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" Transport development in Asian megacities "
Shigeru Morichi, Surya Raj Acharya, editors
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605354
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b434573
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Transport development in Asian megacities : a new perspective /\ Shigeru Morichi, Surya Raj Acharya, editors
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Berlin ;New York :: Springer,, c2013
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Transportation research, economics and policy,
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1 online resource
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9783642297434 (electronic bk.)
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: 3642297439 (electronic bk.)
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9783642297427
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The rapid growth of the Asian urban population concentrates on a few large cities, turning them into giant megacities. Despite new theoretical insights into the benefits of megacities, the emerging Asia is facing a daunting challenge concerning the management of infrastructure and services in their megacities. The deteriorating urban mobility is the most difficult challenge with respect to the sharp increase in vehicle numbers and to inadequate and poorly managed road infrastructure. Public transport, a sustainable mode of mobility, is subjected to a vicious cycle of poor service, decreasing ...
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Urban transportation-- Asia
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Urban transportation-- Asia-- Planning
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Urban transportation policy-- Asia
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388.495
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HF311.A78T73 2013
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HF311.A78T73 2013
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Morichi, Shigeru
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Acharya, Surya Raj
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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