Transportation Development Strategy in Coordinating with Urban Dynamics: Case Study in Hanoi

The future cities will not be the same like today - cities will and have to change. For the urban development it requires on the one hand to consider and identify needs of the future and on the other hand to exploit upcoming opportunities. New social challenges owing to climate change, urbanization, globalization but also cultural and technical developments impose great challenges for city planners. Technical developments and new innovative systems enable new directions and changes of conventional considerations. These ongoing developments will also substantially increase the demands of future solutions in the urban transport, mobility and logistics environment. Therefore, new, innovative and future-oriented concepts are essential for sustainable, environmentally friendly and efficient transport, mobility and logistics. They will and have to become much more an integrated, networked and shaping component of modern urban development. The paper covers key issues, aiming at introducing the strategy for Hanoi sustainable development as the orientation for integrating urban dynamics and transportation development.