CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

PART ONE

THE CHALLENGE FOR TRANSPORT

I.

Meeting the needs of trade

A.

Economic growth in the world

B.

Economic growth in the ESCAP region

C.

Intraregional and interregional trends in merchandise trade

II.

Meeting the need for personal mobility

A.

World and regional population growth and distribution

B.

Trends in urbanization

C.

The growth of mega-cities

D.

Demographic change

III.

Meeting the needs of the environment

A.

Global environmental considerations

B.

Policies and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

C.

Local environmental considerations

D.

Air pollution abatement strategies: policies and initiatives

IV.

Meeting the need for safe roads

A.

Ministerial Declaration on Improving Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific and the Moscow Declaration

B.

Data and trends in road crashes in the ESCAP region

C.

Key causes of road crashes

D.

National road safety targets

E.

Case studies: road safety initiatives in China, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Viet Nam

V.

Meeting the needs of the poor

A.

Transport and poverty reduction

B.

Rural poverty and transport

C.

Urban poverty and transport

D.

Transport infrastructure and “Inclusive Development

PART TWO

DEVELOPMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE

VI.

Roads and road transport

A.

Asian Highway Network

B.

Road networks in Asia and the Pacific

VII.

Railway transport

A.

Railway traffic trends

B.

Rail systems growth

C.

Trans-Asian Railway Network

D.

Break-of-gauge along the Trans-Asian Railway

E.

Missing links along the Trans-Asian Railway

VIII.

Shipping

A.

Registered merchant fleet capacities

B.

Vessels by country of domicile

C.

Shipbuilding

D.

Trends in container slot capacity and ship size

E.

Trends in bulk shipping fleet capacities

F.

Trends in the average age of merchant fleets

G.

Productivity trends in the world merchant shipping fleet

H.

Consolidation in world container shipping

IX.

Ports

A.

Trends in container port throughput

B.

Selected port infrastructure projects

X.

Urban Transport

A.

Motorization

B.

Public transport

C.

Para-transit

D.

Non-motorized transport

XI.

Intermodal Transport

A.

Towards an international integrated intermodal transport and logistics system

B.

Different types of transport logistics and distribution centres

C.

Dry Ports in Asia and the Pacific

D.

Intermodal transport corridors

ANNEX: 

GROUPINGS OF COUNTRIES AND REGIONS