Sustainable High Volume Road and Rail Transport in Low Income Countries

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research and information: general; accessibility; accessible road and rail infrastructure; accessible transport; Africa; ageing; Asia; best practices; capability plan; capacity building; children; climate change strategies; corridor management; crash data; design; disability; disability and mobility; efficient transport services; gender; gender disparity; green transport; high volume transport; inclusive transport; injury severity; low carbon transport; Low Income Countries; low- and middle-income countries; low-carbon transport; low-income countries; materials; mobility; non-conventional; older people; Paris Agreement; partnering; passenger and freight; people with disabilities; poverty; railway technical strategy; railways; recycling; risk; road; road and railway; road crash costing; road safety; school; smart city; smart mobility; South Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; sustainability; sustainable mobility; transport; transport corridor; transport corridors; transport costs; transport development impacts; transport infrastructure; transport policy; under-reporting; urban; vulnerable groups; wider economic benefits; work; youth voice
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039430888; 9783039430895; books978-3-03943-089-5
• Access: Open Access

This Special Issue presents an in-depth analysis of transport research commissioned by the UK Department for International Development under the High Volume Transport Programme (2017-2023). The analysis done in the period 2018-2019 contributes to the UK response to improving transport in the low-income countries in Africa and South Asia. As a result, key priorities have been identified for applied research in 2020 to make road, rail and urban transport more efficient and affordable, and all transport greener, safer and more inclusive for all users. This applied research is a vital link in making transport a sustainable lifeline for people in low-income countries, because transport gives farmers and manufacturers access to domestic and international markets and people in rural and urban areas access to schools and health services.