Road safety: implications for sustainable development in Latin America

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorBezerra, Barbara Stolte
dc.creatorKaiser, Ilza Machado
dc.creatorBattistelle, Rosane Aparecida Gomes
dc.date2016-03-02T13:04:39Z
dc.date2016-10-25T21:33:36Z
dc.date2016-03-02T13:04:39Z
dc.date2016-10-25T21:33:36Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T10:07:42Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T10:07:42Z
dc.identifierLatin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development, v. 2, n. 1, p. 1-17, 2015.
dc.identifier2052-0336
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/135840
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/135840
dc.identifier10.1504/LAJMSD.2015.067470
dc.identifier9897620753143611
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1504/LAJMSD.2015.067470
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/946346
dc.descriptionRoad accidents cause more deaths than homicides in Latin America, nevertheless it is not highlighted as a major concern by media and society. World Health Organization put this issue in high priority by releasing the Decade of Action in Road Safety that establishes five pillars to guide national road safety plans and activities. This paper addresses the drawbacks in the implementation of these actions in Latin American countries and its implications to achieve a sustainable development. The main concerns are: lack of empowerment of the road safety management organisations; lower vehicular standards; corruption related to the enforcement of traffic safety laws to and to the construction of safer roads; absence of safety vehicular inspections; vehicle fleet increase, decrease of public transportation demand; and the absence of a safety culture. Without facing these problems, sustainable development in Latin America will be impaired, once road safety is a fundamental link to achieve sustainability.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationLatin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectRoad safety
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectSustainable transport
dc.subjectRoad accidents
dc.subjectEmpowerment
dc.subjectSafety management
dc.subjectVehicle standards
dc.subjectCorruption
dc.subjectLaw enforcement
dc.subjectTraffic laws
dc.subjectRconstruction
dc.subjectSafety inspections
dc.subjectVehicle inspections
dc.subjectVehicle fleet increase
dc.subjectPublic transport demand
dc.subjectSafety culture
dc.titleRoad safety: implications for sustainable development in Latin America
dc.typeOtro


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