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The changing face of infrastructure facilities management worldwide
is characterised by high demand for investments in renewal and
maintenance, governmental budget constraints and innovations in
information systems. The authors highlight the growing demand for
accurate, complete and continuous disclosure of information related
to management activities, expenditures, stock availability and
shadow prices. This study discusses how infrastructure facilities,
commonly considered as a public good, have been traditionally
funded by the public sector but that the efficiency of this
approach has come into question at the same time as the ability of
governments to leverage funds for new facilities and for
maintenance and rehabilitation of existing ones has decreased.
These factors, they argue, have led to increasing interest in
private sector participation in financing, building and operating
public infrastructure. The main purpose of this book is to: *
present recent theoretical and practical advances as well as new
concepts and paradigms in infrastructure systems * provide a
state-of-the-art overview of current research * stimulate new
research and innovative thinking on the interface between
infrastructure measurement and management. The book, written by
numerous experts in the field, will appeal to national and regional
infrastructure ministries and agencies, companies engaged in
infrastructure financing, construction, management and maintenance
as well as students at graduate level and above and researchers in
civil engineering, infrastructure planning and infrastructure
economics and management.
The transformation of the world economy from a system of nations
trading materials-intensive goods to a system of seamless global
networks for information-intensive goods and services has created
the need for a comprehensive restructuring of transportation and
communications activities. The contributors - transportation and
communications analysts from Japan and the United States - address
this restructuring from a variety of perspectives ranging from
theoretical treatments of the role of information in the economy to
applications of communications technologies for the collection of
travel data. The authors transcend traditional methods of
transportation and communication analysis in order to address
emerging issues that are not well represented by the prevailing
cost-benefit framework. Many draw from advances in social sciences,
such as game theory, that recognize the interdependence of human
decision making. New ways of assessing the economic benefit of
infrastructure and the evolving role of institutions in the
information economy are demonstrated, along with novel approaches
to analyzing human mobility and interaction in a knowledge-rich
environment. By moving beyond traditional forms of analysis that
were better suited to an earlier time, the chapters in this book
provide a wealth of insights for policy formulation in the
globalized knowledge economy. This comprehensive volume will be of
great value to regional scientists and economic geographers, as
well as civil engineers, economists, and analysts interested in
transportation and communications.
This collection of original research chapters by international
scholars addresses the complementary roles of transportation and
knowledge and their spatial manifestations in modern urban and
regional economies. The featured studies employ the most current
and sophisticated technologies, while the authors add a strong
element of practical application and policy implications in each
chapter. The book is organized into four major themes. The first is
infrastructure and economic growth, addressing the historical and
contemporary economic impacts of rail, highway and transit
infrastructure. The second theme, models for transportation
planning and policy, includes methods for optimal toll setting and
the effect of transport costs on interregional trade. The third
theme, which is the spatial structure of cities, examines processes
that drive and arise from urban form, including personal
interaction, shopping, commuting and residential location. The
fourth theme is transformations in the knowledge economy, including
growing income inequality and the role of knowledge in urban
dynamics. This book will be of interest to the research communities
in urban and regional economics and planning, regional science,
transportation studies and the knowledge economy. With its emphasis
on practical aspects, it will also be of interest to the policy
community. Contributors include: B. Anderson, A.E. Andersson, C.
Burke, Z. Chen, K.E. Haynes, B. Johansson, K. Kobayashi, A. Koike,
Y. Konishi, T. Laitila, W.W. Ling Lo, M. Lundgren, H. Maoh, K.
Matsushima, S.-i. Mun, Y. Nishiyama, Y. Ohira, M. Okumura, M.
Olsson, M. Onishi, T. Otazawa, G. Ray, K. Sato, S. Segi, J-e.
Sung,Y. Wan, H. Westlund, H. Yamaguchi, A. Zhang
Borders are critical to the development and survival of modern
states, offer security against external threats, and mark public
policy and identity difference. At the same time, borders, and
borderlands, are places where people, ideas, and economic goods
meet and intermingle. The United States-Canada border demonstrates
all of the characteristics of modern borders, and epitomises the
debates that surround them. This book examines the development of
the US-Canada border, provides a detailed analysis of its current
operation, and concludes with an evaluation of the border's future.
The central objective is to examine how the border functions in
practice, presenting a series of case studies on its operation.
This book will be of interest to scholars of North American
integration and border studies, and to policy practitioners, who
will be particularly interested in the case studies and what they
say about the impact of border reform.
With a combined population larger than that of the EU or NAFTA,
economic integration of the ASEAN states will have a massive impact
on both the Asian and global economies. This book examines the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its opportunities and
challenges. It looks at the impacts of economic integration, trade
structure and economic interlinkage among these countries through
case studies. The book also utilizes theories to further examine
areas such as trade, cross-border infrastructure, border
management, and the regional development in terms of trade
liberalization and foreign labor. This book also provides insight
and analysis to developing policies for "ASEAN Connectivity". Given
the challenges faced and huge potential impacts of the AEC's
cross-border project, this book will be of interest to policy
makers, business leaders and researchers in the ASEAN region and
throughout the world.
Borders are critical to the development and survival of modern
states, offer security against external threats, and mark public
policy and identity difference. At the same time, borders, and
borderlands, are places where people, ideas, and economic goods
meet and intermingle. The United States-Canada border demonstrates
all of the characteristics of modern borders, and epitomises the
debates that surround them. This book examines the development of
the US-Canada border, provides a detailed analysis of its current
operation, and concludes with an evaluation of the border's future.
The central objective is to examine how the border functions in
practice, presenting a series of case studies on its operation.
