Improving Rural Mobility

Options for Developing Motorized and Nonmotorized Transport in Rural Areas

von James L. A. Webb, Paul Starkey, Simon Ellis

72 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Many inhabitants of rural areas in developing countries do not have adequate and affordable access to transport infrastructure services. Insufficient access to transport contsrains economic and social development and contributes to poverty. This book focuses on improving rural mobility by facilitating the provision of affordable means of transport and transport services. It concentrates on the many and varied types of transport that provide mobility such as bus service, freight trucks, bush taxis, transport animals, bicycles and handcarts.

• Reihe: World Bank Publications
• ISBN: 9780821351857
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.08.2002
• Größe: 279 x 207 mm
• Verlag: World Bank Publications