Structural Change in Transportation and Communications in the Knowledge Society

This book describes how the transformation of the world economy from a system of nations trading materials intensive goods and services has created the need for a comprehensive restructuring of the transportation and communications activities. The contributors are transportation and communications analysts from Japan and the United States and they address this restructuring from a variety of perspectives ranging from theoretical treatments of the role of information in the economy to applications of communications technologies for the collection of travel data. The authors transcend traditional methods of transportation and communication analysis in order to address emerging issues that are not well represented by the prevailing cost-benefit framework. Many draw from advances in social sciences, such as game theory, that recognize the interdependence of human decision-making. New ways of assessing the economic benefit of infrastructure and the evolving role of institutions in the information economy are demonstrated, along with novel approaches to analyzing human mobility and interaction in a knowledge-rich environment. By moving beyond traditional forms of analysis that were better suited to an earlier time, the chapters in this book provide a wealth of insights for policy formulation in the globalized knowledge economy. This comprehensive volume will be of great value to regional scientists and economic geographers, as well as civil engineers, economists, and analysts interested in transportation and communications.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 411p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airlines; Airports; Benefit cost analysis; Bottlenecks; Civil engineers; Communication systems; Decision making; Economic analysis; Economic growth; Expert systems; High speed ground transportation; High speed rail; Highway operations; International trade; Knowledge; Marketing; Mobility; Railroads; Trade; Traffic congestion; Traffic data; Traffic flow; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Welfare economics
• Identifier Terms: North American Free Trade Agreement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Person trips; Travel data; Welfare
• Geographic Terms: Asia; East Asia; European Union countries; Japan; Southeast Asia; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050135
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781843766100
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 2007 12:25PM