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The Politics of Mobility presents case studies of local transport policy-making and in-depth analysis of UK national transport policy in the period 1987-2000 to highlight how policy was promoted and resisted.
Author : Geoff Vigar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 19,89 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135157979
The Politics of Mobility presents case studies of local transport policy-making and in-depth analysis of UK national transport policy in the period 1987-2000 to highlight how policy was promoted and resisted.
Author : Ashish Verma
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1466581603
Developing Countries Have Different Transportation Issues and Requirements Than Developed CountriesAn efficient transportation system is critical for a country's development. Yet cities in developing countries are typically characterized by high-density urban areas and poor public transport, as well as lack of proper roads, parking facilities, road
Author : Peter Stopher
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781952450
This comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the basic concepts of transport policy and decision-making to students of transport policy, transport planning, urban transport, transport evaluation and public policy. It presents the founda
Author : K.M. Gwilliam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 100036268X
Originally published in 1964, this book assesses the role of government and its agencies in the transport sector and is aimed at economic students and those in the history transport planning. Part 1 sets up a framework of accepted economic principles concerning the efficient operation of a transport system. Part 2 traces the history of government intervention in transport and the latter part of the book examines complementarity and competition between different agencies and the problem of transport co-ordination. Many of the issues remain pertinent today: the conflict between rail and road and the political debates over ownership – privatization versus nationalization.
Author : K.M. Gwilliam
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1000362566
Originally published in 1964, this book assesses the role of government and its agencies in the transport sector and is aimed at economic students and those in the history transport planning. Part 1 sets up a framework of accepted economic principles concerning the efficient operation of a transport system. Part 2 traces the history of government intervention in transport and the latter part of the book examines complementarity and competition between different agencies and the problem of transport co-ordination. Many of the issues remain pertinent today: the conflict between rail and road and the political debates over ownership – privatization versus nationalization.
Author : Jon Shaw
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1847428568
Responding to increased public awareness of transportation issues and the sustainability concerns they raise, The Transport Debate offers an accessible look at how we have arrived at the transportation systems we have today. Covering both local and global issues, Jon Shaw and Iain Docherty balance a celebration of the advantages that modern transportation systems have brought with a critical look at the many poor conceptions and executions of transportation policy. Centering their study around the notion of the journey, they follow the fictitious Smith family on a trip, documenting the many transportation issues they face and explaining how those issues have come about, what policy trade-offs were responsible for them, and what can be done to fix them.
Author : Peter White
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0415257719
Peter White reviews current practices in urban, rural and long-distance travel by road, rail and air. The review covers the legal and organisational structure in Britain but is also applicable to many other countries.
Author : Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 24,75 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 1136777326
Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.
Author : Jeremy Plant
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 33,21 MB
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1420017020
In the past few decades, the field of transportation has changed dramatically. Deregulation and greater reliance on markets and the private sector has helped to reconfigure the transport industries, while the rise of intermodal goods and global commerce has produced efficiencies of operation and a greater interdependence among transport modes. In a
Author : Dudley Frank Pegrum
Publisher : Homewood, Ill : R. D. Irwin
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Law
ISBN :