| Transport and Developing Countries Contributor(s): Hilling, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415136555 ISBN-13: 9780415136556 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: Impassable roads, poorly maintained railways, bankrupt airlines, congested cities, and inefficient ports -- how do these conditions inhibit the economic progress of developing countries? With case material from Latin and central America, Southeast Asia, and Africa, author David Hilling illustrates the differences in transportation strategies and structures between the developed and developing worlds. In examining such projects as inland waterways, ports, railways, roads, and air and urban transportation networks, Hilling emphasizes the relative importance of timing, location, technology, and decision making structures in each case, and then illustrates how these factors contribute to the success or failure of economic development strategies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation |
| Dewey: 388.091 |
| LCCN: 95-47892 |
| Lexile Measure: 1640 |
| Series: Educational Management |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.02 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Impassable roads, poorly maintained railways, bankrupt airlines, congested cities, and inefficient ports - are there links between these issues and lack of economic progress in developing countries? Inland waterways, ports, railways, roads, air and urban transport are all discussed and illustrated with examples of good and bad practice. The author explains how transport can only be effective if timing, location and technology are chosen carefully and if decisions are in the hands of the right parties. |
