Transport and Economic Development in the New Central and Eastern Europe

This book aims to provide the first major appraisal of transport resources and developments in Eastern and Central Europe following the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. As market economies emerge and the eastern-ward focus of transport systems becomes increasingly reversed, a timely review is necessary to assess how its often heavily subsidized, antiquated and bureaucratic system can cope with new and urgent demands. Following a broad introduction to the main issues, the book develops the main themes confronting the region's transport - modernization, privatization, new markets, destinations and routes and wider European integration. Region-wide overviews are interspersed with authoritative and detailed national or sectoral surveys dealing with complex topics like the impact of German unification of tourism. The books concludes with a research agenda for the future. The editor, Derek Hall, is head of the Geography Department at the University of Sunderland. He has written widely on tourism and transport issues in Eastern Europe, including editing "Tourism and Economic Development in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union", also published by Belhaven Press.