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Strategy and policy for trans-European networks / Debra Johnson, Colin Turner.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Johnson, Debra, 1957-
Contributor:
Turner, Colin, 1967-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
European cooperation.
Transportation--European Union countries--International cooperation.
Transportation.
Telecommunication--European Union countries--International cooperation.
Telecommunication.
Power resources--European Union countries--International cooperation.
Power resources.
International cooperation.
European Union countries.
Physical Description:
xiv, 214 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Summary:
This book examines the development of trans-national infrastructure within the European Union. The evolution of economic integration within the EU has created a requirement for a set of supporting infrastructure networks that meet the needs of the EU in terms of mobility, energy and telecommunications. The requirement for these networks to meet the demands of the evolving EU economy has gone hand in hand with a broadly set process of regime shift in which state-driven development is being supplemented or even replaced by market-driven actions. This represents a new paradigm for development. This text addresses the progress towards this shift and the extent to which it has addressed the broad strategic aims of infrastructure networks.
Contents:
Chapter 1 An Emerging Paradigm for Network Development 1
The emerging network economy and the internationalisation of infrastructure 3
Public policy and infrastructure 8
The shifting network environment: policy and corporate changes 13
A political economy framework for network development 17
Patterns of network development 20
Corporate 20
Control 21
Liberal 22
Strategic 23
Chapter 2 A Development Paradigm for Trans-European Networks 27
Control and fragmentation: the national development of European infrastructure 27
Internationalisation under control: an emerging infrastructure policy for the European Union 29
The emergence of modern TENs: from the Action Plan to the Treaty on European Union 21
The shifting paradigm of network development 34
Industrial policy and the competitive environment 38
The TENs programme and the Lisbon Agenda 40
Internationalisation and the shifting paradigm of infrastructure development in the EU 42
Chapter 3 Transport TENs 48
The emerging mobility gap and European transport trends 51
The evolution of transport TENs policy 56
Roads 67
Rail 71
Inland waterways 75
The maritime sector 80
Airports 83
Stakeholders and strategic responses to transport TENs 85
Public stakeholders: the European Union 87
Public stakeholders: the nation state 87
Public stakeholders: the regions and local authorities 89
Owners and operators of infrastructure 89
Transport and logistics companies 91
Customers and citizens 94
Chapter 4 Trans-European Telecommunication Networks 101
The European information Society 102
An emerging framework for the development of telecommunications infrastructure 104
The starting model 105
The regulatory model (1990-96) 106
Transitional model (1996-97) 106
The fully liberalised model (from 1998) 106
The electronic communications framework 108
Market-driven processes 110
The emergence of pan-European networks 112
The telecoms crisis in Europe 114
The telecoms crisis and the impact on TENs 115
The dilemma of the local loop 117
Mobile network development and the European information economy 119
The challenge to net neutrality 122
Public policy measures towards the development of trans-European telecommunications networks 124
National broadband strategies 127
Conclusion: towards a new framework for the emerging information society 130
Chapter 5 Energy TENs 134
General characteristics of energy networks 135
Evolution of policy towards energy TENs 139
The electricity network 148
The gas network 153
The liberalisation-infrastructure nexus 156
The corporate response 163
Chapter 6 Themes in the Development of the European Network Economy 178
Reflections on the policy/strategy framework 179
Transport 179
Telecoms 181
Energy 183
Regime change in Europe's network sectors: the shifting policy-strategy interface 186
Nodes 186
Services 188
Links 189
Strategic issues 191
Convergence - multi-utilities 191
Technological convergence 192
The rise of the virtual operator 193
Policy issues 194
The global dimension 196
Corporate 197
Policy 198.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-206) and index.
ISBN:
9781403942838
1403942838
OCLC:
72871404

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