Transportation infrastructure : assessment, management and challenges / editors, Saúl Antonio Obregón Biosca, Engineering Faculty, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Obregón Biosca, Saúl Antonio, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation.

Transportation--Social aspects.

Transportation--Management.

Other Title:

Transportation Infrastructure

Place of Publication:

Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated

Summary:

"The transport infrastructure generates benefits in efficiency and interchange of goods and people. The increase of accessibility induced by transport infrastructure in a region causes employment growth, which causes a more positive economic future for the affected area by the infrastructure. The purpose of this book is presented to the practitioners, researchers and students as a comprehensive framework around the transport infrastructure for the following: i. Transport infrastructure, their economic influence and the territorial transformation. ii. The active mobility infrastructure, the design and the habitat influence in urban areas. iii. The fundamentals and main approaches around road infrastructure and pavement management. iv. The fundamentals and main approaches around road infrastructure, pavement design, assessment and management in road and airport pavement. v. An approach toward the assessment and management of railway infrastructure and the urban policies of tram systems in Europe. The transport infrastructure diversity presented in this book offers a valuable and representative point of view concerning its importance, considering the assessment aspects, management and especially the challenges in the field."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Transport: accessibility, urban development and mobility / Saúl Antonio Obregón Biosca, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México

The experience of active mobility and its contributions to urban habitability / Avatar Flores-Gutiérrez, PhD, Guillermo I. López-Domínguez, MD, and Verónica Leyva-Picazo, MD, Graduate and Undergraduate Program of Architecture, Faculty of Engenieering, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ), Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico

Advanced assessment and strategic management of paved road networks: the case of Costa Rica's national road network / José D. Rodríguez-Morera and Luis G. Loría-Salazar, PhD, LanammeUCR, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Airport pavement management / Mauricio Centeno, PhD, Soluciones e Ingeniería en Vías Terrestres S.A. de C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Effective assessment and management of railway infrastructure for competitiveness and sustainability / José A. Romero Navarrete, Frank Otremba and Saúl Antonio Obregón Biosca, Queretaro Autonomous University, México, and others

Urban policies for sustainable mobility: the return of the tram to Barcelona / Pere Macias, Antonio Gonzalez, Abel Ortego, Elisabet Roca, Robert Vergés, Josep Mercadé, Joan Moreno, Alessandro Scarnato, Ana Moreno, Jesús Arcos, Clement Guibert, Marianna Faver, Ethienne Lhomet and Míriam Villares, Strategic Director, Tram Connexion Project, Barcelona City Council, and others.

ISBN:

1-5361-4060-0