South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth

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dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Elsa Elizabethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-28T14:40:00Z
dc.date.available2014-12-28T14:40:00Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe assumption that ownership of private motor vehicles as a right is questioned. This thesis is based on the hypothesis that in fact in the case of South Africa this will have many detrimental effects if allowed to continue. It is argued that for sustainable growth, other more attractive options exist. Developments in more developed countries are examined in order to prove that similar conclusions have been reached. The problem investigated in this thesis is therefore the non-sustainability of the continued growth of the private car population in South African urban centres. A literature survey was conducted on what other countries did with their transport problems but the same problem as in South Africa has not been encountered anywhere else in the world. South Africa therefore has a unique situation, which needs to be resolved in a unique way. There is increasing awareness elsewhere in the world that the causes of most of the problems experienced in the transport sector are deficiencies in the efficient operation of markets. Environmental costs are neglected or underestimated in transport prices. As a result, the individual transport user receives distorted price signals. Failure to respect economic principles results in waste, characterised in the transport sector by high accident rates, health problems, negative environmental impacts, financial constraints in the public transport sector and an increase in congestion that persist because users perceive them only indirectly.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDu Toit, E. E. (2000). <i>South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10326en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDu Toit, Elsa Elizabeth. <i>"South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10326en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Toit, E. 2000. South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Du Toit, Elsa Elizabeth AB - The assumption that ownership of private motor vehicles as a right is questioned. This thesis is based on the hypothesis that in fact in the case of South Africa this will have many detrimental effects if allowed to continue. It is argued that for sustainable growth, other more attractive options exist. Developments in more developed countries are examined in order to prove that similar conclusions have been reached. The problem investigated in this thesis is therefore the non-sustainability of the continued growth of the private car population in South African urban centres. A literature survey was conducted on what other countries did with their transport problems but the same problem as in South Africa has not been encountered anywhere else in the world. South Africa therefore has a unique situation, which needs to be resolved in a unique way. There is increasing awareness elsewhere in the world that the causes of most of the problems experienced in the transport sector are deficiencies in the efficient operation of markets. Environmental costs are neglected or underestimated in transport prices. As a result, the individual transport user receives distorted price signals. Failure to respect economic principles results in waste, characterised in the transport sector by high accident rates, health problems, negative environmental impacts, financial constraints in the public transport sector and an increase in congestion that persist because users perceive them only indirectly. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth TI - South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10326 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDu Toit EE. South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10326en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnergy and Development Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleSouth African road transport requirements for sustainable growthen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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