Transport: general interest Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Wine Tourism Around the World Development
Book SynopsisWine tourism is a rapidly growing field of industry and academic interest with changes in the consumer markets in recent years, showing an enormous interest in ''experiential'' travel. Wine Tourism Around the World is therefore an invaluable text for both students and practitioners alike and provides:* The first comprehensive introduction to wine tourism from a business, social science and policy perspective* An international perspective on wine tourism and includes detailed examples from Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the USA * Detailed information on the growth and development of wine tourism from both supply, demand, marketing and management perspectives Academic researchers and students in tourism and hospitality fields, as well as anyone connected with the wine industry, will find this book an essential guide to understandinTrade Review"... an invaluable text for both students and practitioners alike ... very diverse ... something for everyone with an interest in this field. The book is clearly laid out and contains an interesting mixture of illustrations, figures, tables and other statistical data."- International Journal of Hospitality ManagementTable of ContentsWine tourism: an introduction; The maturing wine tourism product: an international overview; The development of wine tourism in France; Meeting the winemaker: a case study of wine tourism product development in an emerging wine region; Wine routes in South Africa; Wine tourism and consumer behaviour; Influences on cellar door sales and determinants of wine tourism success: results from Texas wineries; Wine tourism in New Zealand; Wine tourism in the United Kingdom; Vasse Felix winery development; Wine tourism as a component of destination marketing, promotion and regional development; The development of a national wine tourism plan: wine tourism organizations and development in Australia; The Northeast wine route: wine in Ontario, Canada and New York State; Cycle trails and wine tourism in Europe; The Napa Valley, California: a model of wine region development; The future of wine tourism.
£62.09
Routledge Maritime Ports Inland Corridors and Logistics
Book SynopsisThis book aims to highlight the interrelations between maritime ports, supply chains and logistics. Inland corridors could be defined as major arteries for inland transportation from and to the maritime port. They link together one or several ports located on the maritime range with one or several major inland metropolitan areas. The efficiency of international supply chains depends not only on the smooth operations in the port but also on the efficiency of inland distribution in terms of cost, reliability, added value services for the goods, safety and finally the environment.With contributions from international experts, the book offers a transversal perspective on logistics corridor development using case studies on the Seine Axis, among others. Organized into four key sections, the book highlights the interrelations between ports and corridors using both empirical and theoretical research from various disciplines, including engineering as well as human and social sciences.Maritime Ports,Supply Chains and Logistics Corridors will be directly relevant to a wide variety of scholars and postgraduate researchers in the fields of transport studies and management, maritime logistics, supply chain management and international logistics as well as industrial engineering, geography, economics and political science.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
£42.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Tourism and Communities
Book SynopsisThis timely book critically explores and analyses the prospects and challenges that exist in tourism and community relations in different contexts, with a focus on island, rural and urban environments within Nordic tourism.The book explores core topics from both positive and negative tourism development practices, including employment and income creation, diversification of local economy, well-being and quality of life, infrastructure and services support, revitalization of culture, cultural learning, and natural and cultural resource conservation. The volume utilises case studies and real-world examples from the Nordic context, which are good practices in community building, investments in social programs and infrastructure and economies, discussing potential implications and take-aways that can be transferred to other regions. The book delves into community perspectives beyond the ones of DMOs and the local community as service providers or objects of visitor experiences. It provides new insights into how the community-tourism relationships may change, and how community actors can be drivers of change as well as the complexities and ambiguities involved, with both positive and negative impacts of tourism, conflicting goals etc.This volume will be valuable reading for researchers, academics and students interested in sustainable tourism.
