This paper assesses the circumstances under which the schemes and models of public transport funding in one country can be applied in another country. Acceptance and similarity are presented as key concepts when considering new PT funding measures. Norway is taken as an illustrative example in...

While South Asia’s average gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the past decade was only slightly lower than in East Asia and the Pacific, the region significantly lags behind in terms of infrastructure access. In some cases, South Asia’s access levels are more similar to sub-Saharan...

Measuring sustainable development based on analytical models of growth and development and modern methods of growth accounting is an economic approach—often called the capital approach – to establishing sustainable development indicators (SDIs). Ecological approaches may be...

A lot can be learned from the numerous pitfalls of sustainable development implementation: they outline how collective representation, short term interests and balance of power can undermine sustainability. For instance, the usefulness of global institutions in dealing with sustainable...

The main objective of this study is to examine the reduction in the number of road accidents in the metropolitan area of Barranquilla (AMBAQ), Colombia, due to the operation of the Rapid Transit Bus (BRT) Transmetro, and to economically estimate the social benefits of the reduction in road...

The objective of the PROSPECTS project (5th Framework Programme of the EU), is to provide cities with guidance to generate optimal land use and transport strategies to meet the challenge of sustainability in their particular circumstances. The methodology has consisted of a width survey of 54...

Purpose - Companies could gain (cost, service, green/sustainable) competitive advantage through the supply chain network. The goal of this article is to study how to deliver sustainability through the supply chain distribution network redesign. Design/methodology/approach - A literature review...

Using a dataset of 3,404 acts of maritime piracy from 1996 to 2008, this paper investigates whether piracy is related to the economic development and socio-political status of countries where attacks occur.

When a project either generates or suppresses traffic, fuel taxes and tolls should be considered in the cost-benefit analysis. In this paper we present a simple partial equilibrium model showing that under linear demand, if factor costs are the unit of account and transfer payments are netted...

Road safety forms a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable mobility. Road accidents have an effect on the performance of the road traffic system and also bind resources. Therefore, apart from ethical aspects, road accidents have an enormous influence on the social acceptability of road traffic...