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This chapter provides an overview of the general lines of development of the tramway transport in Western Europe and presents the technical innovations characterising the tramway renaissance as well as the associated concept of light rail (Chapter 3.1). Thereafter, a review of the existing research on tram and light rail systems is given, which is framed as the globally circulating discourses in academia and planning (Chapter 3.2). Chapter 3.3 summarises the relevance of the findings for the following empirical analysis.
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Petkov, D. (2020). Characteristics of the international tramway renaissance. In: Tramway Renaissance in Western Europe . Studien zur Mobilitäts- und Verkehrsforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28879-2_3
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