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Verkehrsplanung deutscher Städte zwischen 1920 und 1960
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 51.77Hauptbeschreibung Das hannoversche Straßensystem wurde in der Aufbauphase der Nachkriegszeit grundlegend neu strukturiert. Die Bombardierung durch Luftangriffe der Alliierte betraf in erheblichem Ausmaß das gesamte Stadtgebiet, die Innenstadt Hannovers wurde dabei fast völlig zerstört. Stadtplaner, Architekten und die politischen Institutionen der... more...
Frachtschiffreisen als alternative Reiseform: Analyse einer touristischen Nische
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 48.52Hauptbeschreibung Der reiseerfahrene und hybride Tourist ist auf der Suche nach neuen Zielgebieten, besonderen Reiseformen und einmaligen Erlebnissen, die das persönliche Reiseverhalten zunehmend beeinflussen. Er entwickelt vor dem Hintergrund neuer Gesellschaftswerte wie Individualität, Selbstbestimmung und Entfaltung auch neue Wünsche und Anforderungen... more...
Dry Ports A Global Perspective
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 114.95As centres for logistics activities, seaports have traditionally been the focus of maritime logistics chains. However, changes in production patterns, supported by the development of rapid transport of goods over long distances, have altered the logistics landscape. Comprised of case studies and state of the art examples of measures taken in different... more...
Human Transit
Springer 2012; US$ 35.00Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. In Human Transit, Jarrett Walker supplies the basic tools,... more...
Social Dialogue in the Process of Structural Adjustment and Private Sector Participation in Ports
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 19.95Describes, in Part One, the importance of social dialogue in the ports industry during periods of structural adjustment, illustrated by port reforms in a number of countries. Examines, in Part Two, the phases of planning, initiating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating. more...
Port Competition and Hinterland Connections
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 87.00This Round Table publication discusses the policy and regulatory challenges posed by the rapidly changing port environment. The sector has changed tremendously in recent decades with technological and organisational innovation and a powerful expansion of trade. Although ports serve hinterlands that now run deep into continents, competition among... more...
How We Got to Coney Island
Fordham University Press 2002; US$ 24.99How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York's largest borough---and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world's most famous seaside... more...
Trends in the Transport Sector 2012
OECD Publishing 2012; US$ 39.00This publication presents data on global trends in the transport sector with up-to-date figures on the impact of the recent economic crisis. In addition to highlighting major trends in the transport sector, this brochure provides the reader with the latest statistics on transport markets and on road safety in the International Transport Forum... more...
Making States Work
United Nations University Press 2006; US$ 45.00In the wealth of literature on state failure, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the question of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. This book is a joint project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University and examines the strategies and tactics of international actors, local political... more...
Container Port Production and Economic Efficiency
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 180.00Efficient measurement plays a vital role in any sort of production but there is a dearth of both applications and in-depth research relating to the container port industry. This book analyzes the relationship between ownership, competition and port efficiency by applying traditional theories in industrial organization and examining them empirically.... more...









