Connectivity and Isolation in Transport Networks: A Policy Scenario Experiment for the Greek Island Economy

R. Zwier, Peter Nijkamp, F. Hiemstra and K. Montfort

Chapter 14 in Overcoming Isolation, 1995, pp 205-234 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the past decade the spatial-industrial organization of modern economies tends increasingly towards a multi-actor and multi-modal network configuration, in which free access and competition are becoming dominant features (Cuadrado- Roura et al. 1994; Nijkamp 1994; Porter 1989). In recent policy documents of the European Union it is taken for granted that the development of the European continent is shaped through a complex interplay of a networked physical space (composed of an open multi-regional system) and a multi-layer socio-economic structure (featuring open access and free competition), witness also the plans for the T.E.N. (Trans-European Networks) system. The drive towards a network economy — as a catalyst for accelerated economic growth — has been favoured by drastic changes in telecommunication and information technology (Capello 1994), including the use of advanced logistics and electronic data transmission.

Keywords: European Union; Capacity Level; Fleet Size; Speed Level; Passenger Shipping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79827-6_14

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