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Cover Innovations in Transport
Innovations in Transport
Success, Failure and Societal Impacts

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This timely book explores the likely success or failure of potential transport innovations. Chapters examine societally relevant effects of transport innovations, including impacts on the environment, accessibility, safety and more. It focuses on complex innovations in which both public and private actors are involved.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
15 Nov 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800373372
Collections:
Economics 2022
Cover Globalisation, Policy and Shipping
Globalisation, Policy and Shipping
Fordism, Post-Fordism and the European Union Maritime Sector

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition provides a contemporary analysis of policy and governance developments in the shipping sector across the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It particularly focuses on developments in the EU and the continued intensification of globalisation, sustainability and social awareness.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 Oct 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803920245
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Political Science and Public Policy 2022
Cover The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
Innovation, Concepts and Cases

A comprehensive overview of the governance of urban infrastructures, this Companion combines illustrative cases with conceptual approaches to offer an innovative perspective on the governance of large urban infrastructure systems. Chapters examine the challenges facing urban infrastructure systems, including financial, economic, technological, social, ecological, jurisdictional and demand. 

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Handbook
Publication Date:
22 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800375611
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
A Rebirth of Theory?
This ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art exploration of entropy, complexity and spatial dynamics from fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at different sectoral, spatial and temporal scales.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
17 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100598
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Economics 2021
Cover Integrating Europe’s Infrastructure Networks
Integrating Europe’s Infrastructure Networks
The Political Economy of the European Infrastructure System
This timely book explores the long-standing process of infrastructural integration across Europe, with a particular focus on the EU member states. It illuminates the main economic infrastructure sectors, including transport, energy and information, examining how the process of infrastructural integration reflects an alignment of the needs of the states that are the main drivers behind this process.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839105487
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure
A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure
Providing a coherent and multidisciplinary approach to digitalization, this Modern Guide aims to systematize how the digitalization process affects infrastructure-based industries, including telecommunications, transport, energy, water and postal services.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
23 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106057
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Economics 2021
Cover A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
A Modern Guide to the Urban Sharing Economy
Providing a comprehensive overview of the urban sharing economy, this Modern Guide takes a forward-looking perspective on how sharing goods and services may facilitate future sustainability of consumption and production. It highlights recent developments and issues, with cutting-edge discussions from leading international scholars in business, engineering, environmental management, geography, law, planning, sociology and transport studies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
10 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909562
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
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Handbook of Cities and Networks
This Handbook of Cities and Networks provides a cutting-edge overview of research on how economic, social and transportation networks affect processes both in and between cities. Exploring the ways in which cities connect and intertwine, it offers a varied set of collaborations, highlighting different theoretical, historical and methodological perspectives.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
20 Jul 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114714
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Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
Public Policy, Innovation and Strategy
We may be standing on the precipice of a revolution in propulsion not seen since the internal combustion engine replaced the horse and buggy. The anticipated proliferation of electric cars will influence the daily lives of motorists, the economies of different countries and regions, urban air quality and global climate change. If you want to understand how quickly the transition is likely to occur, and the factors that will influence the predictions of the pace of the transition, this book will be an illuminating read.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
23 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880139
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover A Research Agenda for Transport Policy
A Research Agenda for Transport Policy
Everyone has an opinion on transport: it significantly affects daily lives. This book highlights key transport opportunities and challenges, and identifies research requirements to inform policy discussion and support better societal outcomes. It does this by scanning across modes, continents, technologies and socio-economic settings, looking for common threads, points of difference and opportunities to make a difference. The book should appeal to prospective post-graduate students, professionals in transport and related fields, and those interested in better places and good discussions.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
28 Jun 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970204
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Social and Political Science 2019