Toward better urban transport planning in developing countries (English)

This paper describes the defects in transport planning and the various approaches that have been adopted in order to find solutions, but which have been of limited success. It includes a discussion on the deficiencies and problems of the "big plan" approach to transport planning with specific reference to developing countries and the causes of planning failure. For satisfactory planning the paper puts forward an approach that makes a clear distinction...

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Thomson, John Michael;
Document Date
1984/06/30
Document Type
Staff Working Paper
Report Number
SWP600
Volume No
1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Toward better urban transport planning in developing countries
Keywords
land use

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Thomson, John Michael.

Toward better urban transport planning in developing countries (English). Staff working paper ; no. SWP 600 Washington, DC : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/398391468766150448

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