This book offers practical guidelines to
the best course of action to identify the sociocultural barriers that
work to prevent collaboration and cooperation on technological
innovation in this region of the world. This is significant because most
demographers predict that by the end of the century, a significant
portion of the world's population will live and conduct business in
sub-Saharan Africa. There is an urgent need to preempt the desire for
emerging economies to rely on carbon-based fuels as the primary fuel
used for transportation. Increased population densities coupled with
emissions increases would act to mitigate sustainable development in
this region of the world. High-speed rail is a clean energy system that
operates without carbon-based fuels. A successive reduction of aggregate
greenhouse gases provides an opportunity to lessen the effects of
global warming. Today, this burgeoning population lacks the
technological sophistication to help ameliorate the impalpable
deterioration of the socioeconomic fabric of the region. This book
suggests ways to solve the cultural impasse that chews away at
collaborative efforts at innovation. The high-speed initiative will
assist in reenergizing development in the region. Transit managers and
policy makers need to improve upon collaborative strategy to cultivate a
process for sustained improvements that enrich the economic and social
fabric of the region. At stake are increased productivity improved
quality of life and a significant reduction in the social dissonance and
the restoration of human dignity. Research in this area will strengthen
and preserve social and economic well-being for generations to come.