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Last Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transportation System
ISBN: 9780815704737 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "Last Exit" Clifford Winston reminds us that transportation services and infrastructure in the United States were originally introduced by private firms. The case for subsequent public ownership and management of the system was weak, in his view, and here he assesses the case for privatization and deregulation to greatly improve Americans' satisfaction with their transportation systems.
In "Last Exit" Clifford Winston reminds us that transportation services and infrastructure in the United States were originally introduced by priva... |
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138,34 zł |
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Rollover Trucker: Recipes to Prevent Disaster
ISBN: 9781441459435 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An introduction to the life and times of the professional truck driver. This book is intended for new drivers, those interested in becoming a Professional Driver, and a good read for the thousands of drivers who keep our Country moving.
An introduction to the life and times of the professional truck driver. This book is intended for new drivers, those interested in becoming a Professi...
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64,13 zł |
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Biofuels in Africa: Opportunities, Prospects, and Challenges
ISBN: 9780821385166 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new economic opportunity for sub-Saharan Africa is looming large: biofuel production. Rapidly rising energy prices are expected to remain high for an extended period of time because of the increasing demand in prospering and populous countries such as China and India, the depletion of easily accessible supplies of crude oil, and concern over global climate change. As a result, there is renewed interest in biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels. Africa is uniquely positioned to produce these new cash crops for both domestic use and export. The region has abundant land resources and...
A new economic opportunity for sub-Saharan Africa is looming large: biofuel production. Rapidly rising energy prices are expected to remain high for a...
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143,60 zł |
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Truckload Transportation: Economics, Pricing and Analysis
ISBN: 9780982784815 / Angielski / Twarda / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Truckload Transportation: Economics, Pricing and Analysis covers every facet of truckload pricing including the truckload business model, one-way pricing concepts, dedicated fleet pricing and design, and bid response analysis. The book covers all the primary truckload transportation concepts such as capacity and balance, utilization, length of haul, empty miles, and revenue per mile. The book provides an in depth review of all forms of dedicated pricing including fixed-variable, utilization scales and over-under. The dedicated pricing chapters also cover special topics such as shuttle...
Truckload Transportation: Economics, Pricing and Analysis covers every facet of truckload pricing including the truckload business model, one-way pric...
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686,50 zł |
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Schedule-Based Modeling of Transportation Networks: Theory and Applications
ISBN: 9781441946492 / Angielski / Miękka / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Schedule-Based Modeling of Transportation Networks: Theory and Applications" follows the book Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling, published in this series in 2004, recognizing the critical role that schedules play in transportation systems. Conceived for the simulation of transit systems, in the last few years the schedule-based approach has been expanded and applied to operational planning of other transportation schedule services besides mass transit, e.g. freight transport. This innovative approach allows forecasting the evolution over time of the on-board loads on the services... "Schedule-Based Modeling of Transportation Networks: Theory and Applications" follows the book Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling, published i... |
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587,67 zł |
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The Transit Dimension of EU Energy Security: Russian Gas Transit Across Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova
ISBN: 9780199599226 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses how EU transit (and hence energy) security is affected by the governance structures of the Eurasian gas network and by asymmetrical power relations between its actors, in particular between Russia and western CIS states (Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova) and their national gas companies. It views the Eurasian gas network as the overlap and interaction of four spaces: the regulatory space, the contractual space, the space of flows, and the space of places, and asserts that the discontinuities between and within the spaces adversely affect EU gas transit security. The volume...
This book analyses how EU transit (and hence energy) security is affected by the governance structures of the Eurasian gas network and by asymmetrical...
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506,64 zł |
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Making Money with Boats
ISBN: 9780870336270 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second edition is a comprehensive, entertaining guide to mixing boating with business. Leaping ahead of the first edition, this guide keeps up with a boating industry that has become much more regulated and competitive. It shows old salts and newcomers how to transform water-related fun into the pure pleasure of profitability-from starting a business, to accounting and budgeting, insurance, marketing tools, and the business plan. In understandable language, using terms that have excised the legal gobbledygook, it also provides requirements for licensing, documentation and vessel...
This second edition is a comprehensive, entertaining guide to mixing boating with business. Leaping ahead of the first edition, this guide keeps up wi...
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99,82 zł |
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Greening Airports: Advanced Technology and Operations
ISBN: 9780857296573 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Greening Airports considers the "greening," i.e., more sustainable development, of the entire air transport system - airports, air traffic control, and airlines - that could be achieved by the development and implementation of advanced operations and technologies. A broad overview of the general concept is given at the start of Greening Airports, which then goes on to provide a system for monitoring and assessing the level of greening of both the air transport system and individual airports. These are followed by analysis and modelling of the potential effects of... Greening Airports considers the "greening," i.e., more sustainable development, of the entire air transport system - airports, air traffic c... |
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587,67 zł |
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Practical Applications in Business Aviation Management
ISBN: 9781605907703 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Business aviation is one of America's most important yet least understood industries. Most organizations (about 85%) operating business aircraft are small and medium-size enterprises. They include a wide range of organizations: state governments, universities, charitable organizations, and all types of businesses. While the organizations that rely on business aviation are varied, they all have one thing in common: the need for fast, flexible, safe, and secure access to destinations worldwide. Many small U.S. businesses rely on business aviation. They are located in markets where the airlines...
Business aviation is one of America's most important yet least understood industries. Most organizations (about 85%) operating business aircraft are s...
