ROAD SAFETY IN KENYA - POLICY AND INTERVENTION MEASURES

Road safety is a major development, public health and transportation problem in many countries. Road traffic injuries take a way the human and financial resources that countries need for development. This book, based on a Ph.D degree thesis by the author, provides a comprehensive analysis of road safety policy in Kenya. The book focuses on three key issues: spatio-temporal patterns of road traffic injuries, selected underlying socio-economic dynamics and effectiveness of intervention measures.

About the author

Meleckidzedeck Khayesi is a Human Geographer, with a Ph.D degree in Transport Geography. He was a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Kenyatta University, Kenya. He is currently working on road safety policy at the World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland

Product details

• Authors: Meleckidzedeck Khayesi
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783639254136
• ISBN: 978-3-639-25413-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology