Day: 2016-02-26

Accessibility, Equity and Efficiency Challenges for Transport and Public Services

| David Levinson
Accessibility, Equity and Efficiency Challenges for Transport and Public Services NECTAR Series on Transportation and Communications Networks Research Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Professor of Transport Planning, University of Twente, the Netherlands, Roberto Patuelli, Associate Professor of Economic Policy, University of Bologna, Italy and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, Professor of Regional, Environmental and Agricultural Economics, University of the Azores, Portugal
Accessibility, Equity and Efficiency Challenges for Transport and Public Services NECTAR Series on Transportation and Communications Networks Research Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli,  and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho.

NECTAR Series on Transportation and Communications Networks Research
Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
Category:Monograph Book
Publisher:Edward Elgar Publishing
Published in print:26 Feb 2016
ISBN:9781784717889
eISBN:9781784717896
DOI:10.4337/9781784717896

Accessibility models not only help to explain spatial and transport developments in developed and developing countries but also are powerful tools to explain the equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and projects. In this book, leading researchers from around the world show the importance of accessibility in contemporary issues such as rural depopulation, investments in public services and public transport and transport infrastructure investments in Europe.

 

Table of Contents:

PART I: Introduction

Chapter 1: Accessibility, equity and efficiency
Karst T. Geurs, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho and Roberto Patuelli
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PART II: Equity issues in population accessibility

Chapter 2: Does accessibility still matter? Evidence from Swiss municipalities
Boris A. Portnov

Chapter 3: Population decline and accessibility in the Portuguese interior
Paulo Rui Anciães

Chapter 4: Rural depopulation, labour market accessibility and housing prices
David Philip McArthur, Liv Osland, Inge Thorsen and Jan Ubøe

PART III: Equity in access to daily activities and services

Chapter 5: Ensuring accessibility to daily activities for different population segments with respect to sharp increases in mobility costs
Benjamin Büttner, Gebhard Wulfhorst and Jordan Evans

Chapter 6: Efficiency and equity indicators to evaluate different patterns of accessibility to public services: an application to Huambo, Angola
César Pakissi and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

PART IV: Efficiency of railroads and train station access

Chapter 7: Influence of the first and last mile on HSR accessibility levels
Andrés Monzón, Emilio Ortega and Elena López

Chapter 8: Train station access and train use: a joint stated and revealed preference choice modelling study
Lissy La Paix and Karst T. Geurs

Chapter 9: Industrial accessibility and the efficiency of the US freight railroads
Kenneth Button, Zhenhua Chen and Rui Neiva

PART V: Accessibility evaluation and appraisal

Chapter 10: The value of bicycle trail access in home purchases
Paul Mogush, Kevin J. Krizek and David Levinson

Chapter 11: Accessibility and territorial cohesion: ex post analysis of Cohesion Fund infrastructure projects
Mert Kompil, Hande Demirel and Panayotis Christidis

Index
Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
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