Transport economics
Applies economic analysis to transport issues. This work examines in general terms the many aspects of the demand for, and supply of, transport together with the various methods of government intervention needed to ensure that social and environmental criteria are attained.
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| Language: | English |
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Cheltenhan, UK
Edward Elgar
2010
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| Edition: | Third edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Transport and economics
- Transport, transport markets and transport industries
- Movement, transport and location
- The demand for transport
- The direct costs of transport
- The external costs of transport
- Pricing of transport services
- Containing the environmental costs of transport
- Optimizing traffic congestion
- Some economics of transport logistics
- Investment criteria--private and public sector analysis
- Transport planning and forecasting
- Transport and development
- The economic regulation of transport.