Public Transport in Developing Countries

• Main Author: Iles, Richard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: UK Elsevier Ltd 2005; ©2005
• Subjects: Transportation > Developing countries
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• Physical Description: ix, 478 p. ill. 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-468) and index
• ISBN: 0080445586

Numerous books have been written which deal with transport problems in developed and developing countries, and with the planning and management of transport organisations in developed countries, but none deals specifically with the planning, regulation, management and control of public transport in developing countries. This book meets that need. It examines and explains the problems and characteristics of public transport systems in developing countries, and discusses the alternative modes, management methods, and forms of ownership, control, regulation and funding, with particular emphasis on what is appropriate at different stages of development and for different cultural backgrounds.