EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE GRAVITY MODEL . TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COLLOQUIUM 1988, THE NETHERLANDS IN WHITE PAPERS. STRATEGY AND PRAGMATISM IN POLICY AND RESEARCH. THE HAGUE 24-25. 1988, VOLUME I. II, AND III

Assessing the employment effects of changes in transport infrastructure such as the construction of the channel tunnel or high speed rail connections is not an easy task. The gravity model is sometimes used to analyze changes in the potentials of the regions concerned. One step further would be the translation of changes in potentials into changes in employment per region. This paper will be devoted to analyzing some properties and limitations of such a translation process. Special attention is paid to an operational model developed for this purpose. It is shown that this model is 'almost' consistent with the theory of locational behaviour of firms. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 579-602
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk
  • Publisher: Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Conferences; Forecasting; Future; Gravity models; Jobs; Location; Mathematical models; Modal split; Personnel; Transportation; Transportation modes; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Selection
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 8525: Conference; 132: Forecast; 1152: Future transport mode; 690: Gravity model; 9061: Location; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 9048: Modification; 8078: Netherlands; 2271: Occupation; 102: Personnel; 9072: Selection; 1155: Transport; 1145: Transport mode; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492987
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM