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Changing course: a new paradigm for sustainable urban transport [1]

In this latest report ADB outlines a new paradigm for sustainable urban transport that gives Asian cities a workable, step-by-step blueprint for reversing the trend and moving towards safer, cleaner, more sustainable cities, and a better quality of urban life.

Most Asian cities have grown more congested, more sprawling, and less livable in recent years; and statistics suggest that this trend will continue. Rather than mitigate the problems, transport policies have often exacerbated them. In this book, ADB outlines a new paradigm for sustainable urban transport that gives Asian cities a workable, step-by-step blueprint for reversing the trend and moving toward safer, cleaner, more sustainable cities, and a better quality of urban life.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2009
Asian Development Bank [2]
Tags:
Land Use [3], Energy Efficiency [4], Transport [5], Urban Planning [6], Urban Transport [7], Roads [8], High Capacity Bus [9], Asia [10], India [11], South Asia [12], Vehicles [13]
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