Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective /

• Main Author: Hasselgren, Björn (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International economics.; Economic history.; Economic theory.; International Economics.; Economic History.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

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...

Table of 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.