Europe on the Move
Recent Developments in European Communications and Transport Activity Research
Peter Nijkamp(Editor)
Avebury (Publisher)
Published on 2. September 1993
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-85628-547-6 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides a representative review of trends, problems, policy issues and solutions in the field of European transportation and communication. It is the synthesis of much European research undertaken by researchers in the European Science Foundation sponsored network NECTAR, including almost all European countries.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 147 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-547-6 (9781856285476)
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Content
Challenges to European transport policy analysis. Part 1 Megatrends in European communications and transport activity: Europe 2020 - long-term scenarios of transport and communications in Europe; transport, communications and spatial organization - conceptual framework and future trends; a billion trips a day - mobility patterns of European; technological and social developments and their implications for in-home/ out-of-home interactions; spatial effects of borders - an overview of traditional and new approaches to border region development. Part 2 Impacts of informatics and logistics: information and commuters behaviour - a comparative analysis; road transport informatics (RTI) and drivers' behaviour; product channel logistics and logistic platforms. Part 3 European transport policy issues: European transport infrastructure and networks - current policies and trends; transport, communications and technical change in Europe - issues and policy implications; regulatory regimes in European transport and market contestability; optimal policies in the provision of public transport in Europe; passenger air traffic at the regional level in Europe - at transport and market contestabiliity; optimal policies in the provision of public transport in Europe; passenger air traffic at the regional level in Europe - a transport strategy towards integration; transport mobility, spatial accessibilty and environmental sustainability. Part 4 Modelling spatial interaction behaviour: static and dynamic spatial interaction models - an integrating perspective; scholarly communication in Europe - stated communication media choice and contact decision models based on laboratory choice experiments in universities; telecommunications demand - the role of barriers.