Highway Engineering

Highway Engineering
Author: Martin Rogers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2023-07-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119883318

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Understand a foundational area of civil engineering with this up-to-date textbook Highway construction is a complex discipline within civil engineering, with the potential to transform national economies and transportation infrastructures. With car infrastructure coming under both increasing demand and increasing scrutiny for its environmental impact, the challenges and complexities of highway engineering have never been a more vital subject. The future of sustainable transportation depends on an engineering profession with a solid grasp of the fundamentals of highway design and construction. Highway Engineering provides a comprehensive overview of these fundamentals, preparing civil engineers and engineering students to analyze, design, and build highways. Situating its subject in the context of a broader political economy, social and ecological reality, and more, it proceeds in a logical sequence from planning to design to construction to maintenance. The result is a fully up-to-date introduction to this subject at the heart of transport engineering. Readers of the fourth edition of Highway Engineering will also find: Strong integration of material from the UK Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, incorporating recent significant changes in the design of highway pavements Detailed examples and case studies to cultivate deepened understanding Increased attention to the growing importance of non-car-based modes of highway transportation—walking, cycling and public transport. Highway Engineering is essential for engineering students studying civil engineering or transport engineering, as well as for professional civil engineers looking for a reference work.

The Economics of Transport Appraisal

The Economics of Transport Appraisal
Author: A.J. Harrison
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351793381

This book, first published in 1974, provides a comprehensive review of the application of economic concepts to the appraisal of transport systems. It presents the basic economic ideas underlying their application to transport appraisal. The exposition of these concepts links recent advances in economic theory to practical evaluation procedures. The bulk of the book is concerned with how the basic concepts may be put to use.

Routledge Library Editions: Transport Economics

Routledge Library Editions: Transport Economics
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 8157
Release: 2021-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351782959

This set of previously out-of-print titles is an essential reference collection on the topic of transport economics. Providing in-depth analysis on a variety of aspects, including the economics of the airfreight, shipping and rail industries, it also examines the economics of road transport and more focused areas such as containerisation.

Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering

Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering
Author: Coleman O'Flaherty
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2018-09-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136352376

'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' is a comprehensive textbook on the relevant principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management. Clearly written and illustrated, the book is ideal reading for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design.

The Transport Problem

The Transport Problem
Author: C. D. Foster
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1000366839

Originally published in 1982, this book gives a concise commentary on the development and performance of car ownership prediction procedures and a wide-ranging survey of the modelling techniques associated with forecasting. The book provides a basic appreciation of the key points, whether they are mathematical or otherwise. Throughout the book there is a theme which relates the academic debate surrounding the issue to technical rather than philosophical concepts.

The Motorway Achievement

The Motorway Achievement
Author: Peter Baldwin
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 996
Release: 2002
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780727731968

This volume provides a set of contrasting first hand accounts of the creation of the motorway system, the problems encountered, the solutions adopted and the lessons learned for future motorway development.

Evaluation in Planning

Evaluation in Planning
Author: Nathaniel Lichfield
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9401714959

This book is the result of a three day workshop on "Evaluation in theory and practice in spatial planning" held in Ramsey Hall, University College London, in September 1996. Some 30 people from 8 different countries attended and 20 papers were presented. The majority of them now form the basis for this book. This occasion was the third on the topic, the two preceding having taken place in Umea in June 1992 and in Bari in 1994. Following these three meetings, we can now say that this small, industrious, international family really enjoy meeting up from time to time at each others places, in the presence of older members and new children, each one presenting his/her own recent experiences. It particularly enjoys exchanging views and arguing about the current state and the future of evaluation in spatial planning (all families have their vices ... ). It is also pleasing to see these experiences and discussions resulting in a book for those who could not attend and for the broader clan in the field. Not long time ago, but ages in the accelerated academic time scale, evaluation in planning established its own role and distinct features as an instrument for helping the decision-making process. Now this role and these features are exposed to major challenges. First, the evolution of planning theory has lead to the conception of new planning paradigms, based on theories of complexity and communicative rationality.

Transport Network Planning

Transport Network Planning
Author: Patrick O'Sullivan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-12-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 100040322X

Originally published in 1979 and with a case-study from Indonesia, this volume examines the question of planning the provision of transport facilities as a special case of the general planning problem. It deals with the modelling (including conceptual short-comings of it), analysis, estimation and control of transport planning and the challenges associated with planning in uncertainty. As well as devoting specific chapters to network planning, the book also provides background material on transport planning, locational theory and economics.