Книга: Farzana Akter and Md. Harun-or-rashid «Climate Change and Transportation»
Производитель: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing" The scenario Dhaka City, Bangladesh, is severely affected by heavy rainfall in monsoon season and less in dry season, recurrence floods, high temperature, and other disastrous effects. The vehicle fleet of Dhaka City is growing at an accelerated rate with high vehicle population growth contributing higher rate of energy consumption and corresponding GhG emissions. Overall transport environment of Dhaka is characterized by congestion, public transport crisis, and unaffordable public transport for many people and increasing air pollution problem. The growing energy use by the transport sector is increasing energy pressure and thus contributing to climate change. The main aim of the present study is to identify a sustainable transportation system for Dhaka City to achieve environment friendly energy consumption for having no/low impact on climatic change with detailed objectives assessing the baseline situation of transport sector and climatic condition of Dhaka City; assessing the... ISBN:9783844323627 Издательство: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing" (2011)
ISBN: 9783844323627 |
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