The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics

Herausgeber: Cowie, Jonathan; Ison, Stephen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics offers the first state of the art overview of the discipline of Transport Economics as it stands today, reflective of key research and policy. Featuring contributions from world-leading scholars and practitioners from across the globe, all of the chapters within this book are written from a practical

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780367581183
• ISBN-10: 0367581183
• Artikelnr.: 69894268

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Cowie is Lecturer in Transport Economics at Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and previously held lecturing posts at University College Scarborough and Glasgow Caledonian University. He is the author of The Economics of Transport published by Routledge in 2010, as well as the author of many conference and journal papers in his areas of research interest. Jonathan is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a long-time member of the Scottish Economic Society. Stephen Ison is Professor of Transport Policy within the School of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University, UK. He has published widely in the area of transport policy and economics and has edited, authored or co-authored eight books. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research, editor of the Journal of Research on Transportation Business and Management and book series editor of Transport and Sustainability.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Jonathan Cowie and Stephen Ison
Part 1: Public transport
Chapter 2 Passenger rail structure and reform Simon Blainey
Chapter 3 Bus economics Peter White
Chapter 4 The pricing of public transport services Corinne Mulley and Marco
Batarce
Chapter 5 Perfect Information and intelligent transport systems John D.
Nelson
Chapter 6 Passenger air traffic Peter Forsyth
Part II: Public transport reform
Chapter 7 Public service contracts: the economics of reform with special
reference to the bus sector David A. Hensher
Chapter 8 Rail regulation Chris Nash, Valerio Benedetto and Andrew Smith
Chapter 9 The impact of reform on public transport markets John Preston
Chapter 10 Airline deregulation Lucy Budd
Part III: Forecasting, public choice and transport modelling
Chapter 11 Forecasting the demand for transport John Bates
Chapter 12 The principles behind transport appraisal John Nellthorp
Chapter 13 Congestion pricing Jonas Eliasson
Chapter 14 Transport modelling and economic theory Kathryn Stewart
Chapter 15 Efficiency assessment in transport services Rico Merkert and
Jonathan Cowie
Part IV: Transport and the environment
Chapter 16 The environment in the provision of transport Maria Attard
Chapter 17 The tools available under a green transport policy Tom Rye
Chapter 18 Options and practicalities of a green transport policy Rebecca
Johnson
Chapter 19 Sustainable travel or sustaining growth? Robin Hickman
Part V: Freight transport
Chapter 20 Short sea shipping and ferries James D. Frost and Mary R. Brooks
Chapter 21 Competition and complementarity in road freight: key drivers and
consequences of a dominant market position Jonathan Cowie
Chapter 22 Rail freight Allan Woodburn
Chapter 23 Air cargo Thomas Budd and Robert Mayer
Chapter 24 Intermodal freight transport Jason Monios