Routledge Studies in Transport Analysis
Advances in Shipping Data Analysis and Modeling: Tracking and Mapping Maritime Flows in the Age of Big Data
1st Edition
Edited
By César Ducruet
December 12, 2019
Shipping flows – maritime ‘footprints’ – remain underexplored in the existing literature despite the crucial importance of freight transport for global trade and economic development. Additionally, decision-makers lack a comprehensive view on how shipping flows can be measured, analyzed, and mapped...
Evaluating High-Speed Rail: Interdisciplinary perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel
December 12, 2019
High-speed Rail (HSR) is a technological transportation advance that has raised the interest of policy makers and researchers worldwide. The study of High-speed Rail is a recent phenomenon but has received increasing attention due to the extension of this mode of transportation around the globe. ...
Inland Waterway Transport: Challenges and prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Bart Wiegmans, Rob Konings
December 12, 2019
Inland waterways are a host for a mode of transport that is not as visible to the general public or as used as it once was. It is, however, generally perceived to be very important to our freight transport system today, although a closer look into the inland waterway transport system rebuts this ...
Climate Change and Adaptation Planning for Ports
1st Edition
Edited
By Adolf K. Y. Ng, Austin Becker, Stephen Cahoon, Shu-Ling Chen, Paul Earl, Zaili Yang
August 14, 2018
As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy. However, the picture is very uncertain because the impacts of climate change will be felt very differently around the world, both ...
Maritime Networks: Spatial structures and time dynamics
1st Edition
Edited
By César Ducruet
April 27, 2018
Maritime transport is one of the most ancient supports to human interactions across history and it still supports more than 90% of world trade volumes today. The changing connectivity of maritime networks is of crucial importance to port, transport, and economic development and planning. The way ...