Sustainable Transportation and Regional Economic Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 10899
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cities and regions are the centers of economic activity and host the majority of the world’s population. Transportation is the link between the economic activities of businesses and the places where individuals live, work, shop, enjoy their leisure time, etc., and thus its role is essential.
In the early days of transportation research the focus was on the importance of the provision of adequate transportation facilities to foster local economic development. At present, researchers and policymakers are often more concerned with the demand side, trying to find effective and efficient ways to tackle the adverse effects associated with transportation (noise, local and global pollution, congestion, soil sealing, etc.).
The purpose of this Special Issue is to stimulate high-quality research on economic aspects of sustainable transportation, focusing at a local (regional/urban) scale. Authors are invited to submit theoretical or empirical papers dealing with a wide range of issues connected to sustainable transportation at a local scale. Submissions must have a clear transportation economics perspective and be directed to one of the following issues:
- Ex-ante evaluation of planned (urban/regional) transportation policies (pricing, regulation, land use planning, etc.);
- Ex-post evaluation of realized (urban/regional) transportation policies (pricing, regulation, land use planning, etc.);
- Impacts of planned/realized transportation policies on the internal structure of cities/regions;
- Novel perspectives on the relationship between transportation and the environment at the local scale (e.g., how does transportation affect the urban heat island effect and vice versa?).
Submissions are required to adopt sound scientific methods (microeconomic theory, regressions, simulations, etc.).
Authors should clearly identify:
- The impact/relevance of their research question;
- The novelty of their approach;
- Conclusions and implications.
Dr. Stefan Tscharaktschiew
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable transportation
- local economic development
- transportation economics
- transportation policies evaluation
- transportation and environment
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