Evaluating road transport projects in the context of sustainable development

Author

Dunn, Roger C M

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Resource Eng., Auckland Univ., New Zealand

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Aug-2 Sep 1994

Firstpage

357

Lastpage

362

Abstract

New Zealand has adopted the Resource Management Act which provides a framework for sustainable development. All projects, private and public, are required to conform to the provisions which are designed to promote “the sustainable management of physical and natural resources”. The paper outlines the principles of the New Zealand Act and then identifies some of the basic problems and inconsistencies which have appeared related to road and transport projects. It concludes that the process of evaluating road and transport projects within the context of sustainable development, requires new methodologies and ideas-some of the new technologies and in particular communication systems and information technology are expected to play a major role

Keywords

government policies; socio-economic effects; town and country planning; transportation; New Zealand; Resource Management Act; communication systems; information technology; road projects; road transport projects; sustainable development; transport projects; Cultural differences; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Global communication; Power generation economics; Protection; Resource management; Roads; Sustainable development; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 1994

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2105-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VNIS.1994.396813

Filename

396813