TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT (CASE OF THE TRAMWAY OF THE CITY OF CONSTANTINE)

Boufendassa Rima, Huang Yue Hao

Abstract: The future of the ecological and environmental equilibrium of the whole planet is shaken up following the speedy growth of atmospheric pollution and the progressive alteration of the climatologically characteristics. The transportation sector is considered the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants in the atmosphere. As a result, the reduction of this pollution has become one of the major challenges of environmental protection. In this sense, the Algerian state has gradually begun to become aware of the need to introduce the environmental dimension to the development strategy of the environment, Countries through the initiation of legislative, regulatory and institutional actions and a new sustainable transport policy. Algerias efforts to preserve the environment and reduce the degree of atmospheric pollution associated with the transport sector have resulted in the adoption of sustainable transport means on the ground; as a case study, the tramway initiated in the city of Constantine

Keywords: Air Pollution, Environmental Strategy, Sustainable Transport, Tramway, Constantine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0706001