Freight Transport Modeling in Emerging Countries

Ioanna Kourounioti, Lorant Tavasszy, Hanno Friedrich

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780128212684
• eBook ISBN: 9780128216811
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Transportation & Navigation
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Freight Transport Modeling in Emerging Countries examines freight transport models developed in emerging countries including Turkey, South Africa, India, Chile, and more. It provides a toolbox of successful freight transport model applications, alternative data collection methods, and evaluation techniques for the development of future policies. The book offers solutions for issues related to the urban, national, and international transportation of goods and examines new advances in freight transport models and data collection techniques and their applications in emerging countries. Emerging countries have unique transport-related policies, regulatory structures, logistics systems, and long-term uncertainties that hinder their economic development. This book tackles these issues by examining decision-making models for locating logistics sites such as ports and distribution centers, modeling urban freight movements in megacities and port cities, using existing datasets to get information when data is not available, implementing policies related to the national and international movements of goods, and more. - Includes a wide variety of opinions and approaches from subject matter experts around the world - Utilizes a case-based approach - Includes a range of learning tools that feature chapter openers, end of chapter questions, a glossary, and more - Examines new advances in freight transport models and data collection techniques

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Issues in freight transport modeling for emerging economies: insights from Turkey
• Chapter 2. Stakeholder consultation in freight transportation decision-making in port cities
• Chapter 3. Regional freight transport modeling: considerations from South America
• Chapter 4. A methodology for disaggregated freight demand modeling in emerging economies
• Chapter 5. Destination matrix building and disaggregated choice modeling using tax revenue data
• Chapter 6. Optimizing the efficiency of the future maritime transport network of Indonesia
• Chapter 7. Evolution of logistics and modeling findings in the era of economic crisis in Greece
• Chapter 8. Spatially and commodity-level disaggregated freight demand modeling in emerging economies: Applications for South Africa and India
• Chapter 9. Belt and Road Initiative: more competition between sea and rail? A generalized cost approach
• Chapter 10. Freight modeling and policy analysis for megacities: the case of New Delhi
• Chapter 11. Predicting container terminal daily workload: a Middle East port case study
• Chapter 12. Synthesis
• Index