Networks in Transport and Communicatons

Policy aspects of networks, an introduction, P. Rietveld. Part 1 Advanced telecommunications networks: telecommunications network externalities and regional development - policy implications, R. Capello; policy support strategies for the adoption of information and communications technology, H. Koski and P. Nijkamp; innovative policies on information and communication technology in service networks, M. van Beek et al. Part 2 Knowledge and information networks: territories and networks in Europe - in search of a spatial order, G. Tornqvist; universities in international networks, K. Cederlund; policies to create innovative networks, D.J. Kamann; social networks and GIS diffusion in Greece - disciplinary heterogeneity and constructed advantage within the Greek GIS community, D. Assimakopoulos. Part 3 Interconnectivity of networks: policy aspects of interconnectivity in networks, P. Rietveld; from networks to regional development - representations of Italian regional disparities, Bibby C. Capineri; the various agents' roles in interconnection processes - the study of several public transport networks, P. Zembri. Part 4 Modelling networks: a sensitivity analysis of transportation modes market share on a multimodal network - the case of dry bulk transport between Benelux, Germany and Spain, L. Demilie et al; spatial scenarios for the interregional exchange of goods in the Single European Market, L.A. Tavasszy; network markets and network evolution, R. Roson; analysis of complex networks - an overview of methodologies and a neural network application to intermodal transport in Italy, P. Nijkamp et al.