The Importance of Transport Connectivity in Supporting Regional Economic Development

This paper describes an innovative modeling approach directly influencing future investment and policy in the South West of England. The study’s high level outcomes attracted significant attention at both regional and national level. The South West of England is the most rural of all English regions with the lowest population density. Its natural landscape is of great value and world heritage sites, national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty cover a third of the region. The South West, particularly the western part, is geographically disadvantaged in its connections to the rest of the United Kingdom (UK) due to its peninsula location.The South West Draft Regional Spatial Strategy and Regional Economic Strategy have established the growth agenda for the region for the next two decades. Continued economic development and inward investment are essential to enhancing the region’s prosperity, and thereby the quality of life for its population. The need to promote and maintain connectivity between places of economic importance is becoming increasingly important. This study examined the links between transport and the economy in terms of the supply and demand relationship between productivity and the performance of the transport network.

• Record URL:
  https://aetransport.org/past-etc-papers/conference-papers-pre-2009/conference-papers-2009
• Corporate Authors:

  Association for European Transport (AET)

  1 Vernon Mews, Vernon Street, West Kensington
  London W14 0RL,    
• Authors:
  • Woollett, Nick
  • Knight, Paul
  • Redfern, Richard
• Conference:
  • European Transport Conference, 2009
  • Location: Leiden Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre , Netherlands
  • Date: 2009-10-5 to 2009-10-7
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: European Transport Conference, 2009 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connectivity; Economic development; Investments; Peninsulas; Public transit; Regional development; Regional economics; Rural areas
• Geographic Terms: West Country (England)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01344867
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 20 2011 7:24AM