Transport and environment
- Author: United Nations
- Main Title: Environmental Performance Reviews: Tajikistan , pp 219-235
- Publication Date: July 2017
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/5fcc3180-en
- Language: English Russian
Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. More than 90 per cent of its territory is mountainous. The landscape puts severe restrictions on the development and use of railways and aviation for domestic transportation. Road transport is also subject to limitations imposed by unfavourable natural conditions. Many highways and mountain passes are closed for the winter period (from December to May), in view of snowfalls and avalanches. Significant daily and seasonal temperature amplitudes, flash floods, mudflows, rockslides and rockfalls lead to the rapid deterioration and destruction of road infrastructure.
© United Nations
ISBN (PDF):
9789210601696
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/6d5f7456-en
Related Subject(s):
Environment and Climate Change
Sustainable Development Goals:
Countries:
Tajikistan
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