Presentation

Efficient and affordable urban transport and mobility for all are of prime importance for the developing world. The economic development of towns and cities, and the socio-economic well-being of their inhabitants, are directly dependant on the degree of success in creating socially, financially and environmentally sustainable urban transport systems. As the economic and land-use characteristics of developing country cities are often very different from those prevailing in richer countries (for which most transport engineering and technology has been developed), new and appropriate transport planning, engineering and management approaches are required.
SIG 7 is convened by CODATU, as the authoritative organization on urban transport in developing countries. CODATU's mission is to build capacity in the fields of urban transport and mobility in developing countries. It does this in the believe that in order to create economically, financially and socially sustainable urban mobility, the first need to be fulfilled is that for an enabling environment (legal, institutional and financial framework), and institutional and human resources capacities in developing countries.

CODATU aims to fulfil its mission through, amongst others, the stimulation of:
- transfer of knowledge and experiences (North-South as well as South-South);
- applied research and research capacity building in developing countries;
- human resources development.
The CODATU Conferences began in 1980 in Dakar and have since been organized every 2-3 years : Caracas, Cairo, Jakarta, Sao Paulo, Tunis, New Delhi, Cape Town and Mexico City. CODATU is now recognized as a highly effective international source of impartial and authoritative information on urban transport policy, management and technology in developing countries.

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Musashi Institute of Technology

Tokyo Japan

SIG 7 Web site : http://www.codatu.org/