SPATIAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY

This paper contains a survey of studies on the spatial economic impacts of transport infrastructure supply. A theoretical framework is developed where impacts of transport infrastructure on spatial economic development are measured in terms of productivity changes and (re)location behavior. The transmission takes place via changes in generalized transport costs and accessibility. Methods for analyzing transport infrastructure impacts are classified according to the level of aggregation of the data (aggregate versus disaggregate) and the degree of model use (modeling versus nonmodelling approaches). Two spatial levels are distinguished: intra-urban versus intraregional. At the intraregional level it is found that integrated land use-transport models usually yield infrastructure impacts of limited size. Much larger impacts are usually found when entrepreneurs are directly interviewed about these impacts as they perceive them. At the interregional level, production function approaches usually lead to the conclusion that infrastructure supply has a considerable impact on the productivity of other production factors. On the other hand, the relocation impacts of transport infrastructure on economic activity as predicted by multiregional models are usually limited.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG7-466FHBN-G/1/195ce4cf3b4a5c831d43e1e213dc30ac
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/09658564
• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Rietveld, P
• Publication Date: 1994-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 329-341
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cluster analysis; Economic impacts; Infrastructure; Land use models; Relocation (Facilities)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Relocation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00664514
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 25 1994 12:00AM