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EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf

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Figure A.25: Road Network Density vs. Population Density<br />

4.00<br />

Barbados<br />

3.50<br />

Road Network Density (Total km road/total land area)<br />

3.00<br />

2.50<br />

2.00<br />

1.50<br />

1.00<br />

Tonga<br />

Kiribati<br />

St Lucia<br />

Jamaica<br />

Mauritius<br />

Philippines<br />

0.50<br />

FSM<br />

New Zealand Marshall Islands<br />

Timor-Leste<br />

Samoa Fiji<br />

Vanuatu Palau<br />

0.00<br />

PNG<br />

Solomon Islands<br />

- 100 200 300 400 500 600 700<br />

Population Density<br />

Source: Road km data from CIA <strong>World</strong> Fact Book, population figures are from WDI database (latest data)<br />

Notes: PNG: Papua New Guinea, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia<br />

Most <strong>Pacific</strong> countries have fewer roads per square kilometer than would be expected given<br />

their population densities. In Vanuatu for example, a significant number of people live in the<br />

interior of Efate Island and Espiritu Santo Island but have no road access from their<br />

settlements to the coast road. Figure A.26 compares the number of vehicles per kilometer of<br />

road in <strong>Pacific</strong> and comparator countries.<br />

This graph shows that none of the <strong>Pacific</strong> countries have especially heavy traffic relative to<br />

the size of their road networks and Tonga has the lowest number of vehicles per kilometer<br />

of road. Although these graphs do not taken into account the differences in access between<br />

rural and urban areas, they suggest that the road density in <strong>Pacific</strong> island countries is<br />

adequate, given the size of the population and traffic.<br />

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