Transport, Trade and Economic Growth - Coupled or Decoupled?: An Inquiry Into Relationships Between Transport, Trade and Economic Growth and Into User

by Irene Feige

Over the past decade, the transport industry has become an increasingly popular scapegoat for polluting the environment with emissions and noise. Therefore, additional transport infrastructure investments, especially in road transport, are becoming more and more contentious. Conversely, the advocates of free trade stress the importance of transport to enhance economic growth and subsequently the standards of living. Thus, political decision makers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540682961
• ISBN13: 9783540682967
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"