Integrated Spatial and Transport Infrastructure Development The Case
The challenge of growth in transport, especially in freight transport, and scarce resources in money, landscape and local opposition against new infrastructure investment require new solutions from transport policy. This book deals with these issues takin
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Integrated Spatial and Transport Infrastructure Development The Case of the European North-South Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa
Contributions to Economics
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Hansj€org Drewello • Bernd Scholl Editors
Integrated Spatial and Transport Infrastructure Development The Case of the European North-South Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa
Editors Hansj€org Drewello University of Applied Sciences Kehl Kehl am Rhein Germany
Bernd Scholl ETH Zu¨rich Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development Zurich Switzerland
ISSN 1431-1933 ISSN 2197-7178 (electronic) Contributions to Economics ISBN 978-3-319-15707-8 ISBN 978-3-319-15708-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15708-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015948882 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Transport is at the crossroads of the economic, social and environmental goals of Europe, an essential driver for jobs and growth. It underpins both export and competitiveness. Against this background, Europe’s transport infrastructure plays a key role to completing the internal market through the removal of physical barriers and the introduction of soft measures. Furthermore, in today’s interconnected world, neither scope nor vision can be exclusively limited to the European internal market but has to incorporate the broader global context where economic gains, and likewise economic challenges, no longer stop at the border. It is, therefore, necessary to change the mental framework to understand that today’s world no longer allows thinking in terms of a single mode or even country. “Connecting to complete” and “connecting to compete” emerge as mottos for the creation of a singl
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