COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URBAN MOBILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AND ASIAN CITIES: ISSUES AND PRIORITIES IN POLICY FORMULATION
The major objective of this paper is to cross compare the mobility trends of a target group, the poor inactive, in varying sociocultural and economic environments offered in two cities in different continents. Chandigarh, in India and Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso. The analysis show that the higher mobility levels in Ouagadougou compared to Chandigarh are mostly due to transport factors as well as sociocultural factors. This paper points out two main conclusions. First, for the inactive poor population a more coherent and integrated development of urban infrastructure would be perhaps more helpful to resolve the issues of inequity and immobility than the mere provision of public transport. Second, data collection and storage methodologies must not be lost of sight while making international comparisons.
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Authors:
- Olvera, L D
- SHARMA, A K
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Conference:
- World Transport Research: Selected Proceedings of the 8th World Conference of Transport Research
- Location: Antwerp, Belgium
- Date: 1998-7-12 to 1998-7-17
- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 391-403
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cultural factors; Data collection; Data storage; Infrastructure; Mobility; Policy making; Socioeconomic development; Transportation; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00784090
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0080435904
- Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 4
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 21 2000 12:00AM