Transport and mobility in sub-Saharan African cities: An overview of practices, lessons and options for improvements

Cities

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-189

  Sietchiping, Remy ^a   Permezel, Melissa Jane ^a   Ngomsi, Claude ^a  

^a United Nations Centre for Human Settlements Nairobi   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cycling; Gender; Pedestrian mobility; Safety; Social inclusion; Sub Saharan Africa; Transportation; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; MOBILITY; PEDESTRIAN; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SPATIAL PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; WALKING;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84859268310     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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