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Gender and Mobility

21 June 2022
Marianne Weinreich from Rambøll and the Cycling Embassy of Denmark highlighted the main findings of their team's study on gender and mobility in a number of capital cities in Europe. She emphasized that gender is one of the most robust determinants of transport choice and shared some insights from…

Session 2 Mentimeter Attendee Responses

21 June 2022
This document captures the attendee responses from the interactive poll during Session 2 of the AASCTF Smart Cities Networking Days 2022.

[VIDEO] Session 1: Greening the Transport Sector

28 April 2022
Webinar recording of Session 1.

Embedding Nature-based Solutions in Transport Corridors

28 April 2022
This presentation discussed transport infrastructure can contribute to ecosystem services that are related to water management.

Avoidance of Ecological Damage: Cost/Benefit Analysis of Road Projects

28 April 2022
This presentation discussed economic approaches and economic tools to look at road development in rural areas.

Mitigations to Minimize Transport Infrastructure Impacts on Biodiversity

28 April 2022
This presentation gave an overview of green infrastructure mitigation options available when avoidance of impacts is not possible.

Design – India: NH-37 East West Highway, Kaziranga NP, Assam

27 April 2022
India is host to a rich wildlife with an estimated 2,413 rhinoceros in Kaziranga alone. Faced with increasing loss of wildlife due to habitat loss and fragmentation and roadside accidents, the government of Assam is currently working on a wildlife-friendly development project specifically on…

Cumulative Impact Assessments and Case Studies

27 April 2022
Infrastructure development including upgraded highway systems act as trigger for induced development and land use change. Impacts are not just immediate or within a single lifetime but accumulate both in temporal and spatial scopes. Therefore, it is critical that infrastructure development always…

Monitoring and Performance Evaluation: Case Study on the Bhutan Road Network Project-II

27 April 2022
Improvements and innovation in design of linear infrastructure such as roads and bridges are observed to be beneficial to wildlife crossings. This is among the findings of a 2-phased monitoring study in Bhutan particularly in a 183-kilometer highway and feeder road constructed under RNP II with the…

Economics of Transportation Infrastructure: Balancing Needs of Biodiversity Conservation and Costs

27 April 2022
Economic analysis tools are important instruments that support decision making for infrastructure development including rural roads. The use of these tools such as economic valuation, cost-benefit analysis and multi-criteria analysis help identify potential impacts and their costs, which could be…