This Round Table examines the impact of infrastructure investment on economic development for several cases: the A7 Lyons-Bollene section in France, the situation in general in Belgium, a motorway in the UK, and a railway line investment in Yugoslavia.

The high-speed transport networks of the future are already in the planning stage, and all regions will want to be included. However, the magnitude of the investment required and the operating constraints will make it impossible to provide homogeneous service to all areas. Regional policies,...

Der Band gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die derzeitigen Ost-West-Verkehrsverbindungen sowie über geplante Vorhaben. Die Rolle der United Nations Economic Commission for Europe wird skizziert.