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Transport is an essential component of social and economic development. Today, more people travel over greater distances and more fuels, raw materials and products are transported around the world than ever before. Transport systems and modes vary geographically and change continuously over time. In many developing countries, draught animals remain the principal means of conveying goods over short distances, while personal travel is predominandy on foot, particularly in rural areas. In semi-urban and urban areas, tri-shaws, cycle rickshaws, pedal carts and other traditional forms of transport account for a large share of road transport use in developing countries. In some countries, bicycles are important: in 1989 China and India together had an estimated 600 million bicycles (1); and cycling has for long been popular in The Netherlands, Denmark and some other European countries.
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Tolba, M.K. (1992). Transport. In: Saving Our Planet. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2278-8_14
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