Transport Development in Asian Megacities
. Ed(S): Morichi, Shigeru; Acharya, Surya Raj
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Hardback. This book explores the challenges of rapid urban population growth to transport planners, including management of infrastructure and services in megacities and shrinking urban mobility due to sharply rising vehicle numbers and inadequate, poorly managed roads. Editor(s): Morichi, Shigeru; Acharya, Surya Raj. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; RPC; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
The rapid growth of the Asian urban population concentrates on a few large cities, turning them into giant megacities. Despite new theoretical insights into the benefits of megacities, the emerging Asia is facing a daunting challenge concerning the management of infrastructure and services in their megacities. The deteriorating urban mobility is the most difficult challenge with respect to the sharp increase in vehicle numbers and to inadequate and poorly managed road infrastructure. Public transport, a sustainable mode of mobility, is subjected to a vicious cycle of poor service, decreasing ridership and lower investment. Despite various policy initiatives, the situation has ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642297427
SKU
V9783642297427
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Morichi, Shigeru; Acharya, Surya Raj
Shigeru Morichi is currently a senior professor and director of the Policy Research Center at the National Graduate School for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a professor emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo. In the past, he served as the president of the Japan Society of Highway Engineering, the Japan Society ... Read more
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