Format:
1 online resource (457 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415837552
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9781135036706
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Series
Content:
This book, first published in 1990, discusses problems of urban transport planning, deficiencies in the theory and practice of conventional transport planning, and the emerging alternatives in developing countries such as India, Indonesia and Brazil. The work addresses problems that are still of great concern to urban policy planners, professionals and academics, as well as students from the fields of development studies, urban geography and planning, architecture and civil engineering
Note:
Cover -- Transport Planning for Third World Cities -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: Problems and Issues in Urban Transport Planning -- 1. Transport and Third World City Development -- Introduction -- Defining the Third WorId -- Features of Third World City Development -- Third World City Transport Characteristics -- Transport and Urban Development Goals -- Appendix -- 2. Transport Problems of Third World Cities -- Introduction -- Traditional Agenda of Urban Transport Problems -- Problems of Planning Response: Perception Issues -- Problems of Planning Response: Technology-Transfer Issues -- Goal Formulation Problems -- 3. Inadequacies of Urban Public Transport Systems -- Introduction -- Problems of Matching Demand and Supply -- The Formal Public Transport Response -- The Informal Public Transport Response -- Need for Co-ordination -- Conclusion -- 4. The Role of Non-Motorised Urban Travel -- Introduction -- Transport and Urban Development in India -- Types of Non-Motorised Urban Transport Modes -- Supply and Demand Characteristics of Non-Motorised Urban Transport -- Towards Better Planning for Non-Motorised Transport -- Part Two Deficiencies and Developments in the Theory and Practice of Urban Transport Planning -- 5. The Urban Transport Planning Process: Its Evoluation and Application to Third World Cities -- Introduction -- The Urban Transport Planning Process -- Evolution of the Process -- Application of UTP Process and its Derivatives to the Third World -- Conclusion -- 6. Issues in Third World Urban Transport Project Appraisal -- Introduction -- Overview of Appraisal Process -- Overall Urban Transport Project Appraisal Issues
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Matching Urban Policy, Transport Technology and Settlement Size Considerations -- Towards a Developmental Approach to Urban Transport Planning in Indonesia -- Applying IUIDP Principles to Urban Transport Planning in Indonesia -- IUIDP Sketch-Plan Methodology for Transport -- Conclusion -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
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Steps in Urban Transport Project Appraisal -- Conclusion -- 7. Institutional Frameworks for Planning Transport in Third World Cities -- Introduction -- Definition of Institutional Planning Frameworks -- Deficiencies of Institutional Planning Frameworks -- Institutional Planning Framework for Urban Transport in Brazil -- Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area Case Study -- Lessons from the Sao Paulo Experience -- 8. Developments in Urban Transport Planning: Their Relevance to Third World Practice -- Introduction -- Role of Transport Analysis -- Range of Urban Transport Analysis Choices -- Applying Some Recent Developments -- Challenge and Training Requirements of Responsive Analysis -- Part Three: Emerging Alternatives in Planning for Urban Transport -- 9. Urban Traffic Modelling with Limited Data -- Introduction -- Errors and Complexity in Modelling -- Simpler Transport Models -- Network Models Based on Traffic Counts -- Explicit Travel Demand Model Approaches -- Model Based on Network Data only -- An Example of Models Based on Traffic Counts -- Simplified Models and Planning Styles -- Conclusion -- 10. Urban Transport Corridor Planning -- Introduction -- Evolution of Urban Transport Corridor Planning in the USA -- Elements of Urban Transport Corridor Planning -- Problems of Implementation -- Examples of Application -- Conclusion -- 11. Street Management -- Introduction -- Typical Street Conditions of Third World Cities -- An Approach to Street Management -- Some Typical Problems and Responses -- An Example of Street Management -- Street Management Through Design -- Enforcement -- Education in the Use of Streets -- 12. Towards a Development Approach to Urban Transport Planning -- Introduction -- Comparative Experiences in Urban Transport Planning -- Elements of a Developmental Approach to Urban Transport Planning
Additional Edition:
Print version Dimitriou, Harry T. Transport Planning for Third World Cities (Routledge Revivals) Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2013 ISBN 9780415837552
Language:
English
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