Information on "Transport History"
March 2010
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19 Mar 2010
Transport Policy in 2010: a Rough Guide
Author: Louise Butcher, Fintan Codd, Rachael Harker
Publisher: House of Commons Library
This paper is intended to give Members of Parliament, their staff and the public an overall idea of the framework for making transport policy at international, national, regional and local level. More on «Transport Policy in 2010: a Rough Guide»
November 2009
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17 Nov 2009
The 'New' Panama Canal
Author: María Gemma Prieto
Publisher: Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies
This analysis sums up the history of and the present and future plans for the Panama Canal. More on «The 'New' Panama Canal»
January 2007
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2007
The Role of Freight Transport in Economic Development
Author: Poul Ove Pedersen
Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This paper discusses the paradox that freight transport has almost vanished from the mainstream economic geography and development studies since the 1970s and is less often mentioned in studies of international industrial development and global commo... More on «The Role of Freight Transport in Economic Development»
February 2005
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Feb 2005
Development of African Freight Transport: The Case of Kenya
Author: Patrick O. Alila, Meleckidzedeck Khayesi, Walter Odhiambo, Poul Ove Pedersen
Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This paper discusses the development of the African freight transport system using the example of Kenya. More on «Development of African Freight Transport: The Case of Kenya»
January 2005
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2005
International Transport Corridors at the Conjunction of Geography and Politics in Russia
Author: Katri Pynnöniemi
Publisher: Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
This paper examines the development of international transport corridors in Russia. More on «International Transport Corridors at the Conjunction of Geography and Politics in Russia»


