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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299643003321

Autore

Hasselgren Björn

Titolo

Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale : An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective / / by Björn Hasselgren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-79054-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 pages)

Disciplina

388.09

Soggetti

International economics

Economic history

Economic theory

International Economics

Economic History

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Government ownership of roads and railroads – why? 2. Theoretical background -- 3. Economic Theory and Transport Infrastructure -- 4. Planning and Coordination of Transport Infrastructure -- 5. Sweden’s Transport Infrastructure History—Coevolution and Conflict -- 6. Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses the economics of transport infrastructure and the economic theorizing around transport infrastructure from 1850 to today. Transport infrastructure systems are continuously evolving over time. Since the mid-1800s these systems have grown in complexity and outreach. They have been important drivers of economic development but have also been important as economic agents in themselves. Over time transport infrastructure systems have taken on different functions as providers of simpler transport services or more developed value chain components. Transport infrastructure has also been a source for different arguments about economic theory and practice. Transport infrastructure systems are analysed from an institutional perspective where the long-term development of the



ownership and financing of the systems, as well as the connection to different policy areas are elaborated. A longitudinal study of Sweden’s transport infrastructure policy is used to exemplify driving factors causing change and transformation of the systems over time with different scale and scope. .