Transport industries

Peak-hour traffic congestion has become a major problem in most U.

Routes and roads make their way into and across the landscape, defining it as landscape and making it accessible for many kinds of uses and perceptions.

This book assesses the extent to which two specialized UN agencies - the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal - have been able to regulate environmental pollution in the global commons.

Airline business models continue to be shaped by powerful forces relating to customers, complexities and regulators.

Introduction to Global Logistics offers a step-by-step guide to global logistics.

A look at the minor railways in eastern England that were once busy transport links and made vital contributions to the social and business heritage.

Bringing together the leading authors currently working at the intersection of social science and transport science, this volume provides a companion to the well-established and extensive international Transport and Society series.

This edited collection examines the formation of urban networks and role of gateways in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern world.

The coming of the railways signalled the transformation of European society, allowing the quick and cheap mass transportation of people and goods on a previously unimaginable scale.

The transport industry has an important role to play in addressing climate change and the environmental challenges facing governments, businesses and individuals.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

Over the last thirty years Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been used to deliver transport capital projects and services.

Exploring the intricate relationship between law, economics, and global politics, this book examines the regulatory environment of the aviation industry.

The American Community Survey (ACS), to be run by the Census Bureau, will be a large (250,000 housing units a month), predominantly mailout/mailback survey that will collect information similar to that on the decennial census long form.

Uber is one of the most innovative companies of our time.

This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory.

The ocean is a major source of income for many coastal nations, particularly in the developing world.

Advances in Maritime Technology and Engineering comprises a collection of the papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2024) held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 14-16 May 2024.

An inside look at leadership practices that enabled the world's leading shipping company to outthink and outperform its competition Using firsthand accounts from top leaders at FedEx, FedEx Delivers explains how the company became an international powerhouse and one of the most trusted global brands by using leadership practices that tapped into the creativity and commitment of its employees.

The academic and scholarly interest in the subject of branding in both the consumer and industrial markets has grown substantially in the dynamic post-pandemic environment.

This title was first published in 2001.

Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors.

Agricultural Co-operation in the Soviet Union (1929) examines agriculture in the USSR as the government was restructuring all national economic life and enterprise on a state socialist basis.

With advances in technology and maritime transport, human use of the ocean now extends beyond the traditional activities of navigation and fishing.

Dieses Lehrbuch bearbeitet in leicht verständlicher Art die Themen der Transport- und Lagerbereiche nach funktionellem Aufbau, Vor- und Nachteilen, sowie deren Einsatzgebieten.

Comprehensive overview of research on clouds and their role in our present and future climate, for advanced students and researchers.

Social inclusion/exclusion has only recently emerged in transport-related discourse.

This book looks at the latest advances in autonomous driving, demonstrating that a future once considered science fiction is now close at hand.

We approach Raphael's Agony in the Garden or Fra Angelico's Crucifixion for their beauty and not primarily to learn about fifteenth-century fashion or even to decode the iconography.

In an era where traditional investment paradigms are being constantly redefined by technological innovation and the global push towards sustainability, Themes in Alternative Investments emerges as a seminal volume designed to guide investors, finance professionals, and scholars through the complex terrain of non-traditional financial vehicles.

The report describes potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research for understanding housing needs, addressing broader issues of urban poverty and community development, and improving access to information and services by the many users of HUD's data.

Transportation Network Companies and Taxis: The Case of Seattle is a modern economic case history and thorough analysis of the devastating impact of the transportation network company (TNC) industry (Uber and Lyft) on the taxicab industry in Seattle, Washington, beginning in 2014.

Up-To-Date Coverage of Every Aspect of Commercial Aviation SafetyCompletely revised edition to fully align with current U.

Over the past two decades, society has been witnessing how technological, political, and societal changes have been transforming individual and collective urban mobility.

Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems contains the papers presented at the Symposium on Current Aeronautical Fatigue Problems, held in Rome in April 1963.

Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement.

The nation's physical infrastructure facilitates movement of people and goods; provides safe water; provides energy when and where needed; removes wastes; enables rapid communications; and generally supports our economy and quality of life.

Traffic congestion affects towns and cities everywhere and in some places it is regarded as one of the most urgent and important problems in need of a solution.

This book explores the public acceptability of congestion pricing in the Chinese context.

The coming of the railways signalled the transformation of European society, allowing the quick and cheap mass transportation of people and goods on a previously unimaginable scale.

A wisecracking lawyer takes on the defense of a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment, but all bets are off when the case turns deadly in this page-turning thriller from#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottolineher classicnovel,now available in trade paperback for the first time.

This handbook provides a wide-ranging, coherent, and systematic analysis of maritime management, policy, and strategy development.

Well-researched, first inside account of Maersk Line''s progression to world''s leading container operator, put within the context of globalisation.

Having been state-owned for decades, the railway reform in China confused many people, particularly in terms of its ownership and property rights arrangements.

From early 2020 for a period of two years at the end of which  this book was written, air transport suffered unprecedented setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.