IMPROVING ACCESS IN RURAL AREAS - GUIDELINES FOR INTEGRATED RURAL ACCESSIBILITY PLANNING
The International Labour Organisation has been involved in developing a planning process for improving access in rural areas designed for application at the local government level. This process, Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) simultaneously seeks to improve the rural transport system and the distribution of facilities and services. The objective is to improve in a cost-effective way access to goods and services in rural areas, particularly for poor and disadvantaged communities. IRAP introduces a set of planning tools which are based on access needs of rural people and seeks to maximise the use of local resources. The process enables the planner to assess quickly what should be done and identify rural infrastructure investment priorities. IRAP is currently being applied in 15 countries, and depends on local characteristics. This publication attempts to described a generic IRAP process.
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Corporate Authors:
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION, BANGKOK OFFICE
PO BOX 2-349
BANGKOK, Thailand 10200 -
Authors:
- DONNGES, C
- FOLEY, V
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 112 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Developing countries; Economic factors; Economics; Education; Energy; Low income groups; Planning; Rural areas; Transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
- ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 150: Developing countries; 263: Economics of transport; 2284: Education; 213: Energy; 2986: Low cost road; 2281: Low income; 143: Planning; 328: Rural area; 1155: Transport
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00978058
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- ISBN: 92-2-113649-3
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM