Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale : An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective / by Bjorn Hasselgren.

By: Hasselgren, Bjorn [author.].

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Text Language of document:EnglishPublisher: 2018Edition: 1st ed. 2018.Description: XV, 121 p. : 18 ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319790541; 9783030077150.Subject(s): Economic history | Economic theory | International economicsDDC classification: 337

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Government ownership of roads and railroads - why? 2. Theoretical background -- 3. Economic Theory and Transport Infrastructure -- 4. Planning and Coordination of Transport Infrastructure -- 5. Sweden's Transport Infrastructure History-Coevolution and Conflict -- 6. Concluding Remarks.

Summary: This book discusses the economics of transport infrastructure and the economic theorizing around transport infrastructure from 1850 to today. Transport infrastructure systems are continuously evolving over time. Since the mid-1800s these systems have grown in complexity and outreach. They have been important drivers of economic development but have also been important as economic agents in themselves. Over time transport infrastructure systems have taken on different functions as providers of simpler transport services or more developed value chain components. Transport infrastructure has also been a source for different arguments about economic theory and practice. Transport infrastructure systems are analysed from an institutional perspective where the long-term development of the ownership and financing of the systems, as well as the connection to different policy areas are elaborated. A longitudinal study of Sweden's transport infrastructure policy is used to exemplify driving factors causing change and transformation of the systems over time with different scale and scope. .

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Central Library Social Science	Social Science Collections	337 H276 Tr (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		271409

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book discusses the economics of transport infrastructure and the economic theorizing around transport infrastructure from 1850 to today. Transport infrastructure systems are continuously evolving over time. Since the mid-1800s these systems have grown in complexity and outreach. They have been important drivers of economic development but have also been important as economic agents in themselves. Over time transport infrastructure systems have taken on different functions as providers of simpler transport services or more developed value chain components. Transport infrastructure has also been a source for different arguments about economic theory and practice. Transport infrastructure systems are analysed from an institutional perspective where the long-term development of the ownership and financing of the systems, as well as the connection to different policy areas are elaborated. A longitudinal study of Sweden's transport infrastructure policy is used to exemplify driving factors causing change and transformation of the systems over time with different scale and scope. .

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