Overview
This text examines organizational arguments for planning and financing transport infrastructure in Western Europe. It covers all modes of transport - road, rail, sea, air, urban, and inland waterways - and asks why their financing arrangements are so different. The book looks at the division of responsibilites between central and local government, and the growing role of autonomous public bodies, the European Commission and private finance. It examines the consequences of investment failing to keep up with demand - in congestion, environmental damage and slower growth - and the impact of new approaches, including public-private partnerships.
Full Product Details
Author: S. Farrell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.500kg
ISBN: 9780333718964
ISBN 10: 0333718968
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 08 February 1999
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'...the book is very readable, and is a valuable starting point for anybody interested in different financing mechanisms and possibilites for transport infrastructure used across Western Europe.' - Barry Ubbels, Journal of Transport Geography 'A very useful and valuable contribution to transport literature...I feel no hesitation in recommending it to the students of transport economics, as well as those professionals who want to have an in-depth understanding of the problems encountered in financing transport infrastructure investment and the solutions developed to deal with them in Western Europe.' - M.Q. Dalvi, Transport Reviews
'...the book is very readable, and is a valuable starting point for anybody interested in different financing mechanisms and possibilites for transport infrastructure used across Western Europe.' - Barry Ubbels, Journal of Transport Geography 'A very useful and valuable contribution to transport literature...I feel no hesitation in recommending it to the students of transport economics, as well as those professionals who want to have an in-depth understanding of the problems encountered in financing transport infrastructure investment and the solutions developed to deal with them in Western Europe.' - M.Q. Dalvi, Transport Reviews
'...the book is very readable, and is a valuable starting point for anybody interested in different financing mechanisms and possibilites for transport infrastructure used across Western Europe.' - Barry Ubbels, Journal of Transport Geography 'A very useful and valuable contribution to transport literature...I feel no hesitation in recommending it to the students of transport economics, as well as those professionals who want to have an in-depth understanding of the problems encountered in financing transport infrastructure investment and the solutions developed to deal with them in Western Europe.' - M.Q. Dalvi, Transport Reviews
Author Information
SHEILA FARRELL is an independent transport consultant specialising in investment appraisal and project finance. Since 1993 she has been an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London.