£145.00
Taylor & Francis GenderInclusive Urban Mobility
£39.89
Taylor & Francis Future Tourism
Book SynopsisThis book investigates and considers the urgent political, social, and economic challenges that confront society and tourism. It attempts to look at what is threatening society, and makes suggestions on what the impact will be and how tourism will be changed to integrate with the new socio-economics of a newly emerging society with its novel peculiar challenges and opportunities in a post-energy era. The book draws on the views of leading thinkers in tourism and considers a broad range of issues from multidisciplinary perspectives facing the tourism industry for the first time in one volume: dwindling energy, new technology, security (like war and terrorism), political economy, sustainability, and human resources. By critically reviewing these social and economic challenges in a global scale, the book helps to create a comprehensive view of future tourism in the unfolding and challenging society of the third millennium.This innovative and significant volume will be valTrade Review"a useful contribution to the literature on the nature and direction of tourism and a balance to some of the current simplistic statements often made about tourism, present and future." – Richard Butler, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, published in Annals of Leisure researchTable of Contents1. Introduction: What Future for Tourism? Part 1: Global Changes and Their Impact on Future Tourism 2. "Peak Oil" Confronts Society and Tourism: A Futuristic View 3. The Political Economy of Future Tourism Part 2: Political and Social Trends and Future Tourism 4. Security and the Future of Tourism 5. Wellbeing, Equity, Sustainable Development and Social Tourism in Twenty-first Century Europe 6. Shapers and Shifters for the Future of Travel and Tourism 7. Tourism and Quality of Life 8. Through a Glass Darkly: The Future of Tourism is Personal Part 3: Managerial Issues and Future Tourism 9. Tourism in a Technology-Dependent World 10. Human Resource Issues in the New Millennium 11. Sustainability: An Issue for the Tourism Industry in the New Millennium 12. Tomorrow’s Tourist and the Case Study of New Zealand Part 4: Concluding Thoughts 13. Future Tourism: Where to Now?
£45.99
McGraw-Hill Education When in Germany Do as the Germans Do 2nd Edition
Book Synopsis Transform yourself from a typical tourist into a connoisseur of German culture! Do you want to travel to Deutschland without feeling like a Dummkopf! To blend in when visiting Berlin? To feel like you belong in Bavaria? When in Germany, Do as the Germans Do makes it simple to navigate the narrow streets of an Alpine village unnoticed or to go to a movie in Munich without turning heads. With this crash course in German customs and heritage, youâll avoid embarrassing blunders and enrich your travel experience. Packed with 120 articles, this handy collection of cultural dos and donâts covers a broad range of topics, including food, art, pop culture, politics, business, entertainment, home life, history, and education. In these pages youâll find authoritative answers to questions such as: âAt a restaurant, should I find my own table or wait t
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Turkay Yildiz Optimization of Logistics
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Wool Industry a Global History
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Amberley Publishing Brunel in Cornwall
Book SynopsisJohn Christopher, an acknowledged expert on Brunel, takes us on a tour of Cornwall, exploring his works in the county. This is the latest in a series of books which are about rediscovering Brunel's works in your area.
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Teacher Created Materials, Inc Building Lighthouses
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Vickers Viscount: The World's First Turboprop
Book SynopsisBy some margin the most successful British medium-range airliner ever produced, the world-beating Viscount was a sublime combination of Vickers' state-of-the-art postwar design and Rolls-Royce's cutting-edge power-plant technology, both companies being at the very peak of their powers during the type's genesis and evolution. Tracing its origins back to the wartime Brabazon Committee, the Viscount was one of several designs from various British aircraft manufacturers produced to fulfill the committee's specifications for a fast, economical short- to medium-range airliner to satisfy the demands of the burgeoning postwar civil aviation market, which was predicted to grow at a healthy rate over the following decades. Vickers' chief designer and Managing Director George Edwards was quick to respond, the result being the Dart turboprop-powered Vickers V.630, which made its first flight in July 1948, despite its future looking uncertain after British European Airways having twenty examples of ordered its chief rival, Airspeed's Ambassador, six months before. The Viscount nevertheless entered full service with BEA in 1953, much to the relief of its manufacturer, orders flooding in thereafter from numerous airlines -- and air forces -- all over the world. Ultimately, some 200 individual airlines, companies and organizations in more than eighty countries operated the dependable and, crucially, development-friendly Viscount over its long and distinguished career. This book tells the full story of the world's first turboprop airliner, from its Brabazon Committee beginnings, through its early flight trials program and entry into service, to its almost unassailable position as the world's number one medium-haul turboprop, including its astonishing breakthrough in the USA, where it single-handedly broke the big American manufacturers' stranglehold on the airliner market. The type's military career is also covered, as is its construction; also included in this volume are details of the numerous variants produced and those of the 444 built still surviving as exhibits today, along with twenty-four superb artworks by world-renowned aviation illustrator Juanita Franzi.
