Transportation networks and the optimal location of human activities : a numerical geography approach / Isabelle Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Isabelle, 1956-

Series:

Transport economics, management, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Management--Mathematical models.

Transportation.

Industrial location--Mathematical models.

Industrial location.

Physical Description:

xiv, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : E. Elgar, [2002]

Contents:

1.2 The optimal location problem 5

1.3 The transportation network problem 10

1.4 A geographical perspective 13

1.5 Outline of the book 21

Part I Measuring the Shape of the Transportation Network

2 'Measuring' the shape of a network: state of the art 27

2.2 Network indexing in the literature 31

Part II Location-Allocation Results and the Shape of the Transportation Network

3 Optimal locations and transportation networks: the case of autarky 43

3.2 Definition of the inputs 45

3.3 Results of the simulations 49

3.4 Extension to hexagonal lattices 61

4 Optimal locations and transportation networks: the case of a common market 75

4.2 Model and experiments 78

4.3 Impact of the transportation network on locations 82

4.4 Concluding remarks and policy implications 92

5 Optimal locations of human activities and the permeability of the border in a common market 101

5.2 How far does the permeability of the border influence location-allocation results in a common market? 107

5.3 How far does the existence of an interregional high-speed connection affect location-allocation results in a common market? 119

5.4 Concluding remarks and policy implications 135

Part III Location-Allocation Modelling and the Measure of Distance

6 Distance-predicting functions and location-allocation results 143

6.2 Design of the experiment 145

6.3 Computational experience 150

7 Price policies, transportation networks and location-allocation results 171

7.2 Methodology 173

7.3 Principles of the computational experiment 181

7.4 Experimental results 182

8 Negative externalities and location-allocation results 193

8.2 Design of the experiment 195

8.3 Experimental Results 201

Part IV Land-Use Planning and the Shape of the Transportation Network. Two Real-World Examples

9 Optimal locations of health centres in Niger: rainy season versus dry season accessibility 217

9.2 Background and study area 219

9.3 Modelling results 224

10 Optimal location of a recycling centre in Belgium: externalities versus transportation costs 235

10.2 The model and its inputs 237

10.3 Modelling results 242

11.1 Main results and policy recommendations 251

11.2 Suggestions for further research 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index.

ISBN:

1840647086

OCLC:

48003315