URBAN TRANSPORT ECONOMICS

While the book attempts to provide an understanding of urban transport economics, it also considers the effects of social, political and institutional constraints. The following chapters discuss the allocation of resources within the transport sector of the economy and its relationship to location and urban structures:-Resource Allocation, price theory and policy, Kolsen,H and Docwra,G; The pricing of urban transport: Some implications of recent theory, Forsyth,P; Cost-benefit analysis, Hotchkess,W; The evaluation of urban transport improvements, Stanley,J and Nash,C; Demand for urban passenger transport, Hensher,D; Urban freight, Hicks,S; Integrated urban transport and location analysis, Hansen,S; Transport and land-use determinants of urban structure, Paterson,J; Transport decision-making and its spatial repercussions, Rimmer, P; The sociology of urban transport planning: A socio-political perspective, Healey,P. The urban transportation study, Duhs,A and Beggs, J.

Corporate Authors:
Cambridge University Press

Bentley House, 200 Euston Road
London NW1, England
Publication Date: 1977

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: 277 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Costs; Demand; Economics; Freight transportation; Land use; Public transit; Sociology; Textbooks; Urban areas
ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 285: Demand (econ); 255: Economics; 263: Economics of transport; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 356: Land use; 1054: Network (traffic); 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 8526: Textbook; 313: Urban area
Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00173060
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
Created Date: Apr 12 1981 12:00AM