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Term of the Road Dictionary

top-down approach

Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
Theme : Operations Transport Sustainable Transport
Definition : Approach designed to formulate policies based solely on legislation Note: this kind of approach, characterized by a disparity between policies and their implementation, was denounced in 1996 by the European Commission during the UN conference on human settlements.
Grammar : n

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