Research Catalog

Title

Accessibility, equity and efficiency : challenges for transport and public services / edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho.

Publication

• Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• Geurs, Karst T.
• Patuelli, Roberto
• Dentinho, Tomaz Ponce

Description

x, 249 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Leading researchers from around the world show, in this volume, the importance of accessibility in contemporary issues such as rural depopulation, investments in public services and public transport, and transport infrastructure investments in Europe. The trade-offs between accessibility, economic development and equity are comprehensively examined, and a variety of approaches to measuring accessibility and equality presented. The book's interdisciplinary contributions also provide different geographical contexts, from the US to various European and developing countries, and cover ex ante and ex post evaluation of transport investment. Improving transport accessibility is a main objective in transport policy and planning in developed and developing countries all over the world. Investment is motivated by the need to develop and/or reduce spatial or social inequalities. However, the economic and equity implications of investments in transport are not straightforward.^ The concepts of accessibility and equity can be defined and operationalized in many different ways, influencing outcomes and conclusions. Moreover, equity and efficiency goals are often conflicting. Accessibility models not only help to explain spatial and transport patterns in developed and developing countries but are also powerful tools to explain the equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and projects. This state-of-the-art overview of the accessibility-economic efficiency-equity relationship will appeal to researchers as well as transport and urban planners interested in accessibility issues and transport/regional developments. Leading researchers from around the world show, in this volume, the importance of accessibility in contemporary issues such as rural depopulation, investments in public services and public transport, and transport infrastructure investments in Europe.^ The trade-offs between accessibility, economic development and equity are comprehensively examined, and a variety of approaches to measuring accessibility and equality presented. The book's interdisciplinary contributions also provide different geographical contexts, from the US to various European and developing countries, and cover ex ante and ex post evaluation of transport investment. Improving transport accessibility is a main objective in transport policy and planning in developed and developing countries all over the world. Investment is motivated by the need to develop and/or reduce spatial or social inequalities. However, the economic and equity implications of investments in transport are not straightforward. The concepts of accessibility and equity can be defined and operationalized in many different ways, influencing outcomes and conclusions. Moreover, equity and efficiency goals are often conflicting.^ Accessibility models not only help to explain spatial and transport patterns in developed and developing countries but are also powerful tools to explain the equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and projects. This state-of-the-art overview of the accessibility-economic efficiency-equity relationship will appeal to researchers as well as transport and urban planners interested in accessibility issues and transport/regional developments.

Series Statement

NECTAR series on transportation and communications networks research

Uniform Title

NECTAR series on transportation and communications networks research.

Subject

• Local transit accessibility
• Transportation > Planning
• Transportation
• Municipal services

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

PART I INTRODUCTION -- Accessibility, equity and efficiency / Karst T. Geurs, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho and Roberto Patuelli -- PART II EQUITY ISSUES IN POPULATION ACCESSIBILITY -- Does accessibility still matter? Evidence from Swiss municipalities / Boris A. Portnov -- Population decline and accessibility in the Portuguese interior / Paulo Rui Anciães -- 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 -- Ensuring accessibility to daily activities for different population segments with respect to sharp increases in mobility costs / Benjamin Büttner, Gebhard Wulfhorst and Jordan Evans -- 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 -- Influence of the first and last mile on HSR accessibility levels / Andrés Monzón, Emilio Ortega and Elena López -- Train station access and train use: a joint stated and revealed preference choice modeling study / Lissy La Paix and Karst T. Geurs -- Industrial accessibility and the efficiency of the US freight railroads / Kenneth Button, Zhenhua Chen and Rui Neiva -- PART V ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL -- The value of bicycle trail access in home purchases / Paul Mogush, Kevin J. Krizek and David Levinson -- Accessibility and territorial cohesion: ex post analysis of Cohesion Fund infrastructure projects / Mert Kompil, Hande Demirel and Panayotis Christidis.

ISBN

• 9781784717889
• 1784717886

LCCN

^^2015952674

OCLC

943671505

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library