Transport TENs

Debra Johnson and Colin Turner
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Debra Johnson: Hull University
Colin Turner: Hull University

Chapter 3 in Strategy and Policy for Trans-European Networks, 2007, pp 48-100 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Transport represents the circulatory system of the economy and without it economic activity would atrophy. An efficient, effective transport infrastructure is therefore an essential factor in a nation’s competitiveness. Alongside these economic concerns, the development and configuration of transport infrastructure has vital social and political roles. Thus the configuration of transport networks (including road, rails, inland waterways and the location of ports and airports) helps shape economic activity and determines how and where we live and work. Given its strategic importance, the state has long maintained a major role in controlling, planning and financing transport networks.

Keywords: Transport Mode; Transport Infrastructure; Transport Policy; Freight Transport; Priority Project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230210660_3

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