | Sustainable development |
| SDGs | Sustainable development goals |
| SEA | Strategic environmental assessment |
| SID | Sustainable infrastructure development |
| SLCAs | Social life-cycle assessments |
| SM | Stakeholder management |
| SMTDP | Sector medium-term development plan |
| SRID | Sustainable road infrastructure development |
| SRIPI | Sustainable road infrastructure project Implementation |
| SRIPs | Sustainable road infrastructure projects |
| STAG | Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance |
| TBL | Triple bottom line |
| TDR | Transfer of development rights |
| TIF | Tax incremental financing |
| TNM-Look | Traffic noise model look up |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USA | United States of America |
| WB | World Bank |
| WCCD | World Commission on Culture and Development |
| WCED | World Conference on Environment and Development |
| WD | Wildlife division |
| WRC | Water Resources Commission |
| WSSD | World summit on sustainable development |
| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACEC | American Consulting Engineers Council |
| ADB | African Development Bank |
| AER | Annual Environmental Reports |
| APWA | American Public Works Association |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| AU | African Union |
| BREEAM | Building research establishment’s environmental assessment method |
| CBA | Cost-benefit analysis |
| CCR | Climate change response |
| CEEQUAL | Civil Engineering Environmental Quality and Assessment Scheme |
| CIB | Conseil International du Bâtiment |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
| DFR | Department of Feeder Roads |
| DPs | Development partners |
| DUR | Department of Urban Roads |
| EA | Environmental assessment |
| EIA | Environmental impact assessment |
| EIAP | Environmental impact assessment procedures |
| EM | Environmental management |
| EMP | Environmental management plan |
| EMU | Environmental management unit |
| EnS | Environmental sustainability |
| EP | Engineering performance |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| ES | Economic sustainability |
| ESA | Environmental and social assessment |
| ESMF | Environmental and social management framework |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FSD | Forest services division |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHA | Ghana highway authority |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GI | Green infrastructure |
| GRF | Ghana Road Fund |
| GSGDA | Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda |
| HS | Health and safety |
| ICE | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| IDOT | Illinois Department of Transportation |
| IISD | International Institute for Sustainable Development |
| INVEST | Infrastructure Voluntary Assessment Sustainability Tool |
| IQD | Interquartile division |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| IRI | Institute of resilient infrastructure |
| IRI | International roughness index |
| IRTBA | Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association |
| IS | Institutional sustainability |
| ISI | Institute for sustainable infrastructure |
| ISRIPI | Integrated sustainable road infrastructure project implementation |
| KPI | Key performance indicators |
| KTC | Koforidua Training Centre |
| LCA | Life-cycle assessment |
| LCCA | Life-cycle cost analysis |
| LEED | Leadership in energy and environmental design |
| LID | Low-impact development |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MCDA | Multi-criteria decision analysis |
| MEPDG | Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide |
| MoT | Ministry of Transport |
| MRH | Ministry of Roads and Highways |
| NEAP | National Environmental Action Plan |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organizations |
| OP | Operational policies |
| PaLATE | Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment Tool for Environmental and Economic Impacts |
| PEA | Preliminary Environmental Assesment |
| PM | Project management |
| PMI | Project Management Institute |
| PP | Public participation |
| PPP | Public–-private partnership |
| RID | Road infrastructure development |
| RMRC | The Recycled Materials Resource Centre |
| RPF | Resettlement Policy Framework |
| RUM | Resource utilisation and management |
| SC | Sustainable construction |
| SCS | Social and cultural sustainability |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SD | Sustainable development |
| SDGs | Sustainable development goals |
| SEA | Strategic environmental assessment |
| SID | Sustainable infrastructure development |
| SLCAs | Social life-cycle assessments |
| SM | Stakeholder management |
| SMTDP | Sector medium-term development plan |
| SRID | Sustainable road infrastructure development |
| SRIPI | Sustainable road infrastructure project Implementation |
| SRIPs | Sustainable road infrastructure projects |
| STAG | Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance |
| TBL | Triple bottom line |
| TDR | Transfer of development rights |
| TIF | Tax incremental financing |
| TNM-Look | Traffic noise model look up |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USA | United States of America |
| WB | World Bank |
| WCCD | World Commission on Culture and Development |
| WCED | World Conference on Environment and Development |
| WD | Wildlife division |
| WRC | Water Resources Commission |
| WSSD | World summit on sustainable development |
Sharing content requires targeting cookies to be enabled. Please update your cookie preferences to use this feature.