http://books.emeraldinsight.com/rss.asp Emerald Bookstore - Subject Browse en Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080441993 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080441993 Based on the MC-ICAM conference, this text discusses various questions relating to achieving a general public acceptance of various "road pricing" measures. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080442068 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080442068 Addresses the problem of improving public transit systems by taking advantage of various technologies and advanced modelling techniques. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080451046 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080451046 Presents a different approach to airport design and operation. This book includes some changes in the international regulations covering design and operations. It reflects the greater attention being given to security, safety and the environment, together with changes in the technology and the way the air transport industry operates. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857242334 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780857242334 While the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant. This title evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781781901526 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781781901526 Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. This book is organized into three sections, each discussing a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080439037 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080439037 This text presents fundamental concepts and general approaches to City Logistics. City Logistics is the process of totally optimizing urban logistics activities by considering the social, environmental, economic, financial and energy impacts of urban freight movement. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080450957 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080450957 The International Conference series on Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo Series) is an event that brings together academics, government policy makers, politicians, consultants and public transport operators to review the developments in the theme area. This book presents selected papers from the 9th Thredbo Series. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080445809 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080445809 Provides a comprehensive review of the reform programs throughout the world in the land passenger transport sector. This book contains papers written by those who influence policy and institutional reform in over 20 countries. It presents a comprehensive statement of the successes and failures in public transport reform. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781780522982 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9781780522982 Explores the reasons for difficulties in making cycling mainstream in many cultures, despite its claims for being one of the most sustainable forms of transport. This title examines the cultural development of cycling in countries with high use and the differences in use between different sub-groups of the population. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080440224 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080440224 These papers discuss how transport paradigms have evolved over the past decade. They show how to translate the understanding of the social and cultural elements of increased transportation of goods and people into more effective and less harmful transport strategies. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080440538 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080440538 "Flexible Urban Transportation". Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080427850 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080427850 Presents the basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field. This book contains chapters on "tools", covering topics such as graphical methods, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics and simulation, which are complemented by application chapters on traffic dynamics, control, observation, and scheduled modes. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080430713 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080430713 Discusses the basic concept and practical conditions of financial resources for transportation systems. After describing the theoretical basis of burden, this book introduces the policies and financial systems established for transportation in some developed countries (Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan) and compares them from an analysis viewpoint. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080436302 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080436302 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized spatial planning and decision making. This work provides an overview of GIS for transportation, from data management issues, to data manipulation and analysis, including considerations brought to the forefront by real-time and mobile computing. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080430591 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080430591 Suitable for readers interested in transport and/or European policies, this book provides an overview of the problems and challenges that the European transport system faces. It includes an analysis of the Guidelines on trans-European transport networks (TEN's) decided by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament in July 1996. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080435930 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080435930 This volume contains commissioned refereed papers that cover the main elements of transport logistics. The authors were selected from around the world and asked to provide critiques of their subject areas as well as a review of the state of the art and case study examples. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080441030 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080441030 Devoted to the environmental impacts of transport. This work looks at the various aspects of the subject such as environmental concepts, both physical and economic. It also examines environmental concerns such as: global warming, air quality, noise, safety, amenity, and severance; political settings and policies; and more. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080453767 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080453767 Covers demand methods, data issues, valuation, cost and performance, and traffic models. THis book contains supplementary case studies that illustrate how modelling can be applied to the study of the different transport modes and the infrastructures that support them. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080441153 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080441153 Privatisation, regulation, deregulation, competition, funding, evaluation: these are all transport policy issues of great current interest worldwide, in the public arena as well as among researchers. This work is is organised into sections including: Institutional Settings and Markets; Planning Perspectives; and Asset Management and Funding. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080435954 http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?ISB=9780080435954 Discusses transport systems and the implementation of related public policy - a relevant topic with contemporary traffic congestion, environmental intrusion, transport safety, and budget issues. This is a useful resource for both experienced researchers and those new to the field. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT