the relationship between transportation and development

2016

Given the importance of transportation in the commercial life, industry and the overall economic development of a nation, this paper attempts to evaluate the impact of developments in transportation on Nigeria’s national development. It addresses five key areas in its discussion of transportation and national development. First, it tries to conceptualize transportation and national development. Second, it tries to provide a historical brief of the role of transportation in the evolution of the Nigerian nation. Third, it discusses the developments in the different modes of transportation from the colonial period to date. Fourth, it tries to examine the impact of transportation on Nigeria’s national development from three perspectives viz: economic, social and political. It observes that apart from lumping transportation and communication together in the budgetary allocation of resources, what is allocated to the sector is inadequate, given the crucial role of transportation in the mo...

The SAGE Handbook of Transport Studies, 2013

At the moment the study of the relations between transport development and social and economic development focuses on two problems: Is it possible to know the laws which regulate the reciprocal influence between these two aspects of development, particularly to improve the use of the resources according to local social and economic development? Is it possible to separate transport development from social and economic development (fig. 1), particularly to promote harmonious balanced local and global development? The urgent need for answers to these two questions, intrinsically linked to one another has led the author to investigate the matter. Consideration of the state of art of the situation immediately identified widespread difficulty in determining valid correlations and high dispersion of results. This led to the belief that, beyond the objective complexity of the problem, it is worth broadening the horizons of the methodological approach, by both evaluating the most specifically human aspects and by making sure that the relevant multidisciplinary instruments involved in the process are used properly.

Wise transport infrastructure planning requires that it is possible to forecast consequences of varying infrastructure supply, given starting conditions. This is often neglected in practice, also because it needs complex considerations. Progress in understanding and predicting mobility phenomena and, as a consequence, in transport planning can be made if we change the traditional paradigm according to which moving is just a derived need. It seems simpler and corresponds more closely to reality to consider moving a native human need. In this paper we start from this new paradigm and propose a conceptual framework to study the relationship between transport infrastructure and development. In doing so, we define the significant indicators which are analyzed by correlation analysis and graphical presentation. Interesting conclusions are drawn about dynamics involving the development of social-economic and transport systems. Finally, we highlight that, in the modeling field, it is promising to look at infrastructures as capabilities essential not only to economic development but also to promoting human liberties and solidarity.

WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, Vol 89

The junction, station and halting points of transportation connections are established with the development of settlements. This interaction between transportation and settlements has been a determining factor in social and economic development along with physical growth in the urban scale. In particular, regional transportation networks and transportation technologies, differentiated in parallel with transportation policies, direct urban development. This fact is relatively indicative of the trading activities within the city and its region. For this reason, the interaction between transportation and a city can basically be explained by "urban growth". This hypothesis will be examined in Sivrihisar in order to draw attention to some factors to be evaluated in the scope of provincial planning process.

2000

The combination of rapid urbanization and motorization has been a key cause of numerous transport problems in developing cities in Asia. It has resulted in a deterioration in accessibility, service levels, safety, comfort, operational efficiency, and the urban environment. While the development models pursued by cities in the past have not necessarily been effective in resolving many of their problems, experience gained within the region-especially in the development and management of urban transport in Japan-is considered to be highly relevant to urban transport issues in Asian cities. The World Bank and the Ministries of Transport and Construction of Japan have therefore formulated the present study in order to consolidate information and lessons learned from the experience both in Japan and in developing countries. The main objectives of the study are to: (1) identify and analyze possible alternative systems/models for urban transport provision in developing countries; (2) review...

Mpra Paper, 2010

One of the key elements in achieving sustainable economic development of the country is transport, including roads and other infrastructure. The strength and role of the services has grown in developed countries, but has brought a new investment cycle in countries of Balkan, including Kosovo. The transport sector is introduced to us as an economic branch, with a capacity to generate new jobs and possibilities for employment. The level of the destruction of environment is in direct link with the transport sector. Changes needed to be done in order that the transport sector would be able to respond on the demand of the domestic economy and society, but also be able to meet the standards that are implemented in Europe. The adjustment will have to be based on the resources country has, and possibilities to find the loans with accepted interest, that will finance the development of the sector. Introduction of the new approach to management will result with identification of all qualitative and quantitative dates' about the actual situation and the objectives for future.

Procedia Economics and Finance, 2014

The working paper aims to highlighting the major evolutionary milestones, for each transport mode, and also the imposed obstacles and the advantages offered by the national economy, in the development transportation in Romania, starting with 1990 year until now. Each mode of transportation cyclic evolution presents expansions and recessions phases. However, each new evolution cycle, of a transport mode, does not start from "zero", but from the accumulated information (inherited) from previous cycle that will developed, refined and diversify in the future expansion phases. Given the interdependence with the other branches of the national economy and, by its very character, in the public interest, in the last two decades, the transports supported and, also, influenced the evolutions and improvements of the Romanian economy and also, of the entire Romanian society. In addition, the development of different modes of transport has been uneven in recent decades, without taking into consideration the consequences of these evolutions on collateral fields. Some important connections between transportation and economic branches or between transport infrastructures and the regional development represent, also, important aspects presented in this working paper.