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close this bookEnvironmental Limits to Motorisation (SKAT, 1993)
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View the documentPreface
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close this folder1. Synopsis
View the document1.1. The scope of non-motorised transport (NMT)
View the document1.2. Motorisation and the environment
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View the document1.4. NMT policies in the Third World
View the document1.5. Recommendations
View the document2. Dreaming of cars and motorbikes
close this folder3. Limits to the growth of motorisation
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close this folder4. The bicycle boom in developed countries
View the document4.1. Bicycles and transport policy
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close this folder5. Transport needs and NMT in the Third World
View the document5.1. Transport policies in the Third World
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View the document5.5. Women and bicycles - Overcoming cultural prejudices
close this folder6. Towards a strategy to promote NMT
View the document6.1. Efficient production of NMVs
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close this folder7. Towards model projects "Towns for cyclists" in the Third World
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View the document7.1. Facilitating access to bicycles and tricycles
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View the document7.3. Changing the image
View the document7.4. Integrating NMT into transport policy
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View the document8. Concluding remarks: a new paradigm for urban transport
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Non-motorised Transport in Developed and Developing Countries

Urs Heierli

For Mala Magdalena

First edition: 1993 by SKAT, Swiss Centre for Development
Cooperation in Technology and Management
Author: Urs Heierli
Published by: SKAT, Swiss Centre for Development
Cooperation in Technology and Management, St.Gallen, Switzerland
DEH-SDC, Swiss Development Cooperation, Berne, Switzerland
Development Alternatives, New Delhi, India
Layout Werner Fuchs, SKAT
Photos Urs Heierli
Fietsers Bond, Netherlands
Otto Pfister
Copyright: SKAT, DEH-SDC

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Printed by: Niedermann AG, St.Gallen, Switzerland
ISBN: 3-908001-41-2