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CarTech Inc Drag Racing in the 1960s: The Evolution In Race
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CarTech Inc Corvette Concept Cars: Developing America’s
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David Miles-Hanschell Diary of a Shipping Clerk - Volume 1
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£14.25
Key Publishing Ltd Class 66: 3/4/7/8
Book SynopsisThis second volume to cover the Class 66 takes a look at the Fastline/Direct Rail Services/Colas-operated Class 66/3/4/8/7 locos that were delivered during the mid to late 2000s. This was a time when most of the current locos in use with Freightliner and English Welsh & Scottish (EWS) were Class 66s and were tried and tested as reliable locos. Direct Rail Services closely followed EWS and Freightliner and very soon it ordered one batch, then another, then another, until the total was 34. However, DRS later sold the first 20 locos to both GB Railfreight and Freightliner and were left with just 14 locos that they continue to operate to the present day (late 2021). Production numbers of the Class 66/3 only totalled five locos and lasted only a short while (2008-2010) when these five were taken on by DRS. The Class 66/8s also only numbered five locos and these supplement the Class 70s on various work around the UK. This volume covers the locos from their early days up to the present time at various locations around the UK, with a special focus towards the south and its beautiful landscapes.
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Key Publishing Ltd Bradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years and
Book SynopsisBradford trolleybuses were the first and the last' in the UK - first introduced in 1911 and last used in 1972. With only one flat road out of the centre, appropriately called Canal Road, Bradford city centre is in a bowl' surround by 200 to 400 metre hills. Therefore, the operating environment in Bradford was perfect for quiet passenger transport that soared up the hills that surround the city. This book focuses on the 50th anniversary year of 1961, and the 19 variations of trolleybuses used in that year are illustrated along with a fleet history from 1934 (many 1934 chassis were still working in 1961). It also details the second-hand trolleybuses Bradford bought after 1951 and the extensive rebuilding and rebodying programmes that ran from 1944. The changes in livery are fully explained and illustrated, with a look at the fleet bought new and those bought from other operators, and the depot structure and service vehicles used to maintain the network are also covered. Finally, the route history and development from 1911 is fully detailed. With over 180 images, this book, the first of two volumes on Bradford trolleybuses, showcases the trolleybuses at work on different routes around the city, returning them to their heyday of 1961.
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Key Publishing Ltd Metroline
Book SynopsisWhen London Buses Ltd's subsidiary companies were privatised in 1994, northwest London-based Metroline passed to its management. The company promptly took over Atlas Bus in 1995 and then n doubling its size in 1998 with the acquisition of neighbouring MTL London. A new livery of red with a deep blue skirt set Metroline apart from its rivals, and in 2000 a powerful but unusually hands-off patron was secured with the company's sale to Delgro (later ComfortDelgro) of Singapore.Since then, Metroline has held its own as a dependable TfL contractor, continuing to expand with the acquisition of Thorpes and Armchair in 2004 and pulling off an even bigger coup in 2013 when First London's western portfolio was acquired as Metroline West. In terms of vehicles, the London Transport inheritance had all gone by 2004 and low-floor purchases moved to hybrids, including Borismasters, and now to electric buses.With over 250 colour pictures, this book is the first of a new series that explores the major
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Stenlake Publishing Wheels Around Stirlingshire
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Bellcode Books Kingston-Upon-Hull: Images of a Rich Transport
Book SynopsisOver 200 superb black and white photos depicting the rich and varied forms of transport to be seen in Kingston-Upon-Hull during the 20th century. Illustrated are trams, buses, electric trolley buses, steam trains, the docks as they once were, the wonderful paddle steamers that plied the Humber estuary before the bridge was built, the steamships that sailed between Hull's town docks and the Continent plus barges on the River Hull, trawlers, tugs and other support vessels. The bus pictures especially incorporate fascinating views of the city streets before and after destruction by bombing in the second world war. The author also relates his own experiences of the Hull transport scene.Table of ContentsThere is no specified contents table but the order is as follows: Page 4 On the Roads(trams, trolley buses and motor buses); Page 43 On the Rails; Page 97 On the Water.
