New Directions for British Railways?
Author : Stephen Glaister
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Glaister
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : stephen glaister
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 1993
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Bruce Prideaux
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136381201
'Managing Visitor Attractions' is a unique text that provides a cutting edge insight into the issues, principles and practices of visitor attractions today and into the future. Divided into five parts, the book tackles the following topics: · the role and nature of visitor attractions · the development of visitor attraction provision · the management of visitor attractions · the marketing of visitor attractions · future issues and trends With contributions from around the world, the book is illustrated with up-to-date, international case studies from the UK, USA, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, China, Denmark and Canada. It is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of visitor attraction management, written by subject specialists with a wealth of experience in this field.
Author : Gayle Letherby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 35,23 MB
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000323617
This book provides an in-depth exploration of trains and train travel. Letherby and Reynolds have conducted extensive research with all those concerned with trains, from leisure travelers and enthusiasts to railway workers and commuters. Overturning conventional wisdom, they show that the train has a social life in and of itself and is not simply a way to get from A to B.The book also looks at the depiction of train travel through cultural media, such as music, films, books and art. The authors consider the personal politics of train travel and political discussion surrounding the railways, as well as the relationship trains have to leisure and work. The media often paints a gloomy picture of the railways and there is a general view that the romance of train travel ended with the steam locomotive. Letherby and Reynolds show that this is far from the case.
Author : Martin Lodge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 2002-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0313013837
The governments of several countries are in the process of reforming their regulatory regimes for the railways, and there is much debate about the appropriate regulation of transport in general and railways in particular—especially in light of environmental concerns about traffic congestion and air pollution and economic concerns about the financing of infrastructure and services. This volume investigates how Britain and Germany regulated their railways at three different points in time over the past century: after the First World War, after the Second World War, and in the 1990s. Its central focus is the design of regulatory regimes and the impact of institutional factors on the selection of design ideas and on processes of isomorphism. By placing a comparative analysis of regulatory design in a historical context and an institutional framework, the author contributes to the current debate on the emergence of the regulatory state in the late 20th century.
Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Brief accounts of main conference sessions held in September 1990.
Author : John Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351732501
This title was first published in 2000. This work looks at the privatization of British Rail. It covers the competition for franchises and the regulation of those franchises. The study evaluates the extent to which the promotion of competition was an appropriate policy goal in the privatization of British rail. The book examines the rail system as a whole and looks at the prospects for the future.
Author : Tom Haines-Doran
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526164043
Why don't trains run on time? Why are fares so expensive? Why are there so many strikes? Few would disagree that Britain's railways are broken, and have been for a long time. This insightful new book calls for a radical rethink of how we view the railways, and explains the problems we face and how to fix them. Haines-Doran argues that the railways should be seen as a social good and an indispensable feature of the national economy. With passengers and railway workers holding governments to account, we could then move past the incessant debates on whether our railways are an unavoidably loss-making business failure. An alternative vision is both possible and affordable, enabling the railways to play an instrumental role in decreasing social inequalities, strengthening the economy and supporting a transition to a sustainable future. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 9, Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Author : Martin Emanuel
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 21,95 MB
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 178920559X
From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a “usable past,” the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.
Author : T. Strangleman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 17,58 MB
Release : 2004-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0230513859
Work Identity at the End of the Line? tells the story of workplace culture and identity in the railway industry before during and after privatization in the mid-1990s. It combines rich interview material from workers and managers involved in the privatisation process with a fascinating background detail of nationalization. The book will be of interest to sociologists, cultural and economic historians as well as those studying culture change in business. Work Identity at the End of the Line? has been shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2005. It is one of only four titles to be shortlisted.