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The transportation experience /
The Transportation Experience explores the historical evolution of transportation modes and technologies. The book traces how systems are innovated, planned and adapted, deployed and expanded, and reach maturity, where they may either be maintained in a polished obsolesce often propped up by subsidi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Transportation Experience explores the historical evolution of transportation modes and technologies. The book traces how systems are innovated, planned and adapted, deployed and expanded, and reach maturity, where they may either be maintained in a polished obsolesce often propped up by subsidies, be displaced by competitors, or be reorganized and renewed. An array of examples supports the idea that modern policies are built from past experiences. William Garrison and David Levinson assert that the planning (and control) of nonlinear, unstable processes is today's central transportation p. |
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| Notas: | 7.1 Bicycles as Building Blocks. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (634 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-580) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199389520 0199389527 0199395837 9780199395835 |