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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450849503321

Autore

Banister David

Titolo

Transport Investment and Economic Development [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1999

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BerechmanJoseph

Disciplina

388.0490941

Soggetti

Transportation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Objectives and scope; Background and objectives; Scope of analysis: definitions, approach and methodological framework; Contemporary issues; Transport infrastructure investment; The evolving economy; Social, spatial and environmental effects; Methodology: analytical approaches and modelling; Modelling the growth effects of transport capital investments: a macro level analysis; Economic evaluation of transportation projects; A model of transport infrastructure development and local economic growth; Empirical case studies

The economic impacts of roads The economic impacts of rail; The economic impacts of airports; Interpretation of impacts and policy conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A major concern of all decision makers has been to ensure that there are clear benefits from transport investment proposals. The travel time savings are clear, but the wider economic developments have presented enormous difficulty in terms of both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence. This book reviews the history of the debate and argues that the agenda has changed.These issues are presented together with a major analytical investigation of macroeconomic models, evaluation in transport and microeconomic approaches. The final part of the book presents a series of case studies for r