Community participation for road safety in India

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Landge, Vishrut ^a   Jain, Sukhvir Singh ^a   Parida, Manoranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Education training; Health safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; LAW-ENFORCING AGENCIES; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (RTA);

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17644404759     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.2005.158.1.45     Document Type: Article

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