Transport and Land Use

by Joseph Berechman (Editor), Hirotada Kohno (Editor), Kenneth Button (Editor), Peter Nijkamp (Editor)

Overview

This collection includes both classical and recent papers that explore the complex interrelationships between transport, land use and the spatial organization of metropolitan areas. Since land use planning and transportation planning play a major role in shaping these relationships, special attention is given to studies on planning issues and policies.

Whilst one section of the collection features papers written in the tradition of urban economics, the main emphasis is on studies which examine the impact of various changes in transportation systems on land use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858981093
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	02/26/1997
Series:	Modern Classics in Regional Science series , #2
Pages:	736
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Joseph Berechman, City College of New York, US, Hirotada Kohno, Professor Emeritus, Institute of Socio-Economic Planning, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China

Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Transport and Land Use in the New Urban Economies Part II: Transport and Land Use in the Urban Planning Field Part III: Impact of Transport Investment Part IV: Transport Infrastructure Pricing Policies Index

Editorial Reviews

In the context of regional science, transportation is taken to connote the generalized costs of travel encountered by individuals in carrying out their daily activities, or by firms in moving freight. The 38 papers collected here (from such sources as the "J. of Regional Science, Review of International Economics," and "J. of Political Economy") examine the fundamental forces that shape city size and type, the nature of the equilibrium relationships between land use and transportation, the dynamic properties of these interrelationships, and the effect of transportation congestion externality on urban form. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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