Freight Flows and Spatial Aspects of the British Economy

Klappentext This book reports experiments in the modelling of freight flows in Great Britain! on the basis of 78 origin-destination zones covering the entire country. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1973! this book reports experiments in the modelling of freight flows in Great Britain! on the basis of 78 origin-destination zones covering the entire country. Regional scientist! geographers! planners! students of transport and economists concerned with the spatial allocation of resources will all find the book of considerable interest. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Framework analysis; 3. The problem of foreign trade; 4. Freight flow data; 5. Estimating the generation of traffic; 6. The distribution of traffic; 7. Modal split; 8. The transport costs of manufacturing industry, 1963; 9. Distance and the cost of transport; 10. Summary and conclusions; Appendix.

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• Autori: &apos, Michael Chisholm, Michael O&apos Chisholm, Michael O''sullivan Chisholm, Patrick O'Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112703
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11270-3
• Pagine: 152
• Serie: Cambridge Geographical Studies
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia