economics of transportation

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• transportation economics — Introduction  the study of the allocation of transportation resources in order to meet the needs of a society.       In a macroeconomic sense, transportation activities form a portion of a nation s total economic product and play a role in… …   Universalium

• Transportation geography — is the branch of geography that investigates spatial interactions, let them be of people, freight and information. It can consider humans and their use of vehicles or other modes of travelling as well as how markets are serviced by flows of… …   Wikipedia

• Transportation in the United States — is facilitated by road, air, rail, and water networks. The vast majority of passenger travel occurs by automobile for shorter distances, and airplane for longer distances. In descending order, most cargoes travel by railroad, truck, pipeline, or… …   Wikipedia

• Transportation in Saskatchewan — is the movement of people and goods from one place to another within the province. The term is derived from the Latin trans ( across ) and portare ( to carry ). Transportation in Saskatchewan includes an infrastructure system of roads, highways,… …   Wikipedia

• Transportation theory — In mathematics and economics, transportation theory is a name given to the study of optimal transportation and allocation of resources. The problem was formalized by the French mathematician Gaspard Monge in 1781.[1] In the 1920s A.N. Tolstoi was …   Wikipedia

• Economics of new nuclear power plants — The economics of new nuclear power plants is a controversial subject, since there are diverging views on this topic, and multi billion dollar investments ride on the choice of an energy source. Nuclear power plants typically have high capital… …   Wikipedia

• Economics of automobile usage — Compared to other popular modes of passenger transportation, especially buses, the automobile has a relatively high cost per person kilometre traveled [cite conference first = Mark last = Diesendorf authorlink = Mark Diesendorf title = The Effect …   Wikipedia

• Economics of global warming — This article describes the economics of global warming and climate change. Contents 1 Definitions 2 Climate change science 3 Scenarios 4 Trends and projections …   Wikipedia

• Transportation in Canada — Canada is a developed country whose economy relies on the extraction and export of raw materials. Because of this, it has a very large transportation system which includes more than 1.4 million kilometres of roads, 10 major international airports …   Wikipedia

• Transportation in Dresden — Dresden is major German city and capital of Saxony. It is a road, train and air transport hub in eastern Germany. Local and commuter transport services grant accessibility in the Dresden agglomeration. The city has a dense network of tram and bus …   Wikipedia

• Economics of coffee — Top Ten Green Coffee Producers 2006 (millions of metric tons)  Brazil 2.59  Vietnam 0.85 …   Wikipedia