Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis
Port Systems in Global Competition: Spatial-Economic Perspectives on the Co-Development of Seaports
1st Edition
Edited
By César Ducruet, Theo Notteboom
December 18, 2024
In a world where most international trade is carried by sea, each port can be seen as a unique chokepoint competing to attract ever more traffic and economic activities. However, ports can also be seen as parts of a wider system, which can be defined as a system of two or more ports located in ...
Strategies for Sustainable Air Services Development: An airline-destination collaborative approach
1st Edition
By Chrystal Zhang, Kareem Yarde
December 02, 2024
Routes are arguably the most valuable of airline assets. Although widely practised in the industry, the process of developing air connectivity has drawn very limited academic research. However, this book fills in this knowledge gap. Strategies for Sustainable Air Services Development unwraps the ...
Digital Transport Platforms and Urban Mobility: Ride Hailing Applications in Southeast Asia
1st Edition
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By Hironori Kato, Saksith Chalermpong
November 19, 2024
This book offers comprehensive state-of-the-art knowledge of how ride-hailing applications (RHAs) are changing the landscape of urban mobility in developing Southeast Asia by examining the disruptions they cause, the impacts of RHAs on the transportation system, and public policy responses aimed at...
Logistics, Transport and the COVID-19 Crisis: Managing and Operating Logistics Processes
1st Edition
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By Jacek Woźniak, Wioletta Sylwia Wereda, Bogdan Nogalski
August 26, 2024
Under and post COVID-19 conditions, companies are adapting to smart ways of operating and managing logistics processes to counteract the negative implications of the pandemic. This book offers an analysis and guidance on how to manage these processes, including transport, inventory, operations and ...
Container Logistics and Maritime Transport
1st Edition
By Dong-Ping Song
January 09, 2023
This book provides a coherent and systematic view of the key concepts, principles, and techniques in maritime container transport and logistics chains including all the main segments: international maritime trade and logistics, freight logistics, container logistics, vessel logistics, port and ...
Human Resource Management in Shipping: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions
1st Edition
By Lijun Tang, Pengfei Zhang
September 26, 2022
This book sheds light on the nature and causes of the issues and challenges in human resources in shipping and proposes fresh recommendations to manage them. It explains the multiple forces at play, including the global regulatory regime, national institutional frameworks, industrial practices, ...
Parking Regulation and Management: The Emerging Tool for a Sustainable City
1st Edition
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By Daniel Albalate, Albert Gragera
April 29, 2022
Containing some of the most recent and original studies on parking regulation and management from different disciplines, this book offers rigorous analysis from top researchers with a clear intention to deliver policy implications and provide information to the public. The book is organized ...
Arctic Shipping: Climate Change, Commercial Traffic and Port Development
1st Edition
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By Frédéric Lasserre, Olivier Faury
April 01, 2021
This book considers both the present state of Arctic shipping and possible future trends with reference to the various sectors of maritime transportation: cruise tourism, container traffic and bulk shipping. Ports are analysed as tools that support the strategies of coastal states to foster the ...
U.S. Freight Rail Economics and Policy: Are We on the Right Track?
1st Edition
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By Jeffrey Macher, John Mayo
March 31, 2021
The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry. In the decade following, economists documented the effects of the Act on a variety of important economic metrics including prices, costs, and productivity. Over the preceding years, and with the ...
Maritime Logistics Value in Knowledge Management
1st Edition
By Eon-Seong Lee, Dong-Wook Song
September 30, 2020
Knowledge management has been widely applied to various industries as a good strategy to help improve firms’ performance. As globalisation accelerates and international trade increases more and more, maritime transport operations have become one of the vitalest industries to receive large attention...
Maritime Mobilities
1st Edition
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By Jason Monios, Gordon Wilmsmeier
August 14, 2020
The central concerns of mobilities research – exploring the broader context and human aspects of movement - are fundamental to an understanding of the maritime freight transport sector. Challenges to the environment, attempts at more sustainable practices, changes in the geoeconomic system, ...
The Airline Profit Cycle: A System Analysis of Airline Industry Dynamics
1st Edition
By Eva-Maria Cronrath
August 14, 2020
The air transport industry has high economic impact; it supports more than 60 million jobs worldwide. Since the early years of commercial air travel, passenger numbers have grown tremendously. However, for decades airlines’ financial results have been swinging between profits and losses. The ...