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The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies

  • Broadens understanding of urban transport issues across emerging economies
  • Maximizes readers insights into the socio-economic and ideological causes that underpin urban transport characteristics
  • In-depth case study approach illustrates complex urban sustainability issues
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Brazil

    • Eduardo A. Vasconcellos
    Pages 11-31
  3. China

    • Yuan Gao, Jeffrey Kenworthy
    Pages 33-58
  4. Colombia

    • Juan Miguel Velásquez, Darío Hidalgo
    Pages 59-80
  5. India

    • Sujaya Rathi
    Pages 81-106
  6. Indonesia

    • Yusak O. Susilo, Tri Basuki Joewono
    Pages 107-126
  7. Iran

    • Ali Soltani
    Pages 127-143
  8. Mexico

    • Priscilla Connolly
    Pages 145-171
  9. Nigeria

    • Roger Gorham
    Pages 173-195
  10. Russia

    • Jen JungEun Oh
    Pages 197-219
  11. South Africa

    • Fabio Todeschini, David Dewar
    Pages 221-246
  12. Turkey

    • Ela Babalık-Sutcliffe
    Pages 247-266
  13. Vietnam

    • Du The Huynh, José Gomez-Ibañez
    Pages 267-282
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 297-301

About this book

This edited volume discuses urban transport issues, policies, and initiatives in twelve of the world’s major emerging economies – Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and Vietnam - countries with large populations that have recently experienced large changes in urban structure, motorization and all the associated social, economic, and environmental impacts in positive and negative senses. Contributions on each of these twelve countries focus on one or more major cities per country. 

This book aims to fill a gap in the transport literature that is crucial to understanding the needs of a large portion of the world’s urban population, especially in view of the southward shift in economic power. Readers will develop a better understanding of urban transport problems and policies in nations where development levels are below those of richer countries (mainly in the northern hemisphere) but where the rate of economic growth is often increasing at a faster rate than the wealthiest nations. 



Reviews

  • ​“This is one of the most informative, interesting, and depressing academic books I have read in a long time.” John Pucher (Rutgers University), Transport Reviews,
  • “A tremendous strength of this volume is the discussion of social equity and gender constraints on travel in every country, which facilitates using these case studies in courses on social justice in planning. […] By focusing on developing economies, this edited volume offers a more comprehensive overview of the challenges to planning sustainable transportation than is typically seen in this discipline.” Ren Thomas (Dalhousie University), Journal of Planning Education and Research, 



Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia

    Dorina Pojani

  • Delft University of Technology Urban and Regional Studies, Delft, The Netherlands

    Dominic Stead

About the editors

Dorina Pojani is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of urban planning at the University of Queensland in Australia. Her research is focused on urban transport in both developed and developing countries. She has lived, worked and/or studied in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, and the USA. 


Dominic Stead is an Associate Professor of urban and regional development at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. His current research interests include comparative urban and regional governance, and policy transfer.     




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