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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800166003321

Autore

Verma Ashish

Titolo

Public transport planning and management in developing countries / / Ashish Verma, T.V. Ramanayya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-18966-4

1-4665-8160-3

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

388.4068/4

Soggetti

Transportation - Developing countries - Planning

Transportation - Developing countries - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Demography and Settlement Patterns; Chapter 3: Different Modes and Their Characteristics; Chapter 4: Current Scenario of Public Transport (PT) in Developing Countries; Chapter 5: Public Transport Planning in Rural Areas; Chapter 6: Public Transport Planning in Urban Areas; Chapter 7: Management of Public Transport; Chapter 8: Resource Needs for Public Transport; Chapter 9: Economics of Public Transport; References and Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Developing Countries Have Different Transportation Issues and Requirements Than Developed CountriesAn efficient transportation system is critical for a country's development. Yet cities in developing countries are typically characterized by high-density urban areas and poor public transport, as well as lack of proper roads, parking facilities, road user discipline, and control of land use, resulting in pollution, congestion, accidents, and a host of other transportation problems. Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries examines the status of urban transport in India an