Policy Analysis of Transport Networks (Transport and Mobility) - Hardcover

Geenhuizen, Marina Van; Rietveld, Piet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754645479 ISBN 13: 9780754645474

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Interdisciplinary contributors from across Europe and the USA join together in this book to provide a timely overview of the latest theories and policies related to transport networks. They cover topical issues such as: environmental benefits of substitution of aviation by high speed trains; incident management; impacts of aviation deregulation; and time savings in freight transport. The book also breaks new ground on the development of new methods of cost benefit analysis and other approaches in policy analysis.

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About the Author

Marina van Geenhuizen is Associate Professor in the Section System Innovation and Regional Development, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. Aura Reggiani is Professor in Economic Policy in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Statistics at University of Bologna, Italy. Piet Rietveld worked at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (Austria) and was research co-ordinator at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Indonesia. Since 1990 he has been Professor in Transport Economics at the Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. He is a fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. He is also the head of department of Spatial Economics and chairman of NECTAR.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754645479
• ISBN 13: 9780754645474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Reggiani Aura