Description Urbanization is a global phenomenon that hugely constrains existing Transportation infrastructure in cities.
She was a fellow of the British Computer Society and she serves on the international editorial board of the Annals of Manag.
Her scholarly articles on Urban transportation, intelligent Transportation Systems and Transportation modeling are well published and read.
Her teaching and research interests are mainly in Transportation studies.
She earned her Ph D in industrial engineering and operations research from IIT Bombay India, after a master\'s in computer science.
Sundaravalli Narayanaswami is on the faculty, Public Systems Group at IIM Ahmedabad, India.
About the Author Dr.
The book is aimed as a one-point reference on modern day developments on Urban Transportation for a readership of consultants, practitioners, developers, policy makers, and academicians.
A comprehensive background of UT systems, challenges involved and various approaches adopted by different countries are presented along with five real-life Asian cases.
Specific UT challenges are land use planning, socioeconomic distribution, project designing, implementation, financial analysis and governmental policies.
But the approach and solutions are typically developed for a local context and relevance.
Several aspects in planning and management of global UT projects are common.
States initiate Urban development by inviting private participation so that operational and commercial risks are minimized and quality of execution is better.
Infrastructural development and Transportation operations are mainly directed at citizen welfare and it requires huge capital investments.
Therefore betterment of UT Systems is more required than ever.
Limited Urban space and infrastructure fail to meet the increasing traffic demands and to provide reasonable service quality.
Urban Transportation (UT) challenges are more significant in developing countries with rapid development as the land occupation is dense.
Description Urbanization is a global phenomenon that hugely constrains existing Transportation infrastructure in cities
