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The Future of Transportation and Communication

Visions and Perspectives from Europe, Japan, and the U.S.A.

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Roland Thord

    1. Applied Systems Analysis for Industry and Goverment, TEMAPLAN AB, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Foreword

    1. Foreword

      • Per Anders Örtendahl
      Pages 1-2

  3. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Roland Thord
      Pages 3-7

  4. Visions of Future Arenas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Infrastructure and the Transformation to the C-Society

      • Åke E. Andersson
      Pages 11-26

    3. The Emerging New Arena of Transportation and Communication in Japan

      • Kiyoshi Kobayashi
      Pages 27-44

    4. The Future of European Transport

      • Kenneth Button
      Pages 45-83

    5. Taming the Wild Roadways: Teamwork, Communication, and Synchronization Across Space

      • Richard J. Schonberger
      Pages 85-93

  5. Regional Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. The Central European Perspective

      • Heinz Sandhäger
      Pages 97-107

    3. The Eastern European Perspective

      • Igor P. Kiselev
      Pages 109-118

    4. The North American Perspective

      • Thomas D. Larson
      Pages 119-136

    5. The Japanese Perspective

      • Kazuhiro Yoshikawa
      Pages 137-171

  6. Networks Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Transportation Infrastructure, Productivity and Growth

      • Börje Johansson
      Pages 175-190

    3. A Systems View of Infrastructure Planning

      • Folke Snickars
      Pages 191-200

    4. Some Aspects on Interdependence of Countries and Regions on Improved Transport Links

      • Willem Westerhuis
      Pages 201-204

    5. Transnational Planning Education and the Internationalization

      • Klaus R. Kunzmann
      Pages 205-220

  7. Environment Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. The Environmental Situation in Europe

      • Lennart Schotte
      Pages 223-230
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About this book

We all know that networks are fundamental prerequisites for prosperity and production. Transportation and communication are indispensible to society, they are the elements which bind all economic systems together. Without networks and communica­ tion all social and economic life will be reduced to isolated phenomena. Therefore, transportation can't be assessed in the same way as other services. A smoothly functioning system of communications is also a prerequistite for social and economic integration between separate geographical regions. The modernization of the infrastructure is therefore an urgent task and a precondition for carrying out the whole of Europe's ambitious political, economic and social agenda. Since the need for communication and transportation does not know any national borders, the functioning of the networks needs to be adopted to this new economic and political geography. Congestions of cities, highways, railroads, airways and tele­ communications must be tackled, if precious working, commuting and leisure time is not to be wasted and heavy burdens on the environment avoided. European traffic, is for example, expected to double within the next twenty years. In certain transport modes the growth is expected to be even faster - air passenger transport doubled in 10 years and goods transport on roads doubled in 15 years.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Applied Systems Analysis for Industry and Goverment, TEMAPLAN AB, Stockholm, Sweden

    Roland Thord

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Future of Transportation and Communication

  • Book Subtitle: Visions and Perspectives from Europe, Japan, and the U.S.A.

  • Editors: Roland Thord

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78031-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78033-2Published: 16 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78031-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 265

  • Topics: R & D/Technology Policy, Regional/Spatial Science, Organization, Geography, general, Automotive Engineering

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