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Is Transport Infrastructure Effective?

Transport Infrastructure and Accessibility: Impacts on the Space Economy

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Piet Rietveld

    1. Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Frank Bruinsma

    1. Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Impacts of transport infrastructure on spatial and regional development at local (urban) to international spatial levels with special attention to the notion "accessibility"
  • Topic received much interest in public debates in a large number of countries
  • Balanced appraisal of transport infrastructure impacts and the way infrastructure and accessibility are linked

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

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 1-13

  3. Concepts, Theory and Review of Empirical Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Concepts and Data

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 17-45

    3. Theory: Infrastructure and the Space Economy

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 46-74

    4. A Review of Empirical Infrastructure Impact Research

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 75-114

  4. European Accessibility Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-114
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    2. The Accessibility of Cities in European Infrastructure Networks

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 115-139

    3. A Comparison of European Accessibility Studies

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 140-168

  5. Regional and Urban Impact Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-173
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    2. Road Infrastructure and Corridor Development: Regional Models

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 174-196

    3. Road Infrastructure and Corridor Development: Entrepreneurial Surveys

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 197-213

    4. Infrastructure and Urban Development: the Amsterdam Orbital Motorway

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 214-242

    5. Accessibility and the Valuation of Cities

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 243-270

    6. Urban Location Preferences of Entrepreneurs

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 271-295

  6. Infrastructure Supply Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-300
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    2. Evolution of the Dutch Railway Network and Urban Development

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 301-332

    3. Determinants of Infrastructure Supply in European Regions

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 333-349

    4. Conclusions

      • Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma
      Pages 351-365

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 367-386
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About this book

When in 1989 the authors started research on infrastructure, they did not foresee that this would lead to a long-term involvement in this area. Our beginning happened to coincide with the publication of David Aschauer's article on public capital and productivity, which induced a large flow of publications in this field. Infrastructure has indeed been a hot topic in policy and research during the past decade. It is surprising, however, that the number of monographs on spatial and economic impacts of infrastructure has remained very limited. The aim of this book is to contribute to the literature in a consolidated way. A distinguishing feature of our book is that we analyze infrastructure impacts using various methods (both modelling and non-modelling) at a variety of spatial levels (from local to international). Other special features are that we make ample use of 'accessibility' as a bridge concept between the areas of infrastructure and the economy. Finally, we not only treat transport infrastructure projects as given, as is the usual approach in infrastructure impact research, but we also analyze the factors influencing infrastructure supply. We have adopted a mainly non-technical approach throughout most of the book. This means that it can also be used by readers without a strong backยญ ground in statistics, modelling or micro-economics.

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  • Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Piet Rietveld, Frank Bruinsma

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