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484,43 zł |
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Aviation and Tourism: Implications for Leisure Travel
ISBN: 9780754671879 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transport is an essential element of tourism, providing the vital link between the tourist generating areas and destinations. Good accessibility, which is determined by the transport services provided, is a fundamental condition for the development of any tourist destination. Moreover the transport industry can be a major beneficiary of tourism because of the additional passenger demand that may be generated. Aviation is an increasingly important mode of transport for tourism markets. Whilst geography has meant that, in modern times, air travel has always been the dominant mode for long...
Transport is an essential element of tourism, providing the vital link between the tourist generating areas and destinations. Good accessibility, whic...
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814,81 zł |
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Deep Stall: The Turbulent Story of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
ISBN: 9780754646266 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deep Stall applies a framework of strategic analysis to the Boeing Company. Boeing is the world's largest aerospace / defence company, with turnover in the region of US $60bn. The book examines the relative decline of Boeing in the civil aircraft market in relation to European manufacturer, Airbus. The aim of the book is to utilize the concept of strategic value to explain Boeing's decline. The authors define this concept as investment in people and technology to leverage future market success by developing innovative new products, arguing that Boeing has neglected strategic value in favour...
Deep Stall applies a framework of strategic analysis to the Boeing Company. Boeing is the world's largest aerospace / defence company, with turnover i...
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709,67 zł |
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The Political Economy of Pipelines: A Century of Comparative Institutional Development
ISBN: 9780226502106 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply are the pipelines that transport this energy. And while the fundamental economics of the major pipeline networks are the same, the differences in their ownership, commercial development, and operation can provide insight into the workings of market institutions in various nations. Drawing on a century of the world's experience with gas and oil...
With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas ...
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502,82 zł |
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Human Factors for Civil Flight Deck Design
ISBN: 9780754613800 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human error is now the main cause of aircraft accidents. However, in many cases the pilot simply falls into a trap that has been left for him/her by the poor design of the flight deck. This book addresses the human factors issues pertinent to the design of modern flight decks. Comprising of invited chapters from internationally recognised experts in human factors and flight deck design, contributions span the world of industry, government research establishments and academia. The book brings together the practical experience of professionals across the human factors and flight deck design...
Human error is now the main cause of aircraft accidents. However, in many cases the pilot simply falls into a trap that has been left for him/her by t...
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814,81 zł |
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Group Interaction in High Risk Environments
ISBN: 9780754640110 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What governs the way in which people work together and handle technology in high risk environments? The understanding of decision making, communication and the other dimensions of team interaction within aircrews and other teams in highly stressful situations, is based on a multitude of diverse factors, each with its own literature and individual studies. This book is about how teams function in just such situations, providing a uniquely integrated and interdisciplinary account of the dynamics and main explanatory factors of team interaction under high workload. The book stems from the...
What governs the way in which people work together and handle technology in high risk environments? The understanding of decision making, communicatio...
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709,67 zł |
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Rail Freight Since 1968: Coal
ISBN: 9781857942637 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rail freight expert Paul Shannon takes a detailed look at rail freight developments since 1968. He examines the gradual decline of coal mining in the UK, the changing requirements of the power generators, and changes brought about by privatization. The text is supported by many photographs, diagrams and maps.
Rail freight expert Paul Shannon takes a detailed look at rail freight developments since 1968. He examines the gradual decline of coal mining in the ...
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93,30 zł |
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The Economics of Regulating Road Transport
ISBN: 9781858983646 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work on the economics of road transport covers a range of issues: the external effects and social costs; regulation; congestion and tolling; the economics of regulatory parking; the environment; social feasibility factors; and more.
This work on the economics of road transport covers a range of issues: the external effects and social costs; regulation; congestion and tolling; the ...
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586,55 zł |
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Analytical Transport Economics: An International Perspective
ISBN: 9781840648164 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text opens with an in-depth examination and overview of the nature of transport economics. The contributors examine the way governments may act on the provision and use of infrastructure and on transport markets.
This text opens with an in-depth examination and overview of the nature of transport economics. The contributors examine the way governments may act o...
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281,94 zł |
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Transport Systems and Policy: v. 2
ISBN: 9781843762669 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transport and mobility are critical for the economic development of cities and regions and are a key factor in achieving sustained economic growth. This collection brings together Peter Nijkamp's influential work in the areas of transport systems and transport policy. The first part offers new theoretical insights and a review of the state of the art in transportation science. The essays address issues such as the costs and benefits of transport, the role of price in transport demand, the impact of information and the potential of congestion pricing. The second part focuses attention on the...
Transport and mobility are critical for the economic development of cities and regions and are a key factor in achieving sustained economic growth. Th...
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785,76 zł |
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Flying into the Future: Air Transport Policy in the European Union
ISBN: 9781858987996 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the organization of air transport in the European Union. The book analyzes the nature of the industries that supply air transport services and the institutional structure of air transport services. It also looks at impediments to increased efficiency in the provision of air transport.
Explores the organization of air transport in the European Union. The book analyzes the nature of the industries that supply air transport services an...
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586,55 zł |
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Location, Travel and Information Technology: Selected Essays of Peter Nijkamp, Volume 3
ISBN: 9781843762676 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This important book collects together Peter Nijkamp's work on spatial-economic markets, particularly housing and labour markets, and the increasing impact of information technology on mobility and the location of firms, residents and job seekers. The first part deals with applied modelling and theoretical advances in housing market migration and research. The papers address issues such as the implications of household dynamics for relocation decisions, migration movements in Europe, and the driving forces for migration decisions of ethnic groups. The second part focuses on the spatial labour...
This important book collects together Peter Nijkamp's work on spatial-economic markets, particularly housing and labour markets, and the increasing im...
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780,22 zł |
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