Kenneth Button

Handbook of logistics and supply-chain management

This volume contains commissioned refereed papers that cover the main elements of transport logistics. The authors were selected from around the world and asked to provide critiques of their subject areas as well as a review of the state of the art and case study examples.

Meta-analysis in environmental economics

Preface. Part A: Meta-Analysis and Environmental Policy Evaluation. 1. Environmental Policy Evaluation. 2. Meta-Approaches to Environmental Policy Assessment. 3. Meta-Approaches: Methodological Remarks. 4. Review of Meta-Analysis with Applications to Economics. Part B: Methodology of Meta-Analysis in Environmental Economics. 5. Statistical Meta-Analysis. 6. Measurement and Uncertainty Issues in Environmental Economics and Decision Analysis. 7. Basic Principles of Rough Set Analysis. 8. Technical Issues in Rough Set Analysis. Part C: Application of Meta-Analysis to Environmental Case Studies. 9. Multiplier Effects in Tourist Regions. 10. Air Quality and Property Value. 11. Working Conditions in Industrial Sectors: Valuations of Life. 12. Effectiveness of Pesticide Price Policies in Agriculture. 13. Effectiveness of Traffic Restraint Policies. 14. Impacts of Mobility and Transport Policy. Part D: Conclusions and Guidelines. 15. Summary Conclusions and Guidelines. Index. References.

Handbook of Transport and the Environment

Devoted to the environmental impacts of transport. This work looks at the various aspects of the subject such as environmental concepts, both physical and economic. It also examines environmental concerns such as: global warming, air quality, noise, safety, amenity, and severance; political settings and policies; and more.

High-technology employment and hub airports

Deregulation of the US domestic air transport market in 1978 brought significant benefits to air travelers. The scheduled airlines have been given the freedom to improve their efficiency through being able to adopt efficient network strategies and more effective operating practices. This study examines empirically the advantages enjoyed by those passengers having access to a major hub airport. These often include more direct services, more frequent services and a wider range of interconnecting destinations. We seek to examine the benefits that local urban areas enjoy as the result of a major airline selecting the region as the fulcrum point for its hub-and-spoke services.

SOCIAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT.

Abstract There are important social changes that are influencing the way transport is now viewed. In particular, there are concerns that current trends in transport are not sustainable over the long term. This paper describes some of the main forces for social change and the way that they interact with transportation. It highlights a number of key areas were conceptual research work could prove advantageous and considers institutional mechanisms that would foster, in particular, transatlantic initiatives in these fields.

Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control

Discusses transport systems and the implementation of related public policy - a relevant topic with contemporary traffic congestion, environmental intrusion, transport safety, and budget issues. This is a useful resource for both experienced researchers and those new to the field.

City management and urban environmental indicators

Abstract Cities are complex and dynamic entities. They are also nodes in spatial economic, social and political geographical networks. They are focal points for many of the concerns that underlay current debates about sustainable development. The aim of this paper is to focus on the local environmental effects of urbanization and to consider ways in which they may be effectively treated within the confines of an isolated city context and more generally when urban areas are seen as part of a wider economic system. Particular attention is focused on information systems of all types and on feedback mechanisms (including automatic mechanisms) which help, in particular, the integration of economic and environmental considerations at the urban level. The underlying question being posed is that of deciding on the role that urban indicators (both economic and environmental) can play in assisting to improve the management of cities. The points made are general and conceptual rather than being of a quantitative and empirical nature. There is no effort to try and provide comment on the existing indicators which various urban actors use in their efforts to manage urban affairs.

Debunking some common myths about airport hubs

Much of the passenger air transportation market is served through hub-and-spoke operations with traffic being funneled through a number of major airports. This system has come under attack as protective of the airlines that center their operations on large hubs and is often as result, seen as not serving the public interest. This paper looks at some of the arguments that have been laid against the hub-and-spoke system. It does not offer a balanced perspective in that there are many problems with the system that are not touched upon here, but rather it seeks to question some of the economic logic that has been used to attack the hub-and-spoke structure. While the issues extend to many air transportation markets, the focus here is primarily on the US domestic situation.

Transport and industrial and commercial location.

This paper concerns itself with looking at the importance of transport and related infrastructure on the occupancy of new building and premises. Much regional and urban policy focuses on the importance of land use and building availability as an attraction for industrial and commercial growth. Such facilities, however, provide only one form of infrastructure and this study looks at the influence of local transport quality on the exploitation of new premises. It draws upon a large survey of new premises in the Strathclyde region of Scotland for its empirical content and uses multivariate analysis to link infrastructure provision to other spatial attributes which are important in stimulating local economic development.

Regional variations in the irregular economy: A study of possible trends

Button K. J. (1984) Regional variations in the irregular economy, Reg. Studies 18, 385–392. This short paper presents an empirical investigation of the factors which produce regional variations in ...