Transport Blog

Climate-Resilient Rural Roads in Bangladesh- Features and Benefits

Photo Credit- ADPC Transport Team, Bangladesh, 2022 Climate change has widespread, disproportionate, and unpredictable impacts on Bangladesh's remote, vulnerable, and high-risk regions. The rural inhabitants are more at risk due to socio-economic challenges and extreme weather events. The rural communities are deeply intertwined with the natural environment and reliant on traditional livelihoods. The recurrent impacts [...] Read More

Transport Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Photo by Jahangir Alam Onuchcha/Shutterstock.com In South Asia, road transport is key to enabling many aspects of economic life such as trade, public services delivery, governance, tourism, and other economic activities. Governments invest significantly in road infrastructure to provide connectivity to all economic zones primarily to reduce poverty and promote rural development. In brief, road [...] Read More