Farzana Akter, Md. Harun-Or-Rashid

Climate Change and Transportation

Energy Effiency and Climate Change Considerations for Road Transport in Dhaka city, Bangladesh

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 present fuel consumption pattern in transport sector and GhG emissions from transport sector in Dhaka City and formulating guidelines to reduce transport related GhG emissions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 113g
• ISBN-13: 9783844323627
• ISBN-10: 3844323627
• Artikelnr.: 33247772

Autorenporträt

Farzana Akter ha completado su licenciatura en BURP (Licenciatura en Planificación Urbana y Regional) de la Universidad de Jahangirnagar en Bangladesh. Y ahora trabaja con su programa MURP en la Universidad de Khulna en Bangladesh. Y la Sra. Harun-or-rashid ha completado BURP y MURP de la Universidad de Jahangirnagar. Ambos están interesados en actividades de investigación.