Overview

In the fast-growing East European economies, a parti­ cularly important role falls to the transport systems that are called upon to move an ever-rising volume of goods and a con­ stantly increasing number of passengers. Gaining new insights into the problems that face those transport systems, into their achievements, and into some still unanswered questions is therefore highly interesting and--in terms of world experience --essential. The transportation systems of Eastern Europe operate within a centrally planned environment, but they serve dif­ ferent types of economies, from highly advanced East Germany and Czechoslovakia to the still industrializing Romania and Bulgaria. They have to satisfy fairly diversified transport needs: they operate within systems that have adopted different scales of political and economic priorities and different methods and forms of achieving them politically--from the faithful Soviet shadow-state of East Germany to the indepen­ dence-seeking Romania and Yugoslavia and, economically, from the traditionally strict authoritarian form of Romania that seeks industrialization and state power to the New Economic Mechanism of Hungary and the decentralization of Yugoslavia. Also, unlike the Soviet Union, the East European transport sys­ tems cover relatively small territories whose external connec­ tions differ from one another in scope and in modes. In addi­ tion, the transport systems of Eastern Europe have been called upon to accomplish feats of steeply rising performance with x infrastructures and equipment supported by miserly allocations.

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Author:   B. Mieczkowski
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.569kg
ISBN:  

9789400989016

ISBN 10:   9400989016
Pages:   353
Publication Date:   09 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. The Influence of Transportation on the Development of Eastern Europe.- 2. Transportation in Poland: Development, Problems and Policies.- 3. Poland’s Maritime Transport.- 4. Agricultural Transportation in Poland.- 5. Regional Transport Development and Policies in Czechoslovakia Since 1945.- 6. Evaluation of Transport Capacity in Yugoslavia.- 7. Impact of Tourism on Yugoslav Road Transport.- 8. The East-West Overland Transit Transport: Another Petro-Dollar Problem.- 9. Integration of the Comecon Transport Systems.- 10. Transport Developments in Eastern Europe.- 11. A Dynamic Demand Model for Freight Transport on Railroads in Eastern Europe.- 12. The Passenger Car and Socialist Economic Planning.- 13. Technological Change in Transportation in Eastern Europe.- 14. Conclusions.- Appendix A: Development and Performance of the Transport System in Poland.

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