This book will be of interest to scholars of North American
integration and border studies, and to policy practitioners, who
will be particularly interested in the case studies and what they
say about the impact of border reform.
Economic geographers study and attempt to explain the spatial
configuration of economic activities, including the production of
goods and services, their transfer from one economic agent to
another and their transformation into utility by consumers. The
spatial configuration, which includes both the pattern of
activities on the map and the relationships between activities
occurring in different places, is the outcome of a vast number of
distinct but interrelated decisions made by firms, households,
governments and a variety of other private and public institutions.
The goal of this book is to provide the student with a rigorous
introduction to a diverse but logically consistent set of
analytical models of the spatial decisions and interactions that
drive the evolution of the economic landscape. The book begins by
explaining fundamental concepts that are critical to all topics in
economic geography: the friction of distance, agglomeration,
spatial interaction, market mechanisms, natural resources and
production technologies. The following sections cover major areas
of inquiry including multiregional economies, location theory,
markets for space and systems of cities. The final section
synthesizes and builds on these topics to address two trends that
provide particular challenges to economic geographers today:
globalization and the emergence of the knowledge economy.
With a combined population larger than that of the EU or NAFTA,
economic integration of the ASEAN states will have a massive impact
on both the Asian and global economies. This book examines the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its opportunities and
challenges. It looks at the impacts of economic integration, trade
structure and economic interlinkage among these countries through
case studies. The book also utilizes theories to further examine
areas such as trade, cross-border infrastructure, border
management, and the regional development in terms of trade
liberalization and foreign labor. This book also provides insight
and analysis to developing policies for "ASEAN Connectivity". Given
the challenges faced and huge potential impacts of the AEC's
cross-border project, this book will be of interest to policy
makers, business leaders and researchers in the ASEAN region and
throughout the world.
In recent decades urban regions around the world have engaged in a
new process of development based on the creation of new knowledge.
Amidst the globalization of economic activities and the arrival of
transformative technologies, knowledge has become the key driver of
competitiveness and is profoundly reshaping the patterns of
economic growth and activity. This book offers a comprehensive new
model of the rise of a Knowledge Economy and its evolutionary
development in the Megalopolis. These regions are developing new
institutions and governance mechanisms to adapt, disseminate, and
utilize available knowledge to promote continuing development of
their Knowledge Economies. However, such developments are
accompanied by increasing inequalities in incomes and in urban
services. This book examines the resilience of some urban regions
and their recent emergence as vibrant Knowledge Economies. It also
reviews the recent renewal and growth in the Megalopolis--
stretching along the Atlantic Seaboard along the metropolitan areas
of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC.
This book will appeal to researchers and professionals interested
in urban and regional development, and to business groups
interested in economic development.
In recent decades urban regions around the world have engaged in a
new process of development based on the creation of new knowledge.
Amidst the globalization of economic activities and the arrival of
transformative technologies, knowledge has become the key driver of
competitiveness and is profoundly reshaping the patterns of
economic growth and activity. This book offers a comprehensive new
model of the rise of a Knowledge Economy and its evolutionary
development in the Megalopolis. These regions are developing new
institutions and governance mechanisms to adapt, disseminate, and
utilize available knowledge to promote continuing development of
their Knowledge Economies. However, such developments are
accompanied by increasing inequalities in incomes and in urban
services. This book examines the resilience of some urban regions
and their recent emergence as vibrant Knowledge Economies. It also
reviews the recent renewal and growth in the Megalopolis--
stretching along the Atlantic Seaboard along the metropolitan areas
of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC.
This book will appeal to researchers and professionals interested
in urban and regional development, and to business groups
interested in economic development.
Economic geographers study and attempt to explain the spatial
configuration of economic activities, including the production of
goods and services, their transfer from one economic agent to
another and their transformation into utility by consumers. The
spatial configuration, which includes both the pattern of
activities on the map and the relationships between activities
occurring in different places, is the outcome of a vast number of
distinct but interrelated decisions made by firms, households,
governments and a variety of other private and public institutions.
The goal of this book is to provide the student with a rigorous
introduction to a diverse but logically consistent set of
analytical models of the spatial decisions and interactions that
drive the evolution of the economic landscape. The book begins by
explaining fundamental concepts that are critical to all topics in
economic geography: the friction of distance, agglomeration,
spatial interaction, market mechanisms, natural resources and
production technologies. The following sections cover major areas
of inquiry including multiregional economies, location theory,
markets for space and systems of cities. The final section
synthesizes and builds on these topics to address two trends that
provide particular challenges to economic geographers today:
globalization and the emergence of the knowledge economy.
The history of Christian theology can be a daunting, even
forbidding field for the novice, who sees neither the need for nor
pertinence of rummaging around dusty old texts. This
people-friendly volume, a full-scale reader in the history of
Christian theology, offers an easy, non-threatening, occasionally
humorous yet quite thorough entry into Christianity's central texts
from the Apostolic Fathers to Mary Daly. It is also enlivened by
dozens of cartoons by Rich Diesslin. Highly accessible
introductions to five periods precede brief introductions to and
texts from more than fifty key thinkers. The texts highlight
perennial themes and questions in Christian tradition, especially
the meaning and importance of Jesus, challenges to the
institutional church, tensions of faith and reason, spirituality,
and the Christian quest for social justice. The new edition, half
again as large as the original, adds significant work from the
Cappadocian Fathers and the Christological controversialists, the
Franciscan tradition, the Radical and English reforms, and deeper
coverage of twentieth-century theologians. With learning aids,
research-paper suggestions and guide, and glossary.
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