Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Rural transit
ISBN :
Infectious Diseases and Rural Livelihood in Developing Countries
Author : Fingani Annie Mphande
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811004261
Book Description
This book focuses on the effects of rural livelihood and the impact of infectious diseases on health and poverty. It explores cultures and traditions in developing countries and their role in infectious-disease management and prevention. It highlights the associated healthcare systems and how these have contributed to some of the challenges faced, and goes on to elaborate on the significance of community involvement in infectious-disease prevention, management and control. It also emphasizes the importance of surveillance and setting up strategies on infectious-disease management that are favourable for poor communities and developing countries. Infectious Diseases and Rural Livelihood in Developing Countries allows students, researchers, healthcare workers, stakeholders and governments to better understand the vicious cycle of health, poverty and livelihoods in developing countries and to develop strategies that can work better in these regions.
Improving Rural Mobility
Author : Paul Starkey
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821351857
Book Description
Many inhabitants of rural areas in developing countries lack adequate and affordable access to transport infrastructure services, and this lack of transport opportunities constrains economic and social development. This report looks at the role of rural transport in reducing poverty and considers a range of issues affecting rural mobility including costs, stakeholders involved, population densities and competing services. It examines policies for promoting rural mobility including financial and regulatory considerations.
Inclusive Transport
Author : Hans Jeekel
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0128134534
Book Description
Inclusive Transport: Fighting Involuntary Transport Disadvantages offers readers profound and multifaceted insights into transportation and social equity, guiding transportation and urban studies researchers, planners, and policy makers in evaluating potential solutions to this complex issue. It considers discrimination and its societal consequences, providing a needed perspective on who is left out of transportation planning, and why. The book is systematically divided into 2 parts, Part A is problem oriented and explores the main problems to the transportation disadvantaged; accessibility and affordability. It looks at the consequences of non-accessibility, the problems non-car owners face, and the interplay between housing and transportation; Part B is policy oriented and analyses how current policies tend to forget transport disadvantages. It looks at pragmatic solutions for transport disadvantaged and ends with a design for inclusive transport, being a more radical approach combining sustainability challenges, people's behaviours and emotions, creating more just and equitable mobility. - Synthesizes academic research and narratives on transport disadvantage and the transport disadvantaged, linking the research with current mobility policies and practices - Connects the fight on transport disadvantages with sustainable and smart mobility strategies and looks into car sharing, ride sharing and individualising public transport while de- individualizing car use - Has an extensive usage of data, figures, and examples from around the world, and inspiring mobility plans and policies
Transport Investment and Economic Development
Author : David Banister
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 38,51 MB
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135802718
Book Description
This book makes a major contribution to the debate and is directed at researchers, decision makers and students who are interested in the wider economic development impacts of transport.
Transportation and Rural Economic Development
Author : Jill A. Hough
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Industrial location
ISBN :
Book Description
Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 19,78 MB
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309380561
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) maintains four highly related but distinct geographic classification systems to designate areas by the degree to which they are rural. The original urban-rural code scheme was developed by the ERS in the 1970s. Rural America today is very different from the rural America of 1970 described in the first rural classification report. At that time migration to cities and poverty among the people left behind was a central concern. The more rural a residence, the more likely a person was to live in poverty, and this relationship held true regardless of age or race. Since the 1970s the interstate highway system was completed and broadband was developed. Services have become more consolidated into larger centers. Some of the traditional rural industries, farming and mining, have prospered, and there has been rural amenity-based in-migration. Many major structural and economic changes have occurred during this period. These factors have resulted in a quite different rural economy and society since 1970. In April 2015, the Committee on National Statistics convened a workshop to explore the data, estimation, and policy issues for rationalizing the multiple classifications of rural areas currently in use by the Economic Research Service (ERS). Participants aimed to help ERS make decisions regarding the generation of a county rural-urban scale for public use, taking into consideration the changed social and economic environment. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Technology in Rural Transportation
Author : D. Deeter
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Book Description
Identifies and describes proven, cost-effective, "low-tech" solutions for rural transportation-related problems or needs. Through a process of research and interviews with local level transportation professionals throughout the U.S., examples of technology applications which have been locally developed to meet local problems were identified and documented. Includes descriptions of benefits of the technology, the expected implementation process, the potential issues associated with technology, and each technology's role in larger scale, fully integrated rural transportation systems. Charts and tables. Photos.
Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309449359
Book Description
Evidence from the public health sector demonstrates that health care is only one of the determinants of health, which also include genes, behavior, social factors, and the built environment. These contextual elements are key to understanding why health care organizations are motivated to focus beyond their walls and to consider and respond in unprecedented ways to the social needs of patients, including transportation needs. In June 2016 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a joint workshop to explore partnerships, data, and measurement at the intersection of the health care and transportation sectors. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Notes
Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9292575902
Book Description
Better transport is essential to Myanmar’s development. After decades of underinvestment, Myanmar’s transport infrastructure lags behind other regional countries. Sixty percent of trunk highways and most of the railways need maintenance or rehabilitation. River infrastructure does not exist, while 20 million people lack basic road access. Can the transport sector deliver upon the master plan’s objectives? What is needed to improve the quality of the infrastructure and services for the industry? How can basic transport services be provided to all? How can Myanmar reduce the economic and social cost of transport? These reports attempt to answer these questions.
