Demography and Infrastructure

National and Regional Aspects of Demographic Change
Herausgegeben:Kronenberg, Tobias; Kuckshinrichs, Wilhelm

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Population ageing has been going on for many decades, but population shrinking is a rather new phenomenon. The population of Germany, as in many other countries, has passed a plateau and is currently shrinking. Demographic change is a challenge for infrastructure planning due to the longevity of infrastructure capital and the need to match supply and demand in order to ensure cost-efficiency. This book summarises the findings of the INFRADEM project team, a multidisciplinary research group that worked together to estimate the effects of demographic change on infrastructure demand.
Economists, engineers and geographers present studies from top-down and bottom-up perspectives, focusing on Germany and two selected regions: Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The contributors employed a broad range of methods, including an overlapping-generations model for Germany, regional input-output models, an energy systems model, and a spatial model of the transportation infrastructure of the selected regions.

Produktdetails

• Environment & Policy 51
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 80026963, 978-94-007-0457-2
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9789400704572
• ISBN-10: 9400704577
• Artikelnr.: 32004832

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Infrastructure and Demography (InfraDem).- PART I.- 1. The Setting: Demographic Trends and Economic Development in Germany and Two Selected Regions.- 2. Macroeconomic Conditions for Infrastructure Adaptation to Demographic Change.- 3. Demographically Induced Changes in the Structure of Final Demand and Infrastructure Use.- PART II.- 4. Demographic Effects on Passenger Transport Demand.- 5. The Demand for Air Transport and Consequences for the Airports of Hamburg and Rostock.- 6. Impacts on the National Energy System.- 7. The Potential for District Heating Based on Renewable Energy - A Spatial Analysis.- PARTIII.- 8. Mobility of the Elderly - Facts and Projections.- 9. On the Energy Demand of Households.- PART IV.- 10. Evaluation of Findings on Sustainability Strategies.- 11. Policy Implications: The Regional Perspective and Beyond.- Index.