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o The table below contains the strategic themes for 2003.

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Strategic Theme 1
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Road Technology
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C1
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Surface Characteristics
New and on-going studies related to friction, texture, noise, evenness, distress and visibility.
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C7/8
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Road Pavements
Design of flexible, mixed, concrete and composite pavements according to durability, economic and environmental criteria.
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C12
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Earthworks, Drainage, Subgrade
Design and construction; soil upgrading; improvement of drainage systems; risk management
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Strategic Theme 2
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Road Transport, Livability and Sustainable Development
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C4
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Interurban roads and Integrated Interurban Transport
Regional development and land planning; integration; public consultation; rural roads.
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C10
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Urban Areas and Integrated Urban Transport
Relationship between urban planning and development; integration; emerging transport modes; integrated payment systems.
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C14
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Sustainable Development and Road Transport
Consequences of the Kyoto Protocol; impacts of transport policies on employment, health and biodiversity; noise and air pollution; public consultation methods.
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C19
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Freight Transport
Consequences of deregulation; road freight; intermodality; logistic platforms; size and weight of vehicles.
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Strategic Theme 3
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Road and Road Transport Operations
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C5
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Road Tunnel Operation
Operation for safety and economy; equipment; tunnel improvement/adaption; risk analysis; training workforces; follow-up to 'Transport of Dangerous Goods through Tunnels'
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C13
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Road Safety
Road safety audits; evaluation of safety concepts; road design standards; user behaviour; enforcement; education.
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C16
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Network Operation
Role of road administrations; public/private partnership; co-operation with traffic managers; real-time monitoring; intelligent infrastructure management; user information; intermodal management.
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C17
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Winter Maintenance
Preparation of the technical programme and documents of the WRA International Winter Road Congress.
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C18
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Risk Management for Roads
Identification and classification of risks; prevention methods; risk exposure plans; crisis management.
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Strategic Theme 4
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Management and Administration of the Road System
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C6
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Road Management
Transport management; levels of service; management and maintenance quality; economic management/prediction models.
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C9
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Economic and Financial Evaluation
Road pricing policy; infrastructure financing modes; rural roads; cost recovery; risk sharing and new financial methods.
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C11
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Road Bridges and other Structures
Asset management; condition assessment; risk analysis; life cycle.
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C15
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Performance of Road Administrations
New management and organisational modes; public/public and public/private management and risk sharing; quality systems performance indicators.
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Strategic Theme 5
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Appropriate Levels of Road and Road Transport Development
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C2
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Community Consultation
Improving users' and public's understanding and expectations; inventory of successful practices; new methodologies.
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C3
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Technological Exchanges and Development
Advances in "State of the Art"; successful technology transfers; needs of developing countries; training of road engineers with a human and social facet; "Technology Transfer Centres"; "World Interchange Network".
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Appropriate Development
Inventory of road needs as a social service; setting appropriate objectives; comparing methods; defining a "universal model" to set road investment priorities in poor countries acceptable to all concerned; creation of a database of new indicators directed towards appropriate development.
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Terminology
Update and circulate the WRA electronic Dictionary and Lexicon; internet terminological services; translation tools.
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