Madis: Archive institutionnelle Ifsttar - Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux

IFSTTAR is a major player in the European research on the city and the territories, transportation and civil engineering. The French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks, born on January 1st 2011, from the merger of INRETS and LCPC, is a Public Institution of a Scientific and Technical Nature, under the joint supervision of the ministry of ecology, sustainable development and energy and the ministry of higher education and research. IFSTTAR’s role is to carry out and commission, direct, lead and appraise research, development and innovation in the areas of urban engineering, civil engineering, and construction materials, natural hazards, the transportation of persons and goods, systems and means of transport and their safety, infrastructure, and investigate their uses and impacts from the technical, economic, social, health, energy, environmental and human points of view. IFSTTAR repository provides access to the research output of the institute, and is dedicated to the deposit and open access to the scientific publications of Ifsttar laboratories : scientific and technical articles, scientific and technical reports, PhD theses, proceedings of congresses and symposiums, books and books chapters. The interface is available in a mixture of French and English.