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NEWBY BOOKS CAR REGISTRATION GUIDE
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Japonica Press Versatile Tractors: A Farm Boy's Dream
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£21.80
Strathwood Ltd STEAM'S LAMENT Bulleid's Light Pacifics
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Key Publishing Ltd Western Class Locomotives: A Tribute
Book SynopsisUnusually for a large class of locomotives, all Western Class locomotives had the same prefix which gave them a unique identity. Redesignated as Class 52 in the early 1970s, they were essentially designed by and for the Western Region, which saw hydraulic transmission as the way forward in replacing the 4-6-0 steam locomotives that Swindon had produced. However, the rest of British Rail went down the road of electric transmission as the mistakes of the wholesale lunge into dieselisation came to fruition, and when BR opted for a standard policy the Western Region was forced to comply. It was in 1967 that the death warrant for the hydraulics was signed, though it would take more than a decade to finally end the hydraulic era. Illustrated with full-color photographs of all 74 of the Western Class locomotives, on a variety of workings that illustrate their versatility, this nostalgic volume gives a portrait of a much-loved, but short-lived, class of locomotive. 150 illustrations
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PLATFORM 5 PUBLISHING LTD Railways Of Kent In The 21St Century
Book SynopsisKent boasts an incredibly varied landscape. From the metropolis of London and the industrialised Thames Estuary, the county then unfolds into The Garden of England with its rolling hills, distinctive oast houses and iconic landmarks like the white cliffs. Kent also has its fair share of railway interest, as most of its lines survived the closures of the 20th century, HS1 now speeds its way to the English Channel and it has a diverse collection of heritage railways. Highly accomplished railway photographer and author David Staines explores the region's railways across the first 25 years of the 21st century using more than 180 superb images that feature a surprisingly varied selection of traction. The photographs are complemented by extensive captions which are packed full of historical, social and railway-related information. 128 pages. A4 size.
£23.95
Motorbooks International How to Restore Your Datsun Z-Car: Covers Datsun 240Z, 260Z, and 280Z
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Insight Editions Silver Surfers
Book SynopsisThe late Neil Peart, legendary drummer for the iconic rock band Rush, shares one last love letter to his beloved classic car collection and gives readers a glimpse of his lifelong passion for cars in this extraordinary collection.For Neil Peart, legendary drummer for Rush, cars were a lifelong passion. Now, in Neil''s final work—a never-before-seen piece completed before his untimely passing in 2020—he writes about his beloved Silver Surfers collection; the joy of collecting these exquisite, rare, and important sports cars, and the even bigger joy of driving them. He first traces the roots of his auto obsession, taking us back to where it all began, with a 1969 Lotus Europa; through the cars he bought when the band first made it big and even his first “family car,” before taking us on a tour of the Silver Surfers themselves—a rare collection of the best sports cars from the 1960s. From a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 to a classic 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, each is a gorgeous silver (with the exception of one: a black 1964 Shelby Cobra whose patina Neil loved so much he wrote, “I am not going to paint it”). Gorgeous images of the cars and photos curated by Neil himself accompany his warm, personal story of building the collection, the friends he made along the way, and what it was like to be behind the wheel of these classics. Neil’s final work is a love letter to these cars that meant so much to him, and to the passion of the road that fueled his life.
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The History Press Ltd Telling Aircraft Tails
Book SynopsisThe stories of 40 important aircraft reveal the many changes across the post-war British aviation industry
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Rizzoli International Publications Cycling Atlas North America
Book SynopsisFeaturing majestic scenery and dramatic panoramas, these carefully selected tours represent the most beautiful places to pedal throughout North America for both seasoned and novice cyclists featuring the groundbreaking user-sourced mapping technology of the Strava app.
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University of Toronto Press Urban Transportation Financing
Book SynopsisThis is an economic analysis of pricing and subsidy policies for urban roads and urban public transit in Ontario. Professor Frankena demonstrates the benefits of evaluating the economic merits of policy alternatives, and attempts to determine whether existing policies waste resources or lead to undesirable income transfers among different groups in the population.He concludes that resources are being wasted because the use of urban roads is substantially underpriced during periods of peak demand. He also finds that while there are sound economic justifications for substantial public transit subsidies, the allocation of subsidies by the Ontario government on the basis of capital expenditures can be expected to waste resources, as can the maximization of ridership which is likely to lead to detrimental fare and service policies.In conclusion, Frankena suggests improvements in the systems for charging people for the use of roads and public transit and in the ways that gov
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NTC Publishing Group,U.S. World Mythology
Book SynopsisOffers 59 of the world's great myths - including selections from "The Iliad and the Odyssey", "Beowulf", "King Arthur" and "Quetzalcoatl". Each myth is accompanied by an introduction that offers historical background and suggests avenues for literary analysis.
