This Handbook provides an extensive overview of the relationships between transport and development. With 45 chapters … from leading international authors, the book is organised in three main parts: urban structure and travel; transport and … spatial impacts; and wider dimensions in transport and development. The chapters each present commentary on key issues within …

The bus transport sector evolved from a highly regulated and concentrated market with a handful of players in the 1970s … to a more liberalized albeit still regulated market with hundreds of small operators. Major reforms in bus transport …. Market inefficiencies manifest in too many operators and buses, and indiscipline in the road adding to traffic congestion …

Transport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades. The … transport sector has many unique characteristics - non-storability, economies of scale and scope, indivisibilities and the …. The book is divided into six sections - transport costs, externalities, transport demand, pricing and investment …

This book concerns the regulation of transport within a European context, covering air, inland waterways, rail, road … passenger and freight, urban public transport, and short sea shipping. All these sectors have experienced substantial changes … regulation of transport systems on their performance. They also provide timely policy recommendations, including possible …

Transport infrastructure is one of the key elements in achieving a balanced growth within an economy. The water … transport sector, in particular, plays a much larger role in an archipelagic country such as the Philippines. The country … inefficiencies in the operation of seaports, which are the main infrastructure in the water transport sector. This study analyzed the …