The relation of transport planning to rural development: The implication of road construction in Nepal

Blaikie, Piers (1979) The relation of transport planning to rural development: The implication of road construction in Nepal.

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Abstract

Attempts to develop a theory and methodology which facilitates the analysis of the effects of major investments such as roads upon inequality. The main thesis is that the building of 3 main roads in the area has had very little effect on the crucial prerequisites for any significant development of the region. A brief summary of Nepal's political economy is followed by an analysis of the peripheralization of the W-central area, and of the relationship between road provision and changing productive relationships. Concludes that new roads do not affect the major determinants of the local economy, nor do they begin to resolve the main problems of the predominantly agrarian economy.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2014 15:42
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2022 04:08
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/45558
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