Delivery included to the United States

Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale : An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective

Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale : An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective

Paperback (26 Jan 2019)

  • $164.05
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days

Other formats & editions

New
Hardback (05 Jun 2018) $174.62

Publisher's Synopsis

This book discusses the economics of transport infrastructure and the economic theorizing around transport infrastructure from 1850 to today. Transport infrastructure systems are continuously evolving over time. Since the mid-1800s these systems have grown in complexity and outreach. They have been important drivers of economic development but have also been important as economic agents in themselves. Over time transport infrastructure systems have taken on different functions as providers of simpler transport services or more developed value chain components. Transport infrastructure has also been a source for different arguments about economic theory and practice. 

Transport infrastructure systems are analysed from an institutional perspective where the long-term development of the ownership and financing of the systems, as well as the connection to different policy areas are elaborated. A longitudinal study of Sweden's transport infrastructurepolicy is used to exemplify driving factors causing change and transformation of the systems over time with different scale and scope.  

About the Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

From award-winning research which changes the world to textbooks and study guides which educate and inspire, we publish across the humanities, social sciences and business for academics, students, professionals and librarians worldwide.With offices in London and New York, and sales teams across 50 countries, we have a global reach and as part of Macmillan Science and Education, are proud to uphold an unbroken tradition of over 170 years of academic publishing.

Book information

ISBN: 9783030077150
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 121
Weight: 454g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 8mm