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Railway transportation : policies, technology and perspectives /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2009]
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| Colección: | Transportation issues, policies and R & D series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION:POLICIES, TECHNOLOGY ANDPERSPECTIVES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET IN EUROPE; Abstract; I. Introduction; Users of transport services:; Transport companies; Infrastructure companies, ; The government; II. The Current State of Railway Transport in Europe; Corridor I; Corridor II; Corridor III; Corridor IV; Corridor V; Corridor VI; Corridor VII; Corridor VIII; Corridor IX; Corridor X; III. Combined Transport; 1). The operators offering a terminal-to-terminal service.
- 2) The operators offering the complete chain of transport from door to door, i.e., fromthe shipper to the final consignee:IV. European Legislation Review; V. Railway Infrastructure Reformation and Management in the European Union; VI. Railways in South-Eastern Europe; 1. Development and State of the Railways in South-Eastern Europe; 2. Measures for Improving the State and Efficiency of the Railways in SouthEastern Europe and Opportunities for Partnership; VII. Infratsructure Charges in EU; 1. Basic Principles of Charging.
- 2. Existing Approaches for Measuring Marginal Social Costs of the RailwayInfrastructure in the EU CountriesTop-down approaches:; Bottom-up approaches:; 3. Charging Approaches; Short run marginal cost pricing (SMC); Marginal cost pricing with mark-ups (MC+); Full financial costs pricing (recovering) (FC- ); 4. Assessment of the Approaches; 5. Requirements for Data Provision; VIII. Opportunities for Internalisation of the External Costs; IX. Key Issues for Sustainable Development of Railways in EU; 1. Sustainability and Transport Policy.
- 1.1. Economic Sustainability-Creating Incentives for Efficient Response to Needs1.2. Environmental Sustainability-Promoting More Livable Settlements and Reducing External Effects; 1.3. Social Sustainability-Reducing Poverty; 2. Sustainability Requires Policy and Institutional Reform; 2.1. Criteria for Strategic Development; X. Conclusion; References; EXPLAINING OCCUPANCY RATES IN THE EUROPEANRAILWAYS: A REDUCED-FORM APPROACH; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Determinants of Occupancy Rate9; 3. Empirical Specification and Data; 3.1. Reduced-Form Equation; 3.2. Explanatory Variables.
- 3.3. Sample and Data4. Empirical Results; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; RAILWAY-GENERATED MAGNETIC FIELD:ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; Abstract; 1. Biological Effects of Railway Magnetic Field Environment; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Epidemiological Studies on Transport Employees; 1.2.1. Malignant Diseases; 1.2.2. Cardiovascular Diseases; 1.3. Ulf-Elf Magnetic Field Environment; 1.3.1. General characteristics; 1.3.2. Natural Geomagnetic Background; 1.3.3. Technological Fields at Power Frequencies; 1.3.4. Railway Magnetic Fields in our Environment; Magnetic Fields Far from Sources.