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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.
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.
Analysis of the space economy demands a keen curiosity supported by
a rigorous methodology and a strong sense of the problems at hand.
However, the blend of these two capabilities is more unusual than
one would be inclined to believe. Professor Martin Beckmann is one
of those exceptional scholars whose original theoretical insights
and elegant contributions have been crucial to our understanding of
the complex mechanism of the space economy. Drawing on the basic
social science theory, he has developed a significant body of
knowledge which represents fundamental contributions to the fields
of location theory, transportation economics, mathematical
economics and organizational theory. For over four decades, Martin
Beckmann's creativity, originality and excellence in the broad
sense of scientific discovery made him play a pivotal and leading
role in regional science. A creative artist, Martin Beckmann was
never a loner: he not only presented his views in that spare and
elegant style we know him by, but also listened. One may say that
on these intellectual voyages in the space economy, Martin Beckmann
was both a teacher and a pupil. Accompanying him on such a
discovery trip was a memorable experience: the final destination
was not always defined, but the journey was ever exciting and full
of surprises. Some of the great many fellow travellers of Martin
Beckmann offer a tribute to a great scientist and professional
colleague through this Festschrift.
This publication is concerned with two major current debates in
public policy in all affluent societies. One is the widespread
concern with the quality of the natural environment-the quality of
air, water, land, and wilderness areas-which has expressed itself
in the passage and implementation in recent years of a variety of
environmental laws and regulations. A second debate concerns the
adequacy of energy resources to meet the requirements of a growing
economy. The requirement that industries must abate environmental
pollution leads to increased costs of production and, in turn, to
higher prices, falling output in those industries, and reduced
employment and income in the region where such industries are
located. There may be, at the same time, growth in indus tries that
supply pollution abatement equipment and services in those or other
regions. Over time, the health and economic benefits of higher envi
ronmental quality express themselves in changing patterns of
consumption."
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.
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