WIT Press

Sustainable Development And Urban Public Transportation Systems Planning With Special Reference To Istanbul

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

26

Pages

13

Published

1996

Size

1,242 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/UT960191

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

H. Gergek & I. Tekin

Abstract

Since man is becoming a very dangerous polluter in the world day by day , the preservence of the natural resources is getting more important. The sustainable development concept is the key to mention the start points of action in order to protect the environment we live in. For a sustainable development in urban areas,the improvements in the transportation sector has to be examined and controlled precisely.While the transportation sector is supporting the economic growth it has negative impacts on the environment. In this paper,the relationships between the transportation sector and economic growth and environment are analysed. By using the data representing the current urban transportation systems' shares in Ista

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