A theoretical model which estimates the probability of injury to occupants of vehicles in two-car collisions is presented and evaluated. This model is based on considerations of principles from mechanics and observations from biomechanics. It is evaluated using two-car accident injury data. The...

This chapter discusses the issue of location for production activities. In general, the availability of resources, the location of population as a source of labor and as potential markets, soil, climate, and technical conditions rule out many locations for any specific economic activity. What...

Continuing the (neo-)classical tradition of von Thünen, Launhardt, Weber, Palander, and Lösch this book offers a fresh approach to the location of industries and other economic activities, of market areas, spatial price distribution, locational specialization, urban and transportation systems,...