This handbook illustrates the history of transportation development in Asia and provides a comprehensive overview of research on urban and intercity transport. Presenting an extensive literature review and detailed summaries of major findings, this book also offers suggestions for future research activities from top-level researchers.

1. Introduction: Transport in Asia, Junyi Zhang and Cheng-min FENG Part I - Transportation systems in Asia 2. High Speed Railways in Asia, Cheng-min Feng, Jen-Jia Lin and Yun-Cheng Lai 3. The Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway Networks: Origins, Progress of Development and Prospects in the Future, A.S.M Abdul Quium Part II - Accident Pollution Disaster 4. Road Traffic Safety in Asia: An Analysis based on DPSIR+C Framework, Ying Jiang and Junyi Zhang 5. Railway Accidents, Baohua Mao and Qi Xu 6. Maritime Accidents, Meifeng Luo and Sung-Ho Shin 7. Air Pollution and Transport in China and India, Lei Yu, Guohua Song and Xumei Chen 8. Transportation in Disasters: Lessons Learned from GEJE 2011, Makoto Okumura and Jinyoung Kim Part III - Social Exclusion 9. Social Exclusion and Land Passenger Transport in Asia, Janet Stanley 10. Social Exclusion and the Place of Urban Passenger Transport in Developing Asian Countries, Perez Barbosa, Janet Stanley and Junyi Zhang 11. Social Exclusion and Transport in an Aging and Shrinking Society, Makoto Chikarashi, Janey Stanley, Akimasa Fujiwara and Junyi Zhang Part IV - Land Use 12. Ensen Kaihatsu (Railway Area Developments) in Japan: A Comparison with Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Mamoru Taniguchi 13. Urban Development along Rails in Other Asian Regions, Ming Zhang 14. An Overview of Asian Studies on Transport and Land Use, Hajime Seya and Harry Timmermans Part V - Logistics 15. City Logistics in Asia, Eiichi Taniguchi and Ali Gul Qureshi 16. Railway Freight Transport and Logistics, Guo Quan Li, Bo Liang Lin and Hitoshi Tsunoda 17. Air Cargo Transport and Logistics in Hong Kong and Southern China, Yulai Wan and Anming Zhang 18. Benchmarking, Efficiency Measurement, and Productivity Analysis for Aviation Sector in Asia, Yuichiro Yoshida Part VI - Governance 19. Financing Mechanisms for Transport Infrastructure and Services, Hideaki Iwasaki 20. Social Capacity Building for Environmental Management Related to Transport Sector: A Broader Perspective, Junyi Zhang 21. Development Assistance to Transportation in Asian Developing Countries, Hironori Kato