Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by Jeffrey T. Macher, John W. Mayo

The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following, economists documented the effects of the Act on a variety of important economic metrics including prices, costs, and productivity. Over the preceding years, and with the…

Hardback – 2019-05-08 
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by César Ducruet

Maritime transport is one of the most ancient supports to human interactions across history and it still supports more than 90% of world trade volumes today. The changing connectivity of maritime networks is of crucial importance to port, transport, and economic development and planning. The way…

Paperback – 2018-04-27
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by Jason Monios, Gordon Wilmsmeier

The central concerns of mobilities research – exploring the broader context and human aspects of movement - are fundamental to an understanding of the maritime freight transport sector. Challenges to the environment, attempts at more sustainable practices, changes in the geoeconomic system,…

Hardback – 2017-12-05
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by César Ducruet

Shipping flows – maritime ‘footprints’ – remain underexplored in the existing literature despite the crucial importance of freight transport for global trade and economic development. Additionally, decision-makers lack a comprehensive view on how shipping flows can be measured, analyzed, and mapped…

Hardback – 2017-11-10
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

By Eva-Maria Cronrath

The air transport industry has high economic impact; it supports more than 60 million jobs worldwide. Since the early years of commercial air travel, passenger numbers have grown tremendously. However, for decades airlines’ financial results have been swinging between profits and losses. The…

Hardback – 2017-06-30
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel

High-speed Rail (HSR) is a technological transportation advance that has raised the interest of policy makers and researchers worldwide. The study of High-speed Rail is a recent phenomenon but has received increasing attention due to the extension of this mode of transportation around the globe.…

Hardback – 2016-08-19
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by Bart Wiegmans, Rob Konings

Inland waterways are a host for a mode of transport that is not as visible to the general public or as used as it once was. It is, however, generally perceived to be very important to our freight transport system today, although a closer look into the inland waterway transport system rebuts this…

Hardback – 2016-07-12
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by Adolf K. Y. Ng, Austin Becker, Stephen Cahoon, Shu-Ling Chen, Paul Earl, Zaili Yang

As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy. However, the picture is very uncertain because the impacts of climate change will be felt very differently around the world, both…

Hardback – 2015-08-20
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

Edited by Athena Roumboutsos

Over the last thirty years Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been used to deliver transport capital projects and services. PPPs are complex arrangements that require a multi-disciplinary approach in order to assure their success, though research on the subject has been fragmented. This book…

Hardback – 2015-07-28
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

By Hristos Karahalios

Ship management is a worldwide activity. Modern ships are sophisticated designed structures equipped with several automatic devices. It is estimated that 90 per cent of commodities transported worldwide are carried by ships. Therefore there is great interest from many private and public…

Hardback – 2015-06-22
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis

By Eon-Seong Lee, Dong-Wook Song

Knowledge management has been widely applied to various industries as a good strategy to help improve firms’ performance. As globalisation accelerates and international trade increases more and more, maritime transport operations have become one of the vitalest industries to receive large attention…

Hardback – 2014-06-22
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Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis