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Transport Developments and Innovations in an Evolving World

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Michel Beuthe

    1. Groupe Transport et Mobilité (GTM), Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), Mons, Belgium

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  2. Veli Himanen

    1. JP-Transplan Ltd, Vantaa, Finland

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  3. Aura Reggiani

    1. Department of Economics, Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Bologna(BO), Italy

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  4. Luca Zamparini

    1. Department of Law, University of Lecce, Lecce(LE), Italy

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  • Transport innovations and developments in the information age, travel behaviour and policy measures, innovations in freight transport and options in future transport policies
  • Knowledge on the evolution of transport innovations in the current information age
  • Special knowledge on some freight transport innovations
  • Understanding of transport policy measures and future policy options
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Michel Beuthe, Veli Himanen, Aura Reggiani, Luca Zamparini
      Pages 1-7

  3. Technological Developments in Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Political Economy of Transport Innovations

      • Eran Feitelson, Ilan Salomon
      Pages 11-26

    3. ICTs and Accessibility: An Action Space Perspective on the Impact of New Information and Communication Technologies

      • Martin Dijst
      Pages 27-46

    4. E-commerce and the Container Shipping Industry

      • Hans van Ham, Bart Kuipers
      Pages 47-68

    5. In Search of Urban Futures in the E-economy

      • Marina van Geenhuizen, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 69-83

  6. Scenario Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Light Rail: Backbone of European Urban Regions

      • Hugo Priemus
      Pages 255-273

    3. Scenario Building for the Future of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area and Its Transportation System Using the Delphi Method

      • Yoram Shiftan, Sigal Kaplan, Shalom Hakkert
      Pages 275-292

    4. Assessing Spatial Planning Policy with Accessibility Indicators: The Case of Lille’s Metropolis Scenario

      • Alain L’Hostis, Philippe Menerault, Christophe Decoupigny
      Pages 293-312
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Our world is continuously changing as new technologies are developed, demographic patterns evolve and new social and political configurations emerge. However, most people would agree that, not unlike the time of the Industrial Revolution, the rate of change has accelerated over the last few decades. It is certainly the case of many economic activities, where the trend towards globalization, supported by a faster diffusion of knowledge and information, economies of scale, the opening of borders and improved transport networks, has induced a spatial redistribution of production and ownership. Until recently, the concomitant economic growth eased the way towards the necessary reorganization, but, at the same time, created additional environmental and transport problems. This phenomenon is pervasive all around the globe, but it particularly affects the European continent, which is still fragmented by administrative, cultural and linguistic differences, national boundaries and rivalries. In this context, the slow, but persistent drive towards market integration and deregulation makes Europe an extraordinary laboratory for politicians, economic researchers and especially for transport analysts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Groupe Transport et Mobilité (GTM), Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCAM), Mons, Belgium

    Michel Beuthe

  • JP-Transplan Ltd, Vantaa, Finland

    Veli Himanen

  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Bologna(BO), Italy

    Aura Reggiani

  • Department of Law, University of Lecce, Lecce(LE), Italy

    Luca Zamparini

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