Transport
Strategy and Policy
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. June 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-631-18639-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the business strategies of passenger and freight carriers in road, rali, sea and air transport. It assesses their responses to an increasingly competitive and commercially ariented market as Governments throughout the world encourage a liberalized approach to the transport sector.
Transport: Strategy and Policy provides a comprehensive text for transport professionals and students on courses concerned with leisure and tourism, business logistics, economic development and town and country planning. It will be particularly useful for those taking Chartered Institute of Transport examinations. It focuses on the special characteristics that distinguish transport from other service industries, as well as the similarities and differences between the various modes. The text is illustrated by a wide range of detailed case studies and examples from
airlines
ferries
deep sea shipping
railways and Light Rapid Transit
buses and coaches
community transport
express parcel services and retail distribution
Transport: Strategy and Policy provides a comprehensive text for transport professionals and students on courses concerned with leisure and tourism, business logistics, economic development and town and country planning. It will be particularly useful for those taking Chartered Institute of Transport examinations. It focuses on the special characteristics that distinguish transport from other service industries, as well as the similarities and differences between the various modes. The text is illustrated by a wide range of detailed case studies and examples from
airlines
ferries
deep sea shipping
railways and Light Rapid Transit
buses and coaches
community transport
express parcel services and retail distribution
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-18639-7 (9780631186397)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Stephen J Shaw is a Senior Lecturer in Transport Management at the Business School, University of North London. He is an examiner for the Chartered Institute of Transport and is currently Chairman of the Organisation of Teachers of Transport Studies. He previously worked as a professional planner and project manager, specializing in airport and economic development.
Content
Part 1 Structure: owners and entrepreneurs; managers and professionals; understanding the market; relating to the public. Part 2 Systems: the systems concept; transport and tourism; transport and logistics. Part 3 Regulations: quantity licensing; quality licensing; international regulation - air transport, sea transport. Part 4 Government: central government; Europe and the single market; local government; grants and subsidies. Part 5 Influence: user bodies; trade associations. Part 6 Futures: environmental issues; responses to congestion.