
Harnessing Mobile Phone Data for Smarter Transportation and Urban Planning
Lessons from Nepal
Asian Development Bank(Author)
Asian Development Bank (Publisher)
Published on 8. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
66 pages
978-92-9277-794-4 (ISBN)
Description
Using Nepal as a case study, this report shows how harnessing high-resolution mobile phone data that tracks population movements can underpin evidence-based urban planning and responsive transport strategies during rapid urbanization.
Highlighting the cost and limitations of traditional survey information, it draws on data from nearly 12 million trips made in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and the Lumbini-Butwal-Siddharthnagar corridor in October 2023, with per capita daily trips averaging 1.6. Analyzing technical, data quality, and privacy challenges, it shows how population-scale mobile data can be utilized to determine how to best use development financing to build context-specific, sustainable transport solutions for rapid urbanization.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
273 gr
ISBN-13
978-92-9277-794-4 (9789292777944)
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