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Restructuring of Transportation Networks

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Regional Development Reconsidered

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The discussion in the previous chapter has shown that our understanding of the ways in which transport infrastructure affects economic development and the process of integration is still seriously limited. The major problem we face is that there is an assumption that infrastructure must have a positive effect on growth, and hence on both competitiveness and cohesion. In this contribution we shall review the possible theoretical approaches which will enable us to be more confident in our ways of appraising new infrastructure projects.

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  1. Department of Economics Keynes College, University of Kent at Canterbury, England

    Roger Vickerman

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  1. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University, Taksim, Istanbul, 80191, Turkey

    Gündüz Atalik

  2. Department of Economic Geography & Geoinformatics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Rossauer Lände 23/1, Vienna, 1090, Austria

    Manfred M. Fischer

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Vickerman, R. (2002). Restructuring of Transportation Networks. In: Atalik, G., Fischer, M.M. (eds) Regional Development Reconsidered. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56194-8_8

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