Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India eBook

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This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world, i.e. traffic congestion and its economic, environmental, and health implications. Generally viewed as an urban menace, the problem of traffic congestion has huge economic implications, which are often overlooked by urban planners. This book examines and quantifies the costs and adverse consequences and of traffic congestion, which include emissions, loss of productive hours, fuel wastage, and the adverse effects on the health of commuters, among others. It provides a comprehensive and scientific understanding of the underlying problems of traffic gridlocks by analyzing empirical evidence from Bengaluru, a city in South India. It also offers solutions and highlights innovative measures that draw from both economic and engineering perspectives to counter and reduce the tangible and intangible costs of traffic conjestion. This book will be of interest to both academic and non-academic readers of economics, environmental economics and econometrics, transport economics, urban planning, transport geography, as well as planners and policy makers.

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9781032662282, 9781032662299, 9781003827450, 9781032825380

Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India 1st Edition is written by Vijayalakshmi S; Krishna Raj and published by Routledge India. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India are 9781003827481, 1003827489 and the print ISBNs are 9781032664934, 1032664932. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781032662282, 9781032662299, 9781003827450, 9781032825380.