| Author | Su Htet Ko |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-17-02 |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Urban Environmental Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. UE-17-02 |
| Abstract | Urban transportation system has its contribution to increased economic activities, changes
in living condition of citizens and also adverse environmental impact. Recently,
sustainability has increased in popularity as key indicator to reduce the negative impacts
while increasing the performance of urban transp011ation system. Thus, the research focus
on assessing the sustainability of Mandalay city transportation system using the indicators.
It is canied out by developing the sustainability indicators for urban transportation system
with respect to the objectives of sustainable urban transportation system in accordance with
the criteria, baseline inf01mation and analysis of impacts based on the selected indicators to
explore the social, economic and environmental impacts from Mandalay city transportation
system.
The sustainability assessment results highlight that Mandalay city transpo11ation system that
cause negative significant impacts are due to the poor public transport services, qualitY of
walking and cycling, high rates of accidents and poor accessibility for people with
disabilities, no policies to consider environment in transport sector as well as poor regulation
for fuel quality standard and emission standard. Moreover, the study recommend the
environmental management measures that reflects the improvement in policy, regulation,
prioritization of the investment to improvement of urban transport facilities and awareness
of the problem from highly dependence on motor vehicles thereby supporting the decisionmakers
and policy-makers that indicators are useful tool to assess the urban transport
performances in Mandalay city. |
| Year | 2017 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. UE-17-02 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vilas Nitivattananon;Kim, Sohee Minsun |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kusakabe, Kyoko;
Kunnawee Kanitpong |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
(DAAD), Germany;Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 |