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This book comprehensively explores the design and use of railway systems through theoretical, spatial, economic, and regional lenses. Bridging disciplines such as geography, economics, and planning, it examines railway infrastructure's role in shaping regional development, urbanisation, and connectivity. Featuring interdisciplinary case studies from diverse global contexts, the book integrates historical perspectives with forward-looking analyses to address contemporary challenges in transport planning and policy. It serves as an essential resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to understand the dynamic interplay between railways, spatial organisation, and economic growth.
About the author
Stabak Roy is an assistant professor at the Department of Geography and Disaster Management, Techno India University, Tripura, and adjunct faculty at the Institute of Geography, Spatial Management Division, University of Gdansk, Poland. He researches railway geography, railway infrastructure planning and management, transport planning and tourism.
Saptarshi Mitra is an associate professor at the Department of Geography and Disaster Management, Tripura University in Agartala, India, coordinating a Regional Planning Lab that focuses on understanding, planning, developing, and managing regional, rural, and urban phenomena. It also undertakes advisory projects from the field of planning and development. Presently, he is the editor of the Indian Journal of Regional Science.
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho is a Professor at the University of the Azores, Portugal, in the domains of Regional, Environmental and Agricultural Economics, since 2011. He is the Executive Director of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and, since 2017, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Regional Science Policy and Practice.
Summary
This book comprehensively explores the design and use of railway systems through theoretical, spatial, economic, and regional lenses. Bridging disciplines such as geography, economics, and planning, it examines railway infrastructure's role in shaping regional development, urbanisation, and connectivity. Featuring interdisciplinary case studies from diverse global contexts, the book integrates historical perspectives with forward-looking analyses to address contemporary challenges in transport planning and policy. It serves as an essential resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to understand the dynamic interplay between railways, spatial organisation, and economic growth.
