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_bTIW
100 _aTiwari, Geetam & Others Eds.
_951624
245 _aWay forward :
_btransportation planning and road safety
260 _bMacmillan India
_aDelhi
_c2005
300 _aix,414p.
505 _aContents Preface v 1. Road Safety: The International Experience 1 DlNESH MOHAN 2. Road Safety in Low Income Countries: Issues and Concerns Regarding Knowledge Transfer from High Income Countries 11 DINESH MOHAN AND GEETAM TIWARI 3. Road Traffic Injury as a Public Health Problem 31 DINESH MOHAN 4. Haddon's Matrix and Injury Control 42 LAWRANCE R. BERGER 5. Transportation Planning: Mobility and Safety 46 GEETAM TIWARI 6. Systems Approach to Injury Control 52 GEETAM TIWARI 7. The Accident as a Multifactorial Phenomenon: A Systems Approach to Traffic Safety 60 NlCOLE MUHLRAD AND SYLVA1N LASSARRE 8. Heterogeneous Traffic and Safety 74 GEETAM TIWARI 9. Road User Behaviour and the Road Environment: A Framework for Analysis 90 FARIDA SAAD 10. Considering Traffic Behaviour in a Contested Social Space: Hints of Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Safety 100 MOHAMED SEEDAT 11. Communication with the Road Users 108 FARIDA SAAD 12. Safety Promotion: Education and Legislation 116 DlNESH MOHAN 13. Types and Sources of Data 122 DINESH MOHAN 14. Recording of Traffic Crashes 128 GEETAM TIWARI 15. Traffic Conflict Techniques: Some Data to Supplement Accident Analysis 139 NlCOLE MUHLRAD 16. Mixed Traffic and Conflict Analysis 155 GEETAM TIWARI, DINESH MOHAN AND JOSEPH FAZIO 17. Some Statistical Models for Road Risk Analysis 167 SYLVAIN LASSARRE 18. Evaluation of Safety Measures 174 SYLVAIN LASSARRE AND NICOLE MUHLRAD 19. The Safety Diagnosis 186 SYLVAIN LASSARRE AND NICOLE MUHLRAD 20. Speed and its Effects on Road Users 199 DINESH MOHAN 21. Reducing Speeds Improves Road Safety: An Undeniable Fact 204 SYLVAIN LASSARRE 22. Human Tolerance to Injury: Role of Biomechanics and Ergonomics 212 DINESH MOHAN 23. Safer Vehicle Design 219 SUDIPTO MUKHERJEE AND ANOOP CHAWLA 24. Design for Safety 224 RAJESH PATEL 25. Road Features and Safety 247 SYLVAIN LASSARRE AND NICOLE MUHLRAD 26. Highway Safety in India 253 GEETAM TIWARI, DINESH MOHAN AND SANDEEP GANDHI 27. Road Safety Audits 264 NICOLE MUHLRAD 28. Road Safety in Urban Areas 276 NICOLE MUHLRAD 29. Urban Safety and Mobility 287 GEETAM TIWARI 30. Urban Safety and Traffic Calming 298 GEETAM TIWARI AND RAJESH PATEL 31. Public Transport and Safety 313 DINESH MOHAN 32. Bicycling and Better Mobility 324 GEETAM TIWARI AND DINESH MOHAN 33. Macro-social Determinants of Safety 329 RAGNAR ANDERSSON 34. Integrated Road Safety Management: Inter-sectoral Policies and Institutional Organisation 332 NICOLE MUHLRAD 35. Road Safety Management: From the National to the Local Level 349 NICOLE MUHLRAD AND ROELOF WITTINK 36. The Role and Structure of Institutions for Promoting Road Safety 361 DINESH MOHAN 37. Pre-Hospital Care 369 MATHEW VAROHESE Glossary 379 NICOLE MUHLRAD Systematic Reviews of Road Safety Measures 397 DINESH MOHAN Abbreviations 413
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