ABSTRACT
The availability of appropriate transport systems, particularly the infrastructure, cannot be presumed as in place and effective in most industrially developing countries (IDCs). The nature of transport is such that for proper analysis or assessment purposes it must be considered as a system, or an interaction of subsystems, rather than as individual or discrete component parts. Furthermore, the characteristics of appropriate transport systems for IDCs may differ markedly from those in industrially advanced countries (IACs), the differences being even more pronounced between the richest and poorest countries. These differences will be briefl y discussed later, but it is important to note that designs of transport systems successful in urbanized IACs are unlikely to be appropriate for predominantly rural IDCs.
