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Evolving Transportation Networks

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Authors:
  1. Feng Xie

    1. Metropolitan Washington Council of Gover, Washington D.C., USA

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  2. David M. Levinson

    1. , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

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  • Reports the cutting-edge research on the evolution of transportation networks Provides an evolutionary, disaggregated view on transportation development and transportation planning Includes an interdisciplinary examination of network growth from perspectives of geography, engineering, planning, economics, and political science.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy (TRES)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-1
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  2. Antecedents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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  3. ANTECEDENTS

    1. Introduction

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 3-5

    2. Background

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 7-23

    3. Framework

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 25-30

  4. Network Growth in the Past

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-32
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  5. NETWORK GROWTH IN THE PAST

    1. Skyways in Minneapolis

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 33-43

    2. Interurbans in Indiana

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 45-53

    3. Streetcars in the Twin Cities

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 55-70

    4. First Mover Advantages

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 71-83

  6. Spontaneous Organization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-86
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  7. SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION

    1. Hierarchy

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 87-99

    2. Topology

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 101-126

    3. Sequence

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 127-137

  8. Land Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-140
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  9. LAND USE

    1. Network Diffusion and Place Formation

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 141-156

    2. Coevolution of Network and Land Use

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 157-176

  10. Governance and Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-178
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  11. GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING

    1. Governance Choice - A Theoretical Analysis

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 179-198

    2. Governance Choice - A Simulation Model

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson
      Pages 199-221
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About this book

Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in a coherent network of facilities on the ground. Models are proposed from innovative perspectives including self-organization, degeneration, and sequential connection to interpret the evolutionary growth of transportation networks in explicit consideration of independent economic and regulatory initiatives. Employing these models, the authors survey a series of topics ranging from network hierarchy and topology to first mover advantage. The authors demonstrate, with a wide spectrum of empirical and theoretical evidence, that network growth follows a path that is not only logical in retrospect, but also predictable and manageable from a planning perspective. In the larger scheme of innovative transportation planning, this book provides a re-consideration of conventional planning practice and sets the stage for further development on the theory and practice of the next-generation, evolutionary planning approach in transportation, making it of interest to scholars and practitioners alike in the field of transportation   .

Authors and Affiliations

  • Metropolitan Washington Council of Gover, Washington D.C., USA

    Feng Xie

  • , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    David M. Levinson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolving Transportation Networks

  • Authors: Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

  • Series Title: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9804-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9803-3Published: 18 April 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2864-0Published: 28 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9804-0Published: 15 April 2011

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4387

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 278

  • Topics: Economic Policy

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