Interurban

Abstract: Pred A. R. (1976) The interurban transmission of growth in advanced economies: Empirical findings versus regional-planning assumptions, Reg. Studies 10, 151–171. It is proposed that the disappointing record of growth-centre and growth-pole policies in advanced economies is in some measure attributable to mistaken assumptions concerning interurban growth-transmission. The reasoning behind the hinterland-spread and hierarchical diffusion assumptions of interurban growth-transmission is outlined and briefly criticized. The relationships between the spatial structure of organisations and interurban growth-transmission are sketched and organisational spatial structure data for seven metropolitan complexes of the western United States are presented. This data, and the summarized findings of other recent research projects, consistently point to the inaccuracy of the growth-transmission assumptions held by many regional planners and academics in advanced economies. Consequently, certain realities that need to be ...

Abstract: This book presents an overview of railway passenger and freight transport systems. The book focuses on issues related to safety, interface with the environment, cutting-edge technologies, and techniques that govern the stability and guidance of railway vehicles on track. The chapters of the book include: The Railway as a Transport System; Loads on Track; Behavior of Rolling Stock on Track; Tramway; Monorail; Automatic Passenger Transport Railway Systems of Low and Medium Transport Capacity; Suburban Railway; Rack Railway; Cable Railway Systems for Steep Gradients; Organization and Management of Passenger Interurban Railway Transport; High-Speed Trains; Tilting Trains; Metric Track Gauge Interurban Railway Networks; Organization and Management of Freight Railway Transport; Heavy Haul Rail Transport; Impact of Traffic Composition on the Economic Profitability of a Railway System; Railway Safety; Railway and the Natural Environment; and Cutting-Edge Technologies in Railways.