Title: Towards integrated sustainable transportation profile: a case study of Gharb El-Balad district, Assiut City, Egypt

Authors: Khaled Ali Youssef; Moataz Mohmoud

Addresses: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design, King Abdul Aziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ' School of Built Environment, Jordanstown Campus, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT37 0QB, UK

Abstract: Despite transportation is a key necessity for humans, it was argued a significant contributor to environmental degradation. Responding to that, drafts of sustainable transportation (ST) were sketched, guiding principles were argued, and rating systems were pursued. However, the selection of the appropriate method to implement ST is a challengeable task; not only due to the diversity and multidimensionality of local contexts, but also due to the numerous attributes of ST and their varying relative weights. This paper aims at defining an integrated profile of ST. Firstly, the motive behind tackling the issue was introduced and the methodology was worked out. Definitions, guiding principles, indicators, and rating systems were reviewed. After that, taxonomy of ST indicators was carried out, the interrelationship of key-attributes was investigated, and strategic directions to ST were proposed, to be applied over a selected case study. At last, a discussion took place highlighting the opportunities and challenges.

Keywords: sustainable transport; street networks; Egypt; integrated transport; sustainability; sustainable development; case study.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2011.045370

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2011 Vol.10 No.3, pp.322 - 343

Accepted: 24 Nov 2011
Published online: 21 Feb 2015 *

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