Evolving Transportation Networks

摘要: Over the last two centuries, development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme this book is to understand complexity and model process network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts methods, authors develop a holistic framework represent as an open complex with models that demonstrate in scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such travelers, property owners, developers, public jurisdictions could result coherent facilities on ground. Models are proposed from innovative perspectives self-organization, degeneration, sequential connection interpret evolutionary networks explicit consideration economic regulatory initiatives. Employing these models, survey series topics ranging hierarchy topology first mover advantage. demonstrate, wide spectrum empirical theoretical evidence, follows path not only logical retrospect, but also predictable manageable planning perspective. In larger scheme planning, provides re-consideration conventional practice sets stage for further theory next-generation, approach transportation, making it interest scholars practitioners alike field .