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Mir Aftab Hussain Talpur ¹, Imtiaz Ahmed Chandio ¹, Irfan Ahmed Memon ¹, Taufiq Ahmed Qureshi ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of City and Regional Planning, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro-76062, Sindh, PK

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop the Computer-Based Database System (CBDS), which can entertain the data-related matters of rural planning agencies for effective policy formulation. Unavailability of data and its proper management are the pressing problems of rural planning agencies over the years, which are responsible for the delay execution of policy proposals in developing countries to some extend. Hence, CBDS was developed to manage rural data regarding various development sectors, but mostly physical and socioeconomic. Data can be easily retrieved with the help of this system, which can help in the formulation of relevant policies. Transportation policies can be formulated on time with the help of CBDS focusing accessibility problems. Transport accessibility can ease out the difficulties of rural-regional population in accessing amenities and credential services.

Keywords

Computer-based Database System, Rural Planning Agencies, Accessibility Problems, Policy Formulation, Rural Sub-regions, Transport Policies

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Mir Aftab Hussain Talpur ¹, Imtiaz Ahmed Chandio ¹, Irfan Ahmed Memon ², Madzlan Napiah ²

Affiliations
1 Department of City and Regional Planning, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, PK
2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, MY

Abstract

Regional transport accessibility is essential for the socioeconomic development of deprived sub-regions of developing countries, which intended to provide basic access to rural inhabitants. The availabilities of road facility together with transport service are responsible for the provision of basic accessibility to rural inhabitants. Hence, this study reviewed the suitable literature to determine the methods or techniques, which can assist policy makers in their decision-making process targeting rural-regional accessibility issues. This investigation could show a way forward to concerned planning agencies in the execution process of low-cost transport services for the remote sub-regions of developing countries.

Keywords

Transport accessibility, Socioeconomic development, Deprived sub-regions, Transport policies

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