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Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S. Rolling Homes
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd How Great Cities Happen
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘In an urban age disrupted by pandemics, war, economic crisis, and a failing global ecology, the second edition of How Great Cities Happen could not have come at a more important time. Its insightful lessons from urban policy making and governance in a variety of global cities, including the authors’ home town of Melbourne, extend and improve upon their earlier work. The book presents a very valuable and timely resource for government and citizens and deserves to be widely read and discussed.’ -- Brendan Gleeson, The University of Melbourne, Australia‘A timely and important contribution on some of the most vexing challenges facing cities today. Pathways are laid for creating low-carbon, affordable, and socially just places drawing lessons from some of the world’s best designed and livable cities, including Vancouver, Malmö, Melbourne, and London. A must read for progressive-minded urban planners.’ -- Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US‘This second edition provides topical and invaluable evidence for everyone concerned about the future and sustainability of cities, whether they are planners, researchers, politicians or residents.’ -- Richard D. Knowles, University of Salford, Manchester, UK and Founding Editor, Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Why this book? 2. What constitutes a ‘good city’: some case studies 3. Economic influences on strategic land use transport policy and planning 4. Land use and transport designed to meet social needs 5. A neighbourhood structured for children and youth 6. Housing affordability: a major problem for many cities 7. The environmental interface of cities 8. Governance 9. Funding 10. Putting an integrated land use transport strategy together References Index
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Arcadia Publishing Chicago Trolleys Images of Rail
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Made for Walking – Density and Neighborhood Form
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Urban Logistics: Planning and
Book SynopsisUrban logistics has been a subject of interest to researchers and practitioners for more than 20 years in France and Europe, and more than 40 in the United States. Nevertheless, the subject remains difficult to address by a lack of unification in the definitions and proposed methods but also by what makes its great richness: the diversity of actors and the pluridisciplinarity of the methods and techniques available.This book, which synthesizes more than 10 years of personal research on the subject, but also experience within different teams and projects, intends to bring a unified vision (and more and more followed at the international level) on logistics planning Urban development. It begins with an overview of research in urban logistics and then describes and defines the main components: flows, actors, infrastructures, management components, technologies, regulations and financing actions. A unified vision of these elements as well as the definition of sustainable urban logistics is proposed.Then, the book presents the basics of planning and managing sustainable urban logistics. First, the basics of the before-after analysis are introduced, not only for the experiments but also for the simulation of scenarios. To carry out this type of analysis, two main groups of methods are needed: methods for estimating flows and methods for calculating evaluation indicators. The book presents the main global standards and dominant models for the estimation of the urban freight transport demand, i.e. of freight transport needs in urban areas. Then it presents the methods for estimating and simulating transport and distribution schemes (i.e. transport supply) as well as a proposal for integrated supply-demand modeling. All these methods are presented for immediate application to practitioners, accompanied by summary tables and parameters necessary for their implementation.As far as evaluation is concerned, the book presents a framework for the choice of sustainable indicators and scorecards. Second, the main methods for economic, environmental, social and accessibility assessment are presented. They are accompanied by tables and figures necessary for their implementation. Finally, the main applications of the proposed methods are introduced. The book is meant to be a practical guide to applying the main methods from scientific research to a practical context, and presents examples of quantified and explained application. It is thus the first book that summarizes and presents the main unified methods to help the different decision-makers to implement them in their actions of planning and management of the urban logistics and the transport of goods in town.Table of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1. Where Are We After 20 Years of Urban Logistics? 1 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. The valorization of research in urban logistics: French and international approaches 7 1.3. From research to practice: a plethora of projects, initiatives and their practical application 14 1.3.1. France 23 1.3.2. Italy 25 1.3.3. Southern Europe (Spain, Greece, Portugal and other countries of Mediterranean Europe) 27 1.3.4. Germany 30 1.3.5. Belgium and the Netherlands 32 1.3.6. The United Kingdom 33 1.3.7. Northern Europe (Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark) 33 1.3.8. North America 34 1.3.9. Asia-Pacific Region 35 1.3.10. South America 36 1.3.11. Other regions of the world 37 1.4. Key questions in the quantitative and qualitative identification of urban logistics 38 Chapter 2. A Unified Definition of Sustainable Urban Logistics 43 2.1. The components of sustainability 43 2.2. The flows considered in urban freight transport 49 2.3. The stakeholders involved and their interests 52 2.3.1. Introduction 52 2.3.2. The urban logistics interests of these two categories of stakeholders 54 2.4. Visions for sustainable urban logistics 56 2.4.1. The main definitions of urban logistics 56 2.4.2. Vision of collective utility versus individual profitability 58 2.5. A unified definition of sustainable urban logistics 60 Chapter 3. The Evaluation, Assessment and Analysis of Scenarios as Decision-Making Tools 65 3.1. Assessment and evaluation in urban logistics: a body of work with little unification? 65 3.2. The role of scenario construction in assessments and evaluations 71 3.3. Before–after assessments 73 3.4. Proposal of a methodological framework for the assessment and evaluation of the impacts of sustainable urban logistics 76 Chapter 4. Estimating Inter-establishment Flows 83 4.1. Data collection and modeling: close links but not homogeneous 83 4.2. Methodological proposal 94 4.3. Demand generation 96 4.4. Demand distribution models 101 4.5. The construction of routes and distances 106 Chapter 5. The Estimation of Other Urban Freight Transport Flows 121 5.1. Estimating end consumer and urban management flows: a topic less studied, but nevertheless more standardized 121 5.2. Estimating household purchasing activities 125 5.2.1. Some general information on household purchasing activities 125 5.2.2. Proposed methodology 132 5.2.3. Shopping trip generation 133 5.2.4. Distribution of purchase trips: the gravity model 137 5.2.5. Construction of shopping trip chains 139 5.3. Estimating delivery routes to households and delivery depots 143 5.4. Estimation of urban management flows 145 Chapter 6. Estimating and Modeling Change in Urban Logistics 147 6.1. Aims, goals and principles of modeling change in urban logistics 147 6.2. Examples of assessments and analyses using change modeling 151 6.2.1. Modeling the changes induced by the introduction of the SimplyCité UCC to Saint-Étienne 151 6.2.2. Modeling the change(s) brought about by restricting access to the city center 154 6.2.3. Modeling the change brought about by new forms of e-commerce 156 6.3. Generalizing the examples of overall change modeling framework 157 6.4. The importance of solution probleming in change analysis 159 Chapter 7. Indicators and Dashboards for the Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Logistics 165 7.1. The need to evaluate sustainable urban logistics for the definition of dashboards 165 7.2. Methodological proposals 168 7.2.1. The “expert network” method 171 7.2.2. The co-constructive consensus method 173 7.3. Examples of use 177 7.4. Inputs and limitations of the proposed methodology 182 Chapter 8. Estimating the Impact of Sustainable Urban Logistics 185 8.1. Introduction 185 8.2. Economic evaluation 186 8.2.1. Estimating the direct costs of transportation and storage 187 8.2.2. Analysis of margin on variable costs 189 8.2.3. Cost–benefit analysis 193 8.2.4. Example uses of economic valuation methods 198 8.3. Methods for estimating environmental impacts 205 8.3.1. Main methods for estimating environmental impacts 205 8.3.2. Introduction to life cycle analysis 207 8.4. Spatial indicators: centrality, inequality, attractiveness and accessibility 213 8.4.1. Service level indicators 214 8.4.2. Distance and cost indicators 216 8.4.3. Gravitational indicators 217 8.5. Practical considerations of indicator estimation methods 220 Conclusion 225 Bibliography 231 Index 279
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Consumer Logistics: Surfing the Digital Wave
Book SynopsisDigital technology has changed the way we work, socialize, shop, play and learn. This book offers a stimulating exploration of how digitization has begun transforming the prevailing global logistics system into a self-service and sharing economy, and ultimately provides a vision of the monumental changes likely to overflow into the business landscape.Consumer Logistics thoughtfully assesses the challenges posed to businesses as the Internet of Things, 3D printing and other yet-to-come technologies start to connect humans and physical objects in forms that will further transform lifestyles. Through a review of the evolutionary journey of logistics management, this book argues that the fourth wave of global logistics is fast giving way to the fifth wave of consumer logistics, which will see consumers adapt to the seamless offline-online purchasing experience brought by Omnichannel Retailing. By considering how logistics and digital technologies will interact to redefine consumer logistics, Peter J. Rimmer and Booi Hon Kam argue that this outcome is likely to reflect the character of the sixth great logistics wave: personal logistics.Thought-provoking, and contemporary in topic, this book will be of great value to business people interested in future trends, logistics professionals and operators, as well as academics and students worldwide working on logistics, supply chains and digital transformations.Trade Review'Cost reduction has driven previous waves of logistics innovation - from distribution management, to collaborative practices across firms, to the creation of global supply chain networks - but Rimmer and Kam argue that consumer demands will drive new logistics innovations. Localization, flexible production, and consumer choice are in, while supplier-focused, global supply chains are out. Companies that adapt their logistics processes to the new reality will survive and prosper; those that do not will meet their demise.' --Martin Dresner, University of Maryland, College Park, US'Consumer Logistics: Surfing the Digital Wave provides thought provoking insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by omnichannel approaches and Industry 4.0 which are currently revolutionising supply chains. The book utilises both practitioner and academic insights into how the ''digital wave'' is impacting logistics and creating value for organisations and consumers. This book should be a starting point for organisations reflecting on logistics and supply chain strategy, I found it raised many questions and ideas that supply chain professionals will need to consider in the coming years. The digital wave is a tough wave to surf and is constantly shifting, this book provides a useful starting point for those about to get wet!' --Richard Wilding OBE, Cranfield School of Management, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Surf’s Up 2. Four Great Logistics Waves 3. Three Disruptive Digital Trends 4. Consumer Logistics 1.0 5. Consumer Logistics 2.0 6. 6 A Sixth Wave: Personal Logistics? Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Pains on Trains: A Commuter's Guide to the 50
Book SynopsisPains on Trains is the perfect way to take the tedium out of commuting, guaranteed to become as indispensable to the seasoned traveller as the blow-up pillow and water sterilising tablets. In Pains on Trains, Andrew Holmes and Matthew Reeves set their sights on the scourge of the modern office worker - other office workers who clog up trains, buses, boats and planes with their annoying habits and depressing clothes. Pains on Trains is dedicated to the rush-hour veteran and consists of a 'pain-spotting' guide to the very worst people you meet on your daily commute. Each painful character is illustrated in their usual context and supported by a short narrative.Trade Review"…start ‘pain spotting’ and put the fun back in to commuting…" (Publishing News, 12 September 2003) "…A new book Pains on Trains offers advice on taking it all [irritating commuters] in your stride..."(Daily Mirror, 24 October 2003) "…hugely funny…" (Oxford Mail, 31 October 2003) "…Pains on trains is a hugely funny and brilliantly Observed look at the different types of people…" (Edinburgh Evening News, 1 November 2003) "…hugely funny…" (Cambridge Evening News, 8 November 2003) "…hysterically accurate…" (Southern Daily Echo, 8 November 2003) "…brilliantly observed…" (East Anglian Daily Times, November 2003) "…hysterically accurate…with wonderful descriptions and illustrations…" (Irish News (Belfast), 1 November 2003) "....I like to think of myself as fairly curmudgeonly, though I am mild-mannered compared to Andrew Holmes and Matthew Reeves who have produced a book called Pains on Trains...this consists of 50 different types of people who annoy the authors on trains..." (The Guardian, April 2006)Table of ContentsPreface 6 Acknowledgements 8 Trial by Commuting 10 The Beggar 16 The Belligerent 20 The Born in a Stable 24 The Broadsheet 28 The City Boy 32 The Clique 36 The Creative 40 The Deadbeat 44 The Death Breath 48 The Double Seater 52 The Drunk 56 The Engager 60 The Enquirer 64 The Family 68 The Fast Fooder 72 The Flamboyant Groin 76 The Gadget 80 The Gaggle 84 The Group 88 The Hero 92 The High-flier 96 The Late Starter 100 The Lovers 104 The Make Up Artist 108 The Mammoth 112 The Mobile Phoner 116 The New Worker 120 The Night Clubbers 124 The Nose Picker 128 The Nutter 132 The Over Your Shoulder 136 The Pervert 140 The Phantom Farter 144 The Reservist 148 The Ritualist 152 The Sardine Packer 156 The Sleeper 160 The Social Climber 164 The Spinster 168 The Starer 172 The Stinker 176 The Stretcher 180 The Territorialist 184 The Texter 188 The Toff 192 The Train Timer 196 The Traveller 200 The Vomiter 204 The Wheeled Caser 108 The Youth 212 Afterword 216
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Octopus Publishing Group Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual
Book SynopsisExperience the world by train alongside best-selling travel writer Tom Chesshyre, as he takes a whistle-stop tour around the globe in 49 unique journeys Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel - on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of ride, from steam locomotives to bullet trains, meeting a cast of memorable characters who share a passion for train travel. Join him on the rails and off the beaten track as he embarks on an exhilarating whistle-stop tour around the globe, on journeys on celebrated trains and railways including:- India's famed toy train - Sri Lanka's Reunification Express - The Indian Pacific across the Australian outback - The Shanghai maglev - And the picturesque rail journeys of the Scottish Highlands Plus trains through Kosovo, North Macedonia, Turkey, Iran, Finland, Russia, America and France, with short interludes in North Korea, Italy, Poland, Peru, Switzerland, England and Lithuania. All aboard!Trade ReviewFunny and illuminating from Crewe to Korea, Ticket to Ride is a hugely entertaining account of the author's travels on the rails the world over - chance encounters fly like sparks * Sara Wheeler *Tom's ticket certainly scores all the best rides: fast rides and slow ones, short trips and long ones. But most important are the names: why would any trainspotter (let alone a gricer) pass up the Reunification Express or, even better the Orient Express, for a mere airplane? * Tony Wheeler *Like mini-odysseys, Chesshyre's railway journeys are by turns gentle and awesome, and full of surprises * John Gimlette *Trains, dry wit, more trains, evocative descriptions, more trains, fascinating people and more trains - what is there not to like? * Christian Wolmar *Affectionate * Wanderlust Magazine *This is an engaging, enjoyable and warm-hearted book that will appeal as much to general readers as to lovers of trains... Recommended. * Simon Bradley, author of The Railways *Amusing and insightful book * E&T Magazine *Evocative mix of thrill rides and gentle journeys worldwide. Even if locomotives and rolling stock leave you cold, you'll enjoy the author's trademark dry humour. * World of Cruising Magazine *
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PM Press Riding More With Less: A Future for Bike Repair
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ECW Press,Canada At The Crossroads: Middle America and the Battle
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McGraw-Hill Education The McGrawHill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe The McGrawHill Desk Reference for Editors Writers
Book SynopsisPacked with customizable editing tools--this practical, up-to-date reference includes the latest on writing and editing onlineThe McGraw-Hill Desk Reference for Editors, Writers, and Proofreaders is an indispensable resource for writers, editors, proofreaders, and virtually everyone responsible for crafting clear, polished writing. Ideal for professionals and novices alike, it guides you through the entire proofreading and editing process and features a CD-ROM with more than 25 interactive tools and checklists.This all-in-one package offers style sheet templates, a list of editorâs symbols, comprehensive editing and proofreading checklists, and guides to commonly misspelled and confused words. It also presents advice on electronically editing and proofreading for the Web.
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited Transport Economic Theory
Book SynopsisAims to provide the basic concepts and tools for the economic analysis of transport systems, with emphasis on the behaviour of users and operators. This book focuses on the behavior of users and operators outside of traditional economic behavior theory. It includes time and space as a distinctive feature of transport economics.Trade ReviewI congratulate Sergio Jara-Diaz on the publication of Transport Economic Theory. This book addresses the fundamental economic questions of how to design and evaluate transportation projects and price transportation services. It is a definitive and concise exposition of the applicable economic theory of resource valuation and allocation, and adds to that theory in the areas of spatial technology and the valuation of benefits from public projectsA". Sergio's book provides a solid theoretical foundation for the principles that, if employed in transportation planning and policy choices, will improve transportation systems and the lives of consumers who use them.A" Daniel L. McFadden, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of California, Berkeley. This is a book that is well overdue that finally integrates, in such a poetic way, the important contribution to transport microeconomic theory that Sergio Jara-Diaz has made over the last 25 years. A serious student of transport economics, admittedly one with some appreciation of essential mathematical tools, will find this book essential reading, almost the status of a primer. It is rich in structure and content but, most importantly, flows naturally as the author builds up the theoretical toolkit in economic theories of production, cost, demand, valuation and pricing. The emphasis on space and time is crucial to transport economics and Sergio Jara-Diaz is a master of the craft in developing, demonstrating and convincing everyone of the way in which space and time should be built into the theory of transport economics. It is worth investing time in reading this book, since it will save time in having to wade through the enormous literature in the journals and other books. This book has reset the benchmark in scholarship in transport economicsA". Professor David A. Hensher FASSA, Director, Faculty of Economics and Business, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney.Table of ContentsTransport production and cost structure. Travel Demand and Value of Time. Valuation of users' benefits in transport systems. Optimal Transport Pricing. Prelims.
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Hardpress Publishing The Governors Guide a Manual for Masters of Union Workhouses 1
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Hardpress Publishing Life of George Stephenson Railway Engineer
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iUniverse Bus Driver Discipline On The Road As Youre Rolling Lets Keep This Bus Rolling For The Love Of The Kids
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iUniverse Thunderhead Alliance Guide to Complete Streets Campaigns For Thunderhead Alliance Member Organizations March 2006
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David & Charles Narrow Boat Painting
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