The Dynamics of Freight Transport Development: A UK and Swiss Comparison

ISBN-13: 9780815397663 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 247 str.

Philippe Thalmann

Opis

Through the eye of an economist Thalmann explores 200 years of the dynamics of freight transport development in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This book should be an invaluable tool for researchers in the field of transportation and also for the more general reader interested in the past and future of transportation.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction. Part I: Great Britain: The history of British transport, with emphasis on freight; British freight transport: graphical analysis and trends; British pollution emissions and transport history. Part II: Switzerland: The history of Swiss transport, with emphasis on freight; Swiss freight transport: graphical analysis and trends; Swiss pollution emissions and transport history. Part III: Comparison and Conclusions: Comparison Switzerland - Great Britain; General conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Philippe Thalmann